
I received this product as a gift from my mother and I was nervous because it is a powdered laundry detergent. I highly recommend Gain as it is my favorite brand and I am a lifelong customer! The only other thing is to make sure you do not put big chunks in because they obviously take much longer to break up versus the individual powder chunks. Just place the detergent first and let the water fill up and you will have no problems. The detergent always fully dissolves unless you use it improperly by putting the soap in after the clothes are in the washer and the water has been filled up. It is so easy to remove stains just by washing with Gain. I love either the powder or the liquid because they do an equal job of cleaning the clothes and keeping them fresh. It makes your clothes smell so good you could probably wear them twice with people still thinking it just came out of the dryer. The smell is so intense and lasts so much longer than any other laundry soap I have ever used. I give Gain a ten out of ten because I have never had anything go wrong when using Gain. If you like overly scented products them you would probably like this, but if you have allergies or asthma I would recommend to stay away from this at all costs. It gave me a headache just smelling it, and I found that even throughout the day it did not fade at all. The scent was way too strong and overbearing. It made my clothes rough and uncomfortable. I also found that not only did it not wash my clothes, it faded them very quick, and it made my clothes smell way too strong to be comfortable wearing them all day.

I found that whenever I would use this to wash my clothes it would leave powder behind, no matter how many times I would wash my clothes. Overall, I would not recommend this detergent because it caused me to have to do more work to my laundry, it completely faded my clothes, and it is not a great detergent for sensitive people. I find that powder detergents tend to have a stronger longer lasting scent then regular ones do.

I couldn't stand to smell it all day because it was very irritating. The scent is this detergent was too strong, and gave me a headache. It also bothered my allergies and asthma as well. I honestly would say that this doesn't clean very well, and it tends to ruin and fade clothes quickly. I feel like if you were to wash your clothes in hot water, this would probably dissolve and work better. I also think that this detergent doesn't dissolve well because I like to use cold water instead of warm or hot. It probably did this to my clothes, because I had to wash them more then once just to get the powder out. It also made some of my t-shirts feel rough to the touch.

I also found that this powder laundry detergent was too harsh for my clothes, and caused them to fade much faster then they should have. I found that whenever I would wash my clothes with this powder detergent, it didn't dissolve well, and it would leave plenty of powder behind.

I've really enjoyed a lot of Gain products, and other powder laundry detergents, but I found that I really didn't like this one. I have used Gain products on and off for years, but I've only tried out the Gain Powder Laundry Detergent recently.
