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There`s a lot of Samsung bashing here so there must be some truth to it but IIRC a few years ago our consumer magazine had all 3 LGs fail whereas the Samsungs held up well. Am on my 3rd Samsung phone and have always been happy with them. My first VCR in the late 80s was a dirt cheap Samsung and...

Good point Joe

From what I gather it`s mainly Alcohol Ethoxylates (a nonionic surfactant) commonly found in rinse aid and DW detergents that have the potential to destroy the protective layer in gut. "A defect in this barrier is associated with conditions such as food allergies, gastritis, diabetes, obesity...

Thanks guys for clearing this up, I missed that it`s only the scented versions that may be contaminated. It`s still kind of scary to see two similar cases from two entirely different parent companies (Unilever and Clorox) within a few days only, isn`t it?

So, just to make sure I got this right there`s a recall of PineSol because of drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa? Isn`t this the same bacteria they found in The Laundress laundry products in the other thread? Isn`t PineSol a disinfectant cleanser that contains nowadays a quaternary...

Well, it`s not like natural preservatives in liquid preparations didnt`t exist. Ecover use huge amounts of alcohol in their liquid detergents which could be considered "non toxic" but of course it isn`t cheap. Their FS`s contain a combination of p-anisic and lactic acid maybe not so "non toxic"...

The Laundress brand is more or less a green washed livestyle brand that sells overpriced conventional products in handsome bottles to the rich. They use stuff like synthetic musk compounds, polymeres (liquid microplastics) or the controversial preservative benzisothiazolinone, non of these a...

I was wondering if GPDR is in deed the one and only reason for some US sites to block us out. Additional site traffic also causes additional electricity costs for the owner of the site. Not much per click but it does sum up. Not letting us window shop from EU counties because we won`t...

Only the freezer compartment if there is one needs to be manually defrosted once or twice a year.

Not sure how much sense it makes to compare accumulation in the softener compartment where it sits for a long time undiluted with other machine parts where is diluted and then at least in theory should be washed away again with detergent in the next wash cycle. Never had a problem with FS...

I was wondering how the presence or absence of those wood and coal fired boilers in an area still has an influence on today`s washing habits. In Germany there was no house without one. The copper was usually located in the basement but separate wash houses existed too and in many cases it also...

Has someone here actually ever tried and succeeded to rinse out fabric softener from fabrics with plain water only?

I could imagine if someone is very anal about their dishes they might argue if one item didn`t come clean the rest of the load couldn`t possibly be entirely clean, because this one item might have spoiled the last rinse water.

Wouldn`d say false advertising but it is misleading just like Oxy vs Oxi. Every measure that improves cleanliness and therefore reduces the chance of transmitting diseases could be considered a measure of hygiene. That includes washing hands with plain water vs not washing them at all or the...

Sorry if I misinterpreted your post! You said " Funny how those tariffs that doubled prices for many imports at the start of COVID, if I remember correctly, have not been removed as the plague-induced-panic has lessened" "Have not been removed as the plague-induced-panic has lessened" led me...

Tom are you sure those tariffs had something to do with Convid? I think it is the trade war your former president started with everyone in the world to blame for. The damage was huge and things are still far away from normal these days. I still remember when yellow Lenor came out in the late...

Isn`t the Convid virus an enveloped virus which is very easily destroyed by detergent alone? A quad based laundry sanitizer seems a bit of an overkill, I think a generous dose of detergent would do just as well. You could also add some oxybleach just for good measure and set the dryer to high...

That`s certainly not a first time stupid thing. Remember their grey water rinse? Wash water only drained partially then was topped up with fresh water and FS then followed by a spray rinse. You`d think everybody in the appliance and detergent industry is a aware of the fact that detergent and FS...

11 °C or 52 °F We`ve been in a heat wave and a serious drought recently just like most parts of Europe but tap water is really cold here the whole year around.

Of course the freezer is a way better option to keep bread fresh. It just doesn`t work for me because my freezer is always crowded with other stuff whereas my refrigerator is barely half full. I know it`s not perfect but at least I don`t have to throw any bread away. Wonder if my grandma...