I Tested Truly Free Home’s Viral Laundry Detergent on My Family’s Filthiest Clothes—Here’s My Honest Review

Clean Ingredients Meets Actual Cleaning Power

Until this point, picking a laundry detergent felt like choosing between the least-worst option: either something “clean” – savvy marketing wrapped in ineffective plastic pastel packaging – or a detergent that was strong enough to work…if you didn’t mind a side of questionable chemicals.

With Truly Free Home, I no longer have to make this impossible choice. Their entire line of cleaning products (more on that later), is made with non-toxic, dye-free, biodegradable ingredients. Call that a win for your clothes, your skin, and your conscience.

Their Signature Scent Laundry Wash uses an innovative blend that includes four key salts: Sodium Polyacrylate is an eco-friendly soil anti-redeposition agent that helps to remove stains by preventing soils from redepositing onto fabrics during washing. The other three – Sodium Carbonate, Alkyl Polyglucoside, Sodium Cocoate, and Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate – work together to create a foaming action that lifts dirt and grime from fabrics, making it easier to remove those tough stains that my kids reliably produce on a daily basis.

The result? A formula that’s genuinely tough on stains without damaging fabrics, irritating skin, or gunking up your washer. It’s safe enough for pregnant people, pets, sensitive skin types and even babies, making it one of the few household purchases I don’t have to go down a rabbit hole researching its ingredients.

How It Works (and How It Delivered)

When I put the Signature Scent Laundry Wash to the test, my hamper was overflowing: two soccer practices worth of grass stains, caked on mud from a gardening class, and errant paint from an art project gone off the rails. In other words, a normal load of laundry in my house.

Here’s how it works: Truly Free provides a refillable 50 oz laundry jug with your first purchase. Simply, add warm water to the fill line, pour in the concentrated pouch, and replace the spout and cap. Lastly, shake up the jug, and you’re good to go. It took less than 60 seconds and couldn’t have been more intuitive. Plus, this jug, which is by far smaller than the bulky plastic ones I usually buy, lasts for 50 loads! 

Thanks to this smart eco-friendly system that relies on refills, instead of buying large plastic jugs that aren’t recyclable, I’m actually cutting down on my plastic waste without sacrificing convenience – something I’ve been trying to do more of lately.

But as much as I desire ingredients and an eco-friendly system, if the product doesn't actually deliver, then it’ll likely just sit on the shelf collecting dust. So when I put the suggested liquid amount into my washer, I was initially concerned that it didn’t bubble up like the previous detergent I’ve been using. But, according to Truly Free the lack of bubbles is actually a good thing: they avoid using harmful chemicals like sodium lauryl sulfate, which typically is what creates the suds in detergent.

Cut to the post-wash moment of truth: I pulled out clothes that looked brand new. Pizza sauce? Gone. Mud-caked knees? Gone. Grass-stained soccer uniform? Gone. No stains and no lingering odors.

And the cherry on top: the formula is safe for all fabric types. As someone who does a comical number of loads each week and still refuses to separate anything (I know, I know), this is a major win.