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Dettol is basically bleach with an added disinfectant Not at all true, Dettol has never, in any of it forms, contained bleach. Mixing a "disinfectant" or biocide with bleach is never a good idea as potentially chlorine gas could be released. As I have said many times, washes at 40 deg or above...

Sounds like another manufacturer reintroducing hot and cold fill. I love the look of the machine although an not a bells and whistles fan. The vibration control as been used on Samsung F/L's in the US for a while now. Wondering where the dispenser is on the washer.

twintubdexter Not a big sink, it's a little washer. Compact F/L made by Candy.

Frigilux Thanks for the info :-)

Laundress Also, on this side of the "pond" in the 80's and before, ingredients in detergents were designed to work at different temperatures. All main brand powders contained oxygen bleach but this was not fully effective until temps of 60deg C or above were reached, so coloured items washed at...

Dosing instructions

Ariel compact As I said before, these are pics posted by a friend on facebook who appears to live in an area where new detergents are introduced.

Persil in the 80's was marketed as safe for all laundry , including wool!! Here is the ingredients and dosing instructions for the Sainsburys compact

The bottle is self dosing, you tip it up and it dispenses 25ml at a time. I've edited this as I had got the recommended dosage wrong , pic to follow.

Here is a pic of the Sainsbury's compact detergent as posted on facebook by a friend.

Frigilux Who makes Wisk in the US? We had Wisk here in the 80's made by Unilever ( or Lever Bros as was ). Was a very thick white liquid, smelled gorgeous but cleaning ability wasn't brilliant. There was also a Wisk cold wash liquid that my mum tried ( she was a tester for Lever Bros ) but it...

Nick, Believe it or not the majority of powders we have at the moment are the same, if not stronger in concentration that Ariel ultra was. When you compare the dosage of "big box powders" now to the equivalent in the 80's and early 90's there is quite a difference. The Ultra's, Micro's and...

Detergent sheets Have been around for a while, Dizolve has been on the UK shelves since early last year. I can see the appeal for using on holiday or on a camping trip, not great for everyday laundry at home though. Also the transportation costs from manufacturer to the store would be a lot...

Picked these up today merely for the fact the bleaching agents are chlorine based and had not seen this in a detergent before. Laundress, have you come across chlorine based bleach in a detergent before? Used two sheets on a load of towels, they did a good job for something so cheap ( £1.00...

Washer111 Why not just put the liquid straight on top of the clothes in the drum? I know Woolite do a detergent that prevents colour run ( Red bottle yellow cap ) but it seems to have disappeared from UK shelves. Is Woolite sold in Australia?

Xanx22 Lovely AEG set you have there! I lived in Aberdeen between 1991 and 1999 before I moved to Edinburgh. NYCWriter, in general it is exceptionally unusual for us to have such extreme weather that we can't get groceries. However, my parents live in the Highlands of Scotland where it is not...

I'm always dubious about anything written in the daily mail! Scaremongering to the extreme. I agree the article makes some valid points however I have yet to hear of anyone becoming ill from bacteria on domestic laundry. The cold v's warm/hot debate has been done to death on here and really...

Holland Park Sweetie! Edina did have a Zanussi washing machine in her kitchen until the remodel. As far as fridges go my nan had a US style gas fridge when I was growing up with a big pull down "car door handle". Before we moved to Scotland we had an Indesit fridge slightly smaller in height...

Chris US and UK T/L have always been rated badly for energy efficiency and wash performance. Hotpoint's last generation of T/L were rated G for energy efficiency and F for wash performance, having used one I thought they washed very well. I think the US T/L are rated so bady as they possibly...

Richard I echo what Chris has said regarding his powder recommendation.You may also want to try the tablet version of Persil as it has a higher oxygen bleach content than the powder, am unsure if Ariel tablets are the same. If you feel your whites will benefit from an extra boost I recommend...