What Laundry Detergent is your favorite and do you line dry your clothes to save money

[2China2009]

I love to do laundry. I also am frugal and like to get great deals on detergent. I am not picky about brand, but I like All, Members Mark Tide and Aldi's Gain. I wash in cold and line dry most of our clothes. Line drying our clothes make them last forever and the colors never fade. We all have white towels so I wash those weekly in hot water with bleach. Not one stain and they look brand new going on 2 years. I do not use fabric softner. Waste of money to me.

 

[fla4fun]

We are not allowed to have clotheslines in our neighborhood, but I do have a drying rack I can set up in the bathroom and dry about half of my clothes on it. The remainder go in the dryer on low heat. I use All, as one family member is sensitive to Tide.

 

[mjkacmom]

I do two large loads a day, the only things that I hang to dry are my old navy shirts, so inexpensive put such poor quality, they shrink up in the dryer. God forbid a towel gets used twice here. I’m fine with Kirkland detergent.

 

[Wishing on a star]

Tide.... only Tide...
I want my clothes to be clean!!!!
We use the FREE, because of sensitivity issues.

I also always dry my cloths in the dryer.
They are not going to be soft by hang drying.
Also, the sun can fade clothes if they are hung on a line out in the sun.
I also do not want pollen, molds, etc... in my clothing, sheets, and towels.

 

[holden]

Tide with Oxi pods.

If I like the way something fits, I hang it to dry. We have a drying rack (a portable clothing rack on wheels). Everything else goes in the dryer.

 

[Meriweather]

Kirkland pods....hate the smell of Tide

No line drying.....way too hot to do that

 

[tvguy]

My wife prefers Gain Liquid. She loves the smell. She even buys the vinyl floor cleaner made with the Gain scent!
We have a drying rack for some of dainty women's underwear.
Been in our house 35 years, we have never had a clothesline. With the birds, squirrels and currently, ash falling from all the brush and wildfire, our clothing would be dirty again before it dried it on a clothesline.

As a kid, we moved to a new house in 1960. New house had a dryer, which the old house did not. My mom was DELIGHTED never to have to use a clothesline again.

 

[jormom1030]

Tide. I HATE the smell of outdoors so I would never line dry my clothes.

 

[hertamaniac]

Arm and Hammer powder in bulk. It really works!

 

[Hook326]

Tide works the best for us. I don’t line dry clothes but there are some I dry by hanging up inside for reasons others have said.

 

[Hikergirl]

I use arm and hammer powder, I do not like the smell of any thing else.
I don't have an outdoor line, but I do air dry alot of clothes. It has nothing to do with saving money though. I never really thought about the cost of running a dryer, is it that significant?

 

[MeggyScumEsquire]

I love the smell of Gain and that's usually what we use! We don't have a clothesline but I'm hoping to put one up next spring.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I use whatever detergent is cheap.


I have two foldable drying racks that I set up on the terrace or in the bathroom or kitchen if it's raining. I think I've run the dryer twice since New Year's.

 

[bcla]

I use arm and hammer powder, I do not like the smell of any thing else.
I don't have an outdoor line, but I do air dry alot of clothes. It has nothing to do with saving money though. I never really thought about the cost of running a dryer, is it that significant?

We have a gas dryer. Our house came with that setup, and we would have to install a 220V setup for electric. Our gas dryer only needs 110-120V to mostly run the motor.

I air dry a bunch of clothes - most synthetics or synthetic blends. Maybe some really thin cotton. I find that polyester gets stiff from heat from the dryer, as well as pilling. One time my wife decided to put a polyester blanket in the dryer, and we’ve been slowly pulling off little lint balls ever since. That was never a problem before when I would hang it to dry. We have a rack though, and I’ll use a fan to speed it up drying.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I use Purex

I hang dry my stuff or lay flat within my house but it has zero to do with saving money and all to do with a good amount of my clothing advises to do that so I tend to just do it all. I do however use fabric softner.

The clothing I do dry in the dryer are pjs and underwear and socks otherwise everything else is hung dry or laid flat to dry.

It used to take a day to a day and a half for clothes to dry but ever since we got a front load HE washer my clothes come out sooo much less excess moisture on them thus they dry a lot faster.

 

[lovin'fl]

All and no.

 

[ols386]

We use the Gain pods. I think it gets our clothing just as clean as any other detergent, and I love the way it makes my clothes smell. We use the drier exclusively, we don’t have a clothes line.

 

[LSUmiss]

All and no.

Us too... All free b/c we have a baby & we use the dryer every time unless something can’t go in there. Need it done as quickly & efficiently as possible.

 

[Hisgirl]

I make my own laundry soap powder. Have for years. It costs 5 cents per load compared to 29 cents per load when I bought name brands. Our clothes are clean and I couldn't be happier. We also make a stain getter outer and it even gets out yellow arm pits stains on white tee shirts. Love DIY!

 

[indimom]

Whatever FREE detergent is cheapest due to sensitivity issues.
I hang a few things in the house because I don't want them to shrink, but I don't line dry.