I know it has been a LONG while since I posted. It has been nuts with my older one in a new school, me going back to work full time and well, everything else to do with a toddler.
I have been happily using my Country Save but I decided that I wanted to do a trial run with something else so I began snooping around to see what else was out there that looked good enough to try. Well.... Well.ca just began carrying the Attitude line of personal care and cleaning products. So off I went to research Attitude.
Here is the link to their website:
http://www.cleanattitude.com/laundry_detergent_wildflowers_p/12070.htm
According to the web this product Features:
- Carcinogen free ingredients or by-products (IARC group 1 & 2)
- Free of 1,4-dioxane and ethylene oxide, tested by independent laboratory
- Certified eco-friendly by EcoLogo, the most recognized certification in North America
- CO2 neutral: no contribution to climate change
- Vegetable-based and biodegradable (OECD 301)
- Free of enzymes and optical brighteners
- Fragrance derived from natural ingredients, hypoallergenic, respect IFRA (International Fragrance Association) standards
- Fragrance without CMR (Carcinogens, Mutagens or toxic for Reproduction) compounds
- Designed to work in both HE (High Efficiency) & Standard machines
- Not tested on animals
- Vegan product
- Septic tank safe
- Made in Canada
Ok So far so good. I liked that they linked their MSDS sheet and listed all the ingredients on the web and the back of the bottle. So they seem to be upfront about what they are using to make this stuff and I can understand the information. So I got a bottle to try.
I have been using this for 2 weeks or so on both cloth and my regular laundry. So far so good. I like that it has a subtle scent that does not stay behind on clothes unless I hang dry them, which I do with shirts and pants. I have a large top loading machine so I am using 2 capfull per load. It does a nice job in cold water on my regular clothes and other than 1 stain that it left behind on diapers there too. Now that stain was a pretty monstrous diaper so I am sure just about any detergent would have needed a hand getting it cleaned out. The diapers smelled nice and clean out of the wash and out of the dryer also. I don't add anything else in when I test a detergent just to see what it can actually do and with this I don't think I would need to add anything ever. It even got tomato soup out of B's shirt on the first go.
I did find it suds up lots in the wash cycle but even the built in rinse cycle ran clear so it is a clean rinsing detergent. From what I see it is not available in stores here but well.ca does ship it to all of Canada free when you order over $25.00.
If you are after an inexpensive detergent that is versatile enough to use on all your laundry, in all temperatures and is scented ( I do love Nature Clean Liquid for unscented detergent) this is a good one to try.
