Project Runway's Tim Gunn is touting Tide's latest edition... Tide Total Care.
Consumer Reports wanted to see if it delivered on its promise.
Testers washed three brand new cotton dresses like this one 30 times... One in Tide Total Care... another in All Small & Mighty, and another in 2-Times Ultra Tide for Coldwater.
Pat Slaven then compared the new dress to the washed ones.
She says, "The dress washed with All faded ... compared to the dress washed with Tide Total Care."
And the dress washed in 2-Times Ultra Tide for Coldwater looks about the same as the Tide Total Care dress. But that detergent costs about half as much. And the cheaper 2-Times Ultra Tide for Coldwater did a better job getting out stains in Consumer Reports' stain removal tests.
In all, more than 40 detergents were evaluated. Testers washed more than 15-hundred of these cotton squares stained with hard to clean substances like red wine, grass, blood, and chocolate.
In the end, Consumer Reports named two best buys that will tear through tough stains and save you some money, too.
For conventional, top-loading washers, try 2-Times Ultra Tide for Coldwater.
For high-efficiency front loaders, Consumer Reports recommends Ultra Cheer Colorguard 2-Times concentrated.
To save more money, wash your laundry in cold water instead of warm.
Consumer Reports says with a conventional top-loader, that can reduce your energy costs by $60 a year.