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Spanish tablets Possibly Persan of Spain. I can't remember offhand, but the Aldi Magnum floppy pods might have been made by them. The Magnum pods were floppy gel things, like Finish Quantum Ultimate. They were square-shape format with the powder component running diagonally across the square...

The curious thing about your Miele tablets, is the ingredient ranges. Generally a detergent will state "5-15%: oxygen-based bleaching agents". Your Miele states "5-<15%". So, tighter tolerances.

I bought a bottle of Ariel Gel... The one with "Brrrilliant cleaning in cold water". There's nothing to indicate the 'Purezyme' concoction. For all I know, it could be stock a few months old. The dosing cap has changed since I last bought it, several years ago. It is now two-part hard plastic...

"...low foaming tablets..." I've tried Lidl basic tablets which were Dalli made, box of 50, low foam. You can (well I can anyway - in the Bosch) get away with two of these, and still no foam issues. McBride tablets: box of 50, under the 'Clean n Fresh' label, similar format to Lidl basic (thin...

"In the U.K. they knew people wouldn't swallow this, so they max out at 2 (our machines are smaller) but have you noticed that on the adverts they are also eager to push that you can wash that last minute needed 1 item of clothing with 1 pod, what a waste." I would love to see the lovely mess...

Thanks Mr Alex! I see on the info-pg site that 'Daz Ultra Whites' powder no longer exists. What are they playing at? Another example of a castrated detergent. Procter & Gamble can go and take a running jump... right into the tide for all I care. I think I'll stick to Lidl's Formil, which...

"they seem hell bent on getting people converted to liquids, if not better pods." They do. They must have lots of patents tied up in those. Powders will be probably be well out of patents now. Even the 'smaller' detergent companies can produce powders of high quality these days. Liquids are...

Formil versus Ariel I found that too. A dried bloodstain on a pillow case was repeatedly washed with Ariel. It faded but did not remove it. This went on for months and months. Then, switched to Formil. Three washes later, stain completely gone. Very suspicious performance from Ariel. Perhaps...

"but I do believe that P&G needs to get their act together." Quite. I can't understand their thinking either. I often wonder whether the liquid portions of their pods contain bog-standard manual washing-up liquid? There's something in them which foams. And it doesn't matter how dirty the load...

I noticed fairly recently too, that Lidl's Formil powder seems to have changed: new box shape (squatter, squarer - wouldn't fit in the cupboard!), new barcode (not the usual Lidl 8-digit code, this had 13 digits), different fragrance. The upshot is that the new version is apparently made by...

Most powders in my experience actually outperform liquids at dirt removal, even the consumer test magazines recognise that. And some powders are better than others. I'm not convinced by that Ariel pod advert which has folk running through mud, and then shows them flinging pods into Hotpoint...

I'm assuming that the programmes you selected were ones with built in 'rinse hold' such as 'delicates'? If so, then yes, the machine is supposed to stop full of cold water on the final rinse (to prevent creasing of synthetic fabrics). To get a full programme wash-rinse-spin, you would have to...

I've tried Aldi's Magnum pods before. I didn't care for the fragrance. Their All-in-1 hard tablets seemed to foam up too. Generally, I've found Lidl's W5 All-in-1 to be better, and the basic/classic W5 tablets seem to be immune to foaming. As are McBride's 'Clean n Fresh'. Have Persil...

UK Ariel 'All-in-1' pods... Apparently do (my error) have the new Phosphodiesterase enzyme, though it seems depending on which flavour of these pods you buy, that the enzyme and one or more of the other enzymes might be absent...older formulations, grey imports, etc. The Ariel 3-in-1 pods...

I wondered too, based upon the anti-fouling properties of the enzyme in nature, whether the presence of the enzyme in the detergent will keep the machines any cleaner, especially at cooler temperatures... i.e less crud, mould and gunk?

Do the vintage machines (the water hogs and the propeller type) cope any better with P&G's pods?

My experiences with Fairy (Dreft, Cascade) are similar - excess froth. The machine runs slowly, spray arms barely turn, and it attempts to top up with water again and again. And you can forget even trying to load an item after the suds-fest has started. To do so puts the machine into a...

Sudsing I looked at a few of the online detergent ingredients for various Finish types (Reckitt-Benckiser), Clean n Fresh (Robert McBride), and Fairy (P&G). 'Finish' generally - whether hard pressed tablet or gel-pac pod - has sodium silicate and some type of "antifoam", as one formulation...

Ah, that's interesting Launderess! I looked (a very quick look mind you) at the UK PG-info ingredients site for pods, but our pods don't seem to have the new enzyme. I was also wondering if this 'new' wondrous enzyme could be put to good use in dishwasher detergents? Just think, tenacious stuff...

My 2004 Bosch has a detergent dispenser with rubber seals only on three sides. The top edge is unsealed. I think the idea is to allow water in to pre-dissolve/pre activate the detergent. Particularly - I suppose - when using the hard pressed tablets. With my machine, the instructions say to...