So many options! Help.
I live in a city with moderately hard water. I have a front loading LG machine. I want to avoid fragrance and endocrine disrupters and be a good citizen. I also want decently clean clothes. I haven't paid that much attention to the performance of my detergent but know that I have dull whites and things aren't as fresh and clean as they could be. We don't have especially dirty clothes but the usual sweat, cooking spills, etc. I've been using All free & Clear plus Arm & Hammer or Borax recently. I don't like the All - seems irritating. I've spent the last few days diving down the rabbit hole of this subreddit and, well, wow. I had no idea. So, some questions:
Considering Puracy + FEBU + citric acid - do I also need Borax or the Arm & Hammer? Or an oxy booster for whites?
Seems like mixed opinions on powders for hard water? If I don't want to buy Tide, what's a powder that "has it all" and works in hard water?
I saw Norwex recommended - do others like that one? Does it need all the supplements, too? 365 powder seems like a solid bet but again, does it work with hard-ish water?