This is ideal for people who have to budget their monthly shopping as a student I have been there !!!! The powder is a 2 in 1 detergent with fabric softner in a groovy yellow box and the best bit is the price , only 1.88 !!!! It is so much cheaper than Persil and other leading brands and in my opinion works just as well . A box lasts for about 15 washes so it really does go along way . My clothes felt soft and smelt lovely fresh and clean . Although if i'd have used a seperate softner i wqould have expected the towels to have been softer , but there wasn't any noticeable difference with my clothes . It's ideal when you run out of detergent and don't want to spend to much money - so it's ideal for students , and I used to see loads of people using it in my university hall of residence laundry !!!!