A Tablespoon. That's the whole dose.
No cup, no scoop, no guessing how much to pour.
Since 1983, Vacuum Supermarket has been a specialty floor care store on Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver. Laundry care sits alongside our vacuums for the same reason Miele and SEBO do — we only carry brands we'd use ourselves, and we stand behind them once you've bought them. On the detergent shelf, that's Persil, Perwoll, and Miele, three German-formulated lines built to work in any washing machine, plus Nellie's, a Canadian line built the opposite way — fewer ingredients instead of more engineering.
The Four Brands We Carry
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Persil: Henkel's flagship formula, in production since 1907. It's the one built for the load that actually worries you — stained sports gear, a wine-splashed tablecloth, towels going grey. A tablespoon works even in cold water, and customers tend to mention the same two things: whiter whites, and stain removal that holds up against detergents costing less.​
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Perwoll: Less a cleaner, more a maintenance routine for clothes you don't want to ruin. Wool, cashmere, dark denim, and activewear lose shape and colour with ordinary detergent, usually by the tenth wash rather than the first. Perwoll's fibre-care formula slows that down, which is why people who treat their wardrobe as an investment tend to reach for it specifically.
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Miele: Developed alongside Miele's own washing machines rather than as an afterthought, so the enzyme load and dosing assume a Miele drum. If you own a Miele washer, this is the detergent it was tuned against — a small detail, but one that matters if a warranty question ever comes up.
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Nellie's: Founded in Canada and named after the founder's mother, built on four ingredients with no phosphates, fragrances, or dyes. It's septic-safe, rinses clean in hot or cold water, and it's usually the first thing people ask for if they've got sensitive skin, a baby in the house, or just a preference for shorter labels.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1.Why does Persil or Perwoll need so little detergent per load? It's concentration, not a smaller bottle stretched further. German-market formulas run at a higher active-ingredient density, so a tablespoon does what the capfuls do in other brands — you're paying for the formula, not the fill line.
2.​Do I need to buy Miele's own detergent if I own a Miele washer? Not strictly, but the machine and the formula were developed together, and some owners find it simpler to keep the two matched, particularly where warranty terms are involved.
3.Is Nellie's actually better for sensitive skin, or is that just marketing? For a lot of our customers, it holds up. It's fragrance-free, skips the dyes and SLS/SLES foaming agents that trigger reactions for some people, and it's safe for septic systems, which matters if you're outside city sewer.