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Laundrettes have become a real rarity around here, but I vaguely remember ones that used to have those type of top-loader machines when I was a very small kid. The only laundrettes around here now are the type that do full-service washes and they're mostly just doing heavy items like duvets and...

Unilever's Sun range of dishwasher tablets and rinse aid, salt etc is still available here in Ireland, however it's really not very well marketed compared to Finish or Fairy and increasingly seems to have less and less shelf space. It's quite a good product though and does the job really well...

I think tumble dryers are perhaps a bit unnecessary in most of Italy most of the year? Growing up here in Ireland tumble dryers were always fairly essential, as otherwise you would never get your laundry dry. On almost any day a shower is possible and in winter and even summer it can just...

I dealt with this problem for a friend of mine like this : 1) run long boil-wash with dishwasher powder. 2) run long boil-wash with a strong laundry powder that contains oxygen bleaching agents e.g. Persil/Ariel here or I'm not sure what in the US.. some version of Tide ? 3) Rinse out detergent...

It seems we have had some serious injuries "Doctors at Children's University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, noted that over a six-month period, they had treated six children with alkali eye injuries caused by liquid detergent tablets. The children had squeezed the tablets, causing them to burst...

You can just coat them in Bitrex which is a horrendous tasting ultra bitter substance that causes an immediate gag reflex. Dishwasher detergent pods have been around for quite a long time and liquid detergent pods have been used in Europe for quite a long time too and I haven't really heard...

Someone will have to send you over some Unilever Persil Bio to see how it compares.

It oddly coincides with a major push on Dettol laundry sanitiser which seems to be appearing on shelves in a big way in recent months. I wonder have they been sneaking out some press releases :D

I've always found either Miele or Nilfisk tend to produce the best combination of relatively quiet and good results. I'm not a fan of cyclone machines as they're always pretty noisy.

Ariel (P&G's premium detergent in this part of the world) went through a phase of being super-whiffy too. It seems to be toned down a bit again, however it was really strongly scented for a while. Ariel's scent is a little hard to describe. It's not floral and it's not pine. It's just "ariel"...

There's no oxygen bleach in Persil non-bio *liquid* or any UK/Ireland liquids that I am aware of. The powder version would have quite likely completely shifted that stain. It's a balance though, I find it's a lot better to use liquids or liquid pods on colour items (especially jeans) that you...

We got a Bosch Heat Pump dryer and I have never regretted a purchase more! It's constantly tangling stuff. It's almost impossible go dry bed linen in it without everything ending up in a ball. The net result is that I can no longer wash bed linen at home which is a completely ridiculous...

@aquarius1984 It may be the worst performer of the three in terms of cleaning ability, but it's priced at a premium where as Daz is often hard discounted. Bold's pricing is sometimes cheap, but it's not a budget brand and it's not sold as such. The marketing doesn't necessarily mean much in...

Don't forget to spray it all with Fabreeze when you're putting into the wardrobe too! LOL

They're marketed as "Ariel 3-in-1 pods" So far I've seen : Regular (blue/green/white), Colour (purple/white), with Fabreeze, Alpine Fresh and there are a few others too. It'll be interesting to see if they bring out Daz and Bold (the fragrenced 'with softener') detergents in the same pod...

Well, P&G Pods are available in Europe under Ariel's brand name in most markets. As far as I know, they're still using the Tide brand in Italy and Portgual. It's also Dash in Belgium, although I've seen Ariel appearing on shelves there too, so I assume they might be about to phase out the...

They arrived in my local supermarkets here in Ireland in the last few weeks and I picked up a pack and gave them a try. They seem to work well, although I have no idea if they worked better / worse than anything else. The one thing I would say is that the clothes came out feeling quite soft...

We go right up to 3000W irons in Europe.

Lack of hot washes causes this problem, it's as simple as that. Run a hot wash with your dirty towels once a week with a proper detergent, preferably containing oxygen-bleaching agents and you will not have this problem *EVER*. We've never had a problem in our household with any of our...

Thankfully, this isn't something we seem to have an issue with in Ireland. The voltage is very stable anywhere I've lived here. However, about 5 years ago we had a bolt of lightening that struck our front lawn! It didn't hit the power lines (they're underground) but our phone line crosses the...