Advice on products

Hi! So went down a rabbit hole in this forum after struggling with the armpits in my husbands shirts. He doesn't get deodorant stains but they still constantly smell like his deodorant. It drives me nuts! For the record, he uses Native deodorant.

Anyways, after reading through the forum I've come to the conclusion that my current laundry products are s**t and I need some better ones.

I would love to be able to keep my laundry routine as simple as possible; a liquid detergent that does the heavy lifting, a citric acid rinse, and for the adult loads of laundry an oxygen booster.

I have 2 young children that don't sweat a lot or create other bodily secretions yet so I think a good liquid and a citric acid rinse is more than adequate for the majority of their clothes.

For mine and my husband's clothes, I plan to add in an oxygen booster.

I went through the lipase list and I think that the Giant Eagle Ultra Liquid is what I'm going to go with. It has a lot of enzymes, an unscented option (this is not a deal breaker/maker for me, but a nice choice), and is easily/readily available to me at a decent price.

I already have Oxi Odor Blasters (the powder one) for the oxygen bleach part. My big question is, would something like FEBU Enzyme Oxygen Laundry Booster be beneficial, or would it be overkill with an enzyme loaded liquid?

Any other advice or suggestions are appreciated. We do have hard water in the 150ppm range.

Posted Feb 26, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC

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