I love front loading machines and their frugal water use. But i really missed the cleaning power of my old non HE powdered detergent. HE detergent, to me, never got my clothes as clean as regular detergent. On investigating it i realized that the main concern with non HE was the high level of sudsing produced. Well what if i use less? Ive been doing just that. Front loaders use maybe an eighth of the water as top loaders, so in the front loader I've been using an eighth of the amount of non he i would normally use in a top loader. Ive been doing this for some time now. My clothes come out wonderfully clean and the washer works just fine. It has a tub clean feature that i use occasionally, and i also run an extra rinse to get rid of leftover soap. I believe HE detergent is not compulsory in a good quality front loader. edit phone typos gt This is a footnote from the  moderators. We'd like to remind you of a couple of things. Firstly, please read through our rules If you see a comment that has broken one, it is more effective to report it than downvote it. Speaking of which, downvotes don't change views Any questions or concerns? Feel free to message us Happy ing
i believe regular detergent is just fine for front loading HE washing machines, just as long as you use just enough.