Start with less than half what the manfacturer recommends. See how that works; adjust up or down accordingly.

Don't do it by eye, measure it with kitchen measuring spoons and write down the quantity you used. Once you've identified the sweet spot for your standard load, look around your house for just the right dosing measurer; it could be a scoop for some other product, a bottle lid, a pill bottle. Then you can just scoop (or pour) and go, with no fiddly measuring on every load. But you have to start with accurate measurements and record keeping.

The dosage is utterly dependant on your particular water chemistry and your stuff. Other peoples' regimens are almost worthless.

Molly~

After I figured the right dosage of All Small and Mighty HE Free & Clear for my machine I used a laundry marker to mark the dosage on the lid. I put two lines on the inside of the lid, one for regular loads and one for large or very dirty loads. It works really well. On my third bottle of detergent with this lid and it is starting to fade a little. I just put the old lid on the new bottle so I do not have to remark the lid each time. I find this works better than the measuring cup (like a shot glass, with markings for tsps and TBSPs) I was using because I felt I was wasting detergent when I had to wash the cup after measuring.

thanks, i will experiment. I guess I don't really now how to assess my laundry properly. When I ran my first load with Method baby detergent I didn't see any suds, so I guess that means I didn't use too much. Then again it was new baby clothing so no dirt on the clothes either.

I do the marking thing on my tide powdered measure cup, then I just use the same cup each time i buy a new box. good idea to transfer over to the liquid cup version.

thanks again!

Just follow the dosing instructions on the package. No exceptions!

I follow the directions on the bottle. With the All Small and Mighty products I find that the manufacturers suggested amounts are correct for my machine.

If you use the full amount recommended by the manufacturer you are spending more money than necessary. Even with my old TLer I never used more than 3/4 the recommended amount. After all, they are trying to sell detergent, they want you to buy more, not less.

I have a 2.4 cu.ft. compact front loader. For me, the NORMAL amount of All Small & Mighty HE works well for most loads. HOWEVER, I use 1/2 the normal amount for towels. More than that gives me a "SUDS" error message.

I have a topload agitator washer and I always follow the dosing instructions...I get clean laundry every time.
Less than line 1 on the cap/scoop does not cut it for me.