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'Softergents' for double duty.(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)

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| January 01, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The claim. Blends of laundry detergent and fabric softener can clean and soften clothes "in a single step." Besides saving a ton of labor (we're smiling here), the blends eliminate the need for a separate softener. Blends we tested cost 8 to 31 cents per load vs. 6 to 61 cents for products without softener.

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The check. We washed multiple loads of all-cotton laundry using liquid Arm & Hammer Plus a Touch of Softener and Tide With a Touch of Downy, and two regular liquid brands, Arm & Hammer Free of Perfume & Dye and Tide With Bleach Alternative. We tried the regular detergents with and without a dose of Downy fabric softener. We let all the loads air dry, then ...

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