It’s a dirty job, but everyone’s got a job to do, that’s for sure. It’s a permanent job, especially if you’re a mom. My family of five hundred generates about fourteen loads of laundry a week and for once I can truly say that I enjoy that rare day when I realize that, apart from the clothes we wear, all my clean house. The worst part, apart from the fact that it starts again as soon as I die, is how much I owe for the pleasure of having
I’ve been brainwashed for years to believe that more expensive, name-brand laundry products work better than their cheaper competitors. Then one week, as I was browsing laundry detergent, I noticed that Purex laundry detergent was on sale. $2.99 for a 100-oz. a bottle My regular size Tide Laundry Detergent was on sale for $5.49. I was happy with the results I was getting from Tidere, but for the $2.50 savings, I decided it was worth the price. That week I was able to try Purex on everything from white to black and subtle denim. I couldn’t tell a difference in my laundry at all. With the exception of the occasional mystery grease spot, which appears only after the garment has been dried, everything is as clean as when it came out of Tidetur. And the mystery of their meals I had, when I used Tide also.
Each 100 oz. The bottles make 32 car washes. We measure both equally. It shows that the whites washed in its product are brighter than the whites washed in other detergents, but I can’t notice any difference with Purex. The smell is pleasant, but not overpowering. So I went back to the grocery store and picked up two bottles of Purex while it was still low. Tide, made by Proctor & Gamble certainly advertised a heavier brand and many choices were richer. But Purex, made by Dial Corp, has a product comparable to every type of cleaner available under the Tidetur brand. Both products can come in both powder and liquid varieties.
Tide has 14 types of powder that mimic liquid choices. Both brands offer liquids with fabric softener, HE versions, a fragrance/color free variety, and a product with a white alternative. Tide buys with Febreze offers; Purex products with Renuzit. Purex is formulated to work well in cold; heat has two products it says are made specifically for cold water loads. There are three scents in each variety, but Purex has only one. I’ve learned that over the years, cleaners have been putting different scents in their products, so don’t get too attached to the scent, though. When you do it for the first time, it stops smelling and the company introduces something new. Tidetur has won quite a battle for shelf advertising.
You’ll be hard-pressed to find Purex in stores, and you won’t even be able to find all its varieties. And let’s face it, the “Bob Fish” ads aren’t helping any. I find it kind of creepy and I don’t even remember what laundry soaps they were advertising for a long time. But I’m not really interested in paying for tide to display their product for me or for them to make every product in their arsenal in three different scents. Even when Purex isn’t discounted, you can probably expect to save $2 on a bottle. For someone like me, that’s a savings of about $50 a year. That may not sound like much, $1 a week, but I’d rather save than spend!
