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AUG. <strong>17</strong>, <strong>2012</strong><br />
Tide cleans up in detergent tests<br />
When it comes to laundry,<br />
Tide rules. It’s one of<br />
Consumer Reports’ three top<br />
picks for conventional detergents<br />
and accounts for half of<br />
those for high-efficiency<br />
washers.<br />
But Consumer Reports’<br />
tests found lots of other, subpar<br />
performers. Here are the<br />
details:<br />
— Tide hits a new high.<br />
Tide’s top-scoring Ultra Plus<br />
Bleach, 23 cents per load,<br />
vanquished grass, blood, ring<br />
around the collar and other<br />
tough stains. And its Plus<br />
Bleach Alternative, 18 cents<br />
per load, joins Consumer<br />
Reports’ top picks for conventional<br />
washers. For high-efficiency<br />
detergents, Tide Ultra<br />
HE, 16 cents per load, was a<br />
CR Best Buy.<br />
— Dual-use detergents<br />
grow. More HE detergents<br />
can be used in conventional<br />
washers, but only a handful<br />
made Consumer Reports’<br />
winners list. And most wind<br />
up costing more than Target’s<br />
conventional-only Up & Up<br />
Ultra Concentrated, a CR<br />
Best Buy at just 10 cents per<br />
load.<br />
— Few packs make the<br />
grade. Single-use packs make<br />
proper dosage easier for normal<br />
loads. But only Tide Pods<br />
cleaned impressively in<br />
Consumer Reports’ tests.<br />
And because packs dissolve<br />
quickly in water, you must<br />
handle them with dry hands<br />
and keep the bag sealed.<br />
Also, packs may be especially<br />
harmful if ingested or rubbed<br />
into eyes; poison control centers<br />
received more than 700<br />
pod-related calls from<br />
February to June involving<br />
children ages 5 or younger.<br />
Tide will be offering a safer<br />
double latch for its plastic<br />
containers with lids.<br />
Consumer Reports suggests<br />
keeping detergents out of the<br />
reach of children.<br />
— Being green still isn’t<br />
easy. GreenShield’s Organic<br />
Elite Care and Whole Foods’<br />
365 Organic Everyday Value<br />
are among the first to earn<br />
the Department of<br />
Agriculture’s “Organic” seal,<br />
which requires at least 95<br />
percent organic ingredients.<br />
But both products proved to<br />
be only slightly better than<br />
plain water at tackling stains,<br />
as did Martha Stewart’s<br />
Clean 2X, which was as dismal<br />
this time as in prior tests.<br />
A better bet: Seventh<br />
Generation Natural superconcentrated<br />
detergent,<br />
which did well at cleaning<br />
and is said to be biodegradable.<br />
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In Consumer Reports’ recent tests of laundry detergents, Tide was one<br />
of three top picks for conventional detergents and accounted for half of<br />
those for high-efficiency washers. Courtesy photo<br />
FOUR WAYS TO SAVE<br />
ON DETERGENT<br />
— Choose the right one.<br />
You can use a conventional or<br />
dual-use detergent in a regular<br />
top-loading washer. But<br />
using a conventional detergent<br />
in a high-efficiency<br />
machine could compromise<br />
cleaning if it produces too<br />
many suds.<br />
— Check the dose before<br />
using. Many dual-use detergents<br />
use the same dose for<br />
high-efficiency and conventional<br />
washers. However,<br />
Fuller Brush Plus<br />
Concentrated calls for twice<br />
the amount in traditional<br />
machines, boosting its cost<br />
per load to 40 cents.<br />
— Spend at least 10<br />
cents per load. None of the<br />
detergents that cost less than<br />
that scored better than<br />
mediocre.<br />
— Don’t overdo it.<br />
Using too much detergent<br />
costs you more per load.<br />
Overdosing wastes energy<br />
and water if it leads to added<br />
rinse cycles in your washer.<br />
Read the instructions carefully<br />
and measure the proper<br />
amount of detergent for your<br />
load size.<br />
EYEWARE CARE<br />
Prescription eyeglasses<br />
can cost as much as $1,000,<br />
and most have plastic lenses,<br />
which scratch more easily<br />
than glass. Clearly, you need<br />
to protect your investment.<br />
But should you clean lenses<br />
with tissues or cloth? When<br />
they’re wet or dry? CR asked<br />
experts and lens makers.<br />
— Don’t wipe lenses<br />
when they’re dry. Any debris<br />
on their surface or dust in the<br />
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cleaning cloth could cause<br />
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— Don’t wipe lenses with<br />
a tissue, paper towel or paper<br />
napkin. <strong>The</strong>y can have a<br />
rough surface.<br />
— Don’t use ammonia,<br />
bleach, vinegar or window<br />
cleaner, which can harm lenses<br />
and their coatings. (Most<br />
lenses are now coated, usually<br />
with an antireflective<br />
layer.)<br />
— Don’t spit. Spit is a<br />
handy (though off-putting)<br />
cleaning solution, but saliva<br />
may contain oil or something<br />
else that’s damaging.<br />
— Do clean lenses regularly<br />
with warm water and a<br />
drop of dish detergent, then<br />
dry with a clean, soft cotton<br />
cloth, like a handerchief, or a<br />
microfiber cloth.<br />
— Do lay glasses down<br />
with their lenses facing<br />
upward.<br />
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