My restraint is due to storage. I have only the top of my stacked compacts for detergent. I may break down and buy at least the Persil Color Megaperls or the Ariel since I don't have a color detergent. But not both. They are for colored loads? Which would you suggest?

I have avoided going into a new Polish small supermarket that has recently opened in my area just for the reason I would want to buy one of every detergent and also the jelly and jams from Poland are fabulous.

They are from Germany. Persil Megaperls is very good detergent. I would take Persil over Ariel anyday. Pricewise, you can buy Persil Megaperls 44WL for 10-11 EUR (12-13 USD) on Amazon Germany but the shipping to the US alone would cost you 16+ USD, if you let Amazon ship it to the US. So it would be $28. You can get slightly lower rate by using 3rd party forwarder but the price is still hard to beat. You need to get under $9 Germany-US shipping rate to beat the price, but it weighs 7+ lbs so there is not a lot of option to do that.

First 3 pics are in German. Last pic is most likely for the UK.

Boxes of Persi last me a LONG time. Normal loads only take 2 Tablespoons with a little STPP for me. What's the difference between Persil Color and the 'Gold' version?

That is a great find. Love to try those, have heard so much about them.

sspeer9 I have no idea what the difference might be. There were a few other powdered detergents on the shelf and several liquids and softeners. I would have taken more pictures but the owner was staring at me and I didn't want to upset her. Next time I'm in the area which is about twice a month I am going to have to try something. I wish they had smaller boxes.

I also wish we could have a laundry meet up where we enjoy a meal and swap detergent. Maybe one day...one can hope.

How nice to have a hands on opportunity with the imported detergents in the store. Sadly, nothing like that in these parts. The closest I get is Mexican Ariel and in Hispanic markets. While quite pleased with that (not scent, but performance), I would like to have the chance to get a whiff if possible through the box in person of the Euro powders. Good for you. : )

Heather yes it would be great to meet you and the others. I tried getting Amiee to the Boston doctors but the insurance keeps refusing to go out of network or I would have been close enough to spend some time in your area. I'm still fighting them. Lol. I've won this battle in the past so I'm going to continue the fight.

I would think Roc probably knows the difference in the two Color Persils if she sees this thread. Shes brilliant about so much. She also dealt with Persil Perls as far as using the Euro ones.

I wanna party in NYC and I want Pat with us. Lol. We would have a blast.

Meh...

These large boxes always contain a lot of fillers - Ariel especially. People buy them because they think it's good value, which is usually not the case. Our consumer magazine tested concentrated (bagged) versus "jumbo" (boxed) detergents and the concentrated versions did better. Ariel even failed spectacularly, receiving the lowest possible score. The concentrated version, however, did excellent - on par with Persil Megaperls. The Persil in the pic above says "Testsieger; Gut (2,2)", which translates to "test winner; good". Well, yeah, this Persil did win in its category of "diluted" powders - but - the concentrated Persil got a much better overall score, winning the entire test.

So Whirlpool I guess I should check out the Polish market first and see if they have the concentrated detergent. Also I keep forgetting to stop by the Italian supermarket in Brooklyn to look and see what they have.

Persil Universal Megaperls or Persil Color Megaperls are the concentrated detergent compared to the regular one which is called Persil Universal Pulver or Persil Color Pulver. Megaperls are come with two size, 20 wash load in a bag, 44 wash load in a box. Both have same concentration. The density of Megaperls is somewhere around 670kg/m3(you can find the weight and the volume on the side of the box), which is about 56% higher than the Pulver.

Persil Universal Pulver 44WL - weight 2.86kg - volume 6,600ml - density 433kg/m3. I couldn't the equivalent image of Megaperls but I do have both bagged and boxed Megaperls. Boxed Megaperls (44WL) is 3.256kg and 4,800ml (the density of Megaperls is 678kg/m3, 56% higher than Pulver). Bagged one (20WL) is 1.48kg although it doesn't say anything about its volume. But they look about the same in volume-wise.

And Henkel constantly renew the Persil. AFAIK, if the box says "360° Reinheit & Pflege", then it's the newer one. On the other hand, if it says "Kalt Aktiv", then it's the older one. Every Persil I bought in last month from Amazon Germany says "360 reinheit & pflege" but every Persil I bought in Jan, 2016 from Amazon Germany says "kalt aktiv". What's changed? I have no idea.

I took this pic at the drug store today. These are the current Persil and Ariel versions we have.

Epialthes and ElizabethA thank you for the explanation. So, of the German Persil the Universal Mega Pearls is the older version and the German Color Mega Pearls is the newer version. That leaves the UK version Color Mega Pearls which says it has 48 loads. I will eventually buy something. It really helps to understand the different versions. The price of 22.99 seems ok but the detergent would become an antique before I used all that detergent. I have a compact set and only need two tablespoonfuls for most detergent. I'm going to keep looking for the smaller bags.

Hmorton,

All the detergents in your picture are German Persil. The last picture is Megaperls and is made by Henkels. UK Persil is made by Unilever.

Universal and Color are two different products. Universal is for whites and lights, as it has optical brighteners and oxygen bleach. Color is bleach and optical brightener free, which helps preserve colors

Alex. My hungry eyes love the pic. Thank You

homepro01 I guess the last picture, the one in English is intended for the North American market and not European.

sspeer9 thank you for the clarification. I really need a good detergent for colors. I am going to be on the look out for the Color one in a smaller size. I really want a powder and can't even find Cheer powder.

It's my favorite color detergent. There's not many options in the US that don't have brighteners, outside of Cheer powder, you have to go Euro or the 'green' detergents.

sspeer9 that's great to know. For some reason I have suddenly taken to wearing bright colors and would like a good detergent that will get out the inevitable spills etc. but leave the color bright. I'm going to hunt down the smaller bag.

Tide PurClean may be a good option for you. Fairly easily found, and, around me at least, often on sale or coupons available. I got several bottles for $5!

I have used Tide PurClean once, but really prefer a powder. I think my worries that too much liquid is bad for the washer may be unfounded. Also I like using different detergents, just don't have the space or need for a huge quantity.