I have been using Arm & Hammer powder w/oxi and it has a finer powdery texture compared to Gain, Purex, and Persil pearls(I still have a container of the powder), which are all grainy, IMO.

Cheer powder dissolves very good in warm water. I actually, on purpose tried Gain powder the other day on darks I’m warm water and it dissolved just fine.

Thank you for the insight guys! So far I've used Gain, Foca, Ariel, and Arcoiris powder so far. I'm actually looking into trying A&H and Surf powders next.

I just had a thought.... you have a top loader right? You prob already know this but add your detergent before the clothes so it has a good chance to dissolve while the washer is filling

Most dissolve pretty well these days.

A&H is a finer powder.

Cheer works fine for me too.

Any powder I've used dissolved very fast and none is ever left in the detergent drawer or on clothes.

MiMi, I do have a top loader, specifically the Whirlpool Wtw4816fw2 with the agitator. The thing about this specific washer is that if I put in the detergent first and let it till then put in the clothes, the Auto Sensing won't work. But if I put the detergent and the clothes first and then start it, the Auto Sensing works perfectly. Which is a shame, because I always preferred to let the water run while I put the detergent in before loading the clothes :(

SEA SEA, how do you like 7th Generation detergent? I never seen the Powder before.

georgect, to your knowledge, what are some of the factors about older detergents that caused them not to dissolve as well as today's powders? I'm really curious.

elbits, Purex powder seems to be very rare. I've only seen it sold at my local Dollar General. However I have seen the large bucket on Amazon but that's about it. What a shame.

MWJ, I was pleasantly surprised with it. Sometimes I couldn't tell if I liked it and other times I thought it was great. It was a strange detergent, I'll say that. This was the professional version supposedly laden with oxygen bleach. I only used it on whites loads, which it got very white. No OBs. Unscented and clean rinsing. I have some left from the large pail, but not much. I might buy it again, but only if I can find it in a smaller package. I had trouble storing that much powder at one time, but it was pandemic Mad Max times and I needed a powder detergent with no fragrance, pronto.

MWJ...I don't know what changed in powder formulations but I found this article very interesting.

Powders are still big in other parts of the world.

The shift to liquids is solely orchestrated by the detergent manufacturers (liquids are more profitable).

Here's the article Powders in the US

I use Charlie's Soap powdered detergent. It dissolves easily and well.

I found Cheer Powder to dissolve and work well with all temperatures. Mild scent and no OB's. However, it's not a heavy duty detergent like Tide with bleach, so I generally use it for light to moderately soiled clothes.

hisown, I've heard a lot about Charlie's Soap, thanks for the suggestion.

tideman_59, it seems to me that Cheer Powder is do rare in my area.