Arm & Hammer Laundry Detergent

Today I am going to tell you about my favorite laundry detergent. Arm & Hammer® plus Oxiclean laundry detergent.

For years, I have searched for a detergent to not only clean my clothes, but make them smell good. I had laundry envy of any mom who could get all of her clothes to not only smell clean, but good. My clothes always smelled like.. Nothing. I could tell they were clean but they didn't have that fragrance guaranteed by the company.

For a long time, I was making my own laundry soap, overdosing on the essential oils in hopes to get them to have a specific smell.

I've spent tons of money on all detergents, from the super cheap to insanely expensive. All in vain.

Now, before you start saying "But you have to stick it out to get a solid smell.", I was. I would use the same soap for at least two months. Which means, in this house, every sheet, blanket, towel and piece of clothing we own  made the cycle at least twice.

It seemed there had to be a trade off. I could either have clean clothes and no fresh scent, or a decent scent but my clothes didn't seem clean. And then, on a whim, I picked up some Arm & Hammer® Plus Oxiclean. After only a few loads, my clothes and towels had staying power in the scent department!

The Good: I no longer need bleach. I have never seen a detergent work so well at actually getting clothes clean. Clothes I had long ago surrendered to play drawers came out sans stains. White socks are staying white! I don't need dryer sheets to help add smell either. Saves quite a bit of money if you can remove those two things from the budget.

The Bad: It comes in both liquid and powder, but the powder definitely works better. The liquid not only didn't make my clothes smell the same, it didn't seem to get them as clean either. Also, watch out because if you are going for a specific scent, different stores carry specific scents. Our local grocery store only carries "fresh rain" while Wal-Mart only carries mountain breeze. But, it is in small writing so you may not notice.

The Ugly: Because the powder works better, that is what we buy. Every so often (usually when hubby does a load of laundry) if you add the detergent after clothing or overload your machine, the soap clumps up into really hard crystal balls. Other than that, no ugly from me. :)


The Bottom Line:   I have 5 kids 6 and under. I go through a LOT of detergent. Of all the detergents out there, this was the best value for the decent price tag of about $10.00 for around 100 loads.
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Disclaimer: Arm & Hammer®, its parent nor affiliate companies have provided anything to me for writing this review, monetary or otherwise. I wrote this review out of pure love of the product.