On the subject of detergent, I found an interesting one called
Crux on Amazon. It was being offered by a seller that also sells washer & fridge
spare parts. If this washer repair seller thinks this is worth looking at then maybe I will give it a try. Things to note...
- they offer separate variants for front and top loading. Separate formulations depending on the washer used is a good thing. They also offer variants for Whites & Baby clothes.
- to my surprise, they list the ingredients on the box. Looking at the list this is a bio-free detergent with no enzymes. It will need to compensate for that and looks like they have a good amount of ingredients in there to deal with it. This looks like a proper detergent and not some gimmick.
- this is a concentrated powder in that it contains no filler. Pure detergent or 'cream' as they call it. So you need less for the same result. The claim of 10-15gm instead of 90gm sounds like they are comparing with standard top loader dosing for heavy soil. Examining their dosing instructions for a
top loader variant they say to use 40gms not 10-15gm. So two thirds the standard dose which is 60gm. And for
front loader it is 20gm which is a third of regular dosing for a front loader is 60gm.
- No optical brightness so how clean should be apparent.
- lack of phosphates means this won't clean well in hard water. If you don't have hard water then fine. Also, the claim of phosphates in regular detergents isn't entirely true as over the years detergent manufacturers have moved away from phosphates in their formulations. More phosphates generally mean a better clean but environmental concerns have changed that.
- ph neutral makes me wonder how it cleans at all. As you need a higher ph to go after dirt which is acidic in nature. Whatever, the people who formulated this thing must know their stuff. If it's neutral ph, it won't harm the machine.
- I'd have preferred fragrance free as there is no better way to tell clothes are clean without any fragrance masking things.
- the price is slightly more than premium matic Surf from HUL. I suppose they don't sell enough to discount more. Rs.250 for half a kilo of their front/top load detergent compared to a kilo of
front /
top load surf matic for less than that if you buy the 4kg or 6kg packs. The same price applies with their top load detergent but they give you 700gms. Since the recommended dosing is twice as much for front load the top load detergent works out more expensive. You'd get 25 washes from their box of front load powder vs. 17 with their top load poweder.
- I can't find any reviews for this product online. This company has no budget for advertising preferring to go the word-of-mouth route. They might have been founded in 1999, but the Facebook
posts for the top & front load detergent only show up a year ago.
Don't see too much advantage with a top loader but a front loader allows to half detergent used.
