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My next One will be a heatpump. I currently have a Blomberg condenser, it makes the house SO unbearably hot (that is possibly more down to the fact the house is brand new (well 2015), and the builders went stupidly overboard on insulation), my Gas bill in the first year was £29 for the year...

It's still a *very* slow launch. They have done almost n Yes, never seen it actually advertised, seemed to be word of mouth. Started out as being available on their own Webiste and now on Amazon, the only U.K. supermarket that has it is Sainsbury’s - it seems Tesco and Unilever have not quite...

Same here In U.K, I can’t recall an advert for washing powder since 10+ years ago. They’re all at it - started by pushing liquids, then gels and now pods (even though we have had liqui-capsules since the late 90s). P&G especially are pushing pods hard, as seen by the latest £10 million cost...

Neutral I used this when first launched about 18 months back, as thought was a really good idea to have scent and dye free bio detergent (something other countries have seemingly always had). Turns out my body really didn’t like it. But it’s good people finally have an option of no perfume but...

Pretty much Everything Laundress said. Another thing that makes me chuckle, and I should imagine that this is a problem unique to the U.K; You’ll have certain people who use only non bio detergent as they’ll bang on about being “allergic” to/or that bio is the work of the devil, and yet will...

Although... Saying that, it may be something we never see here. See to me, they’re playing a very dangerous game to launch a stain remover product under such a long standing, trusted name - Persil has been the UK’s best selling laundry detergent since it’s launch in 1909 (bit of trivia...

Not Yet in the U.K. that I know of. Will keep an eye out in Supermarkets though and report back if I see anything.

As much... As I wanted to like the Powergems, they just didn’t do anything for me (to be fair I haven’t tried the colour version, I tried the bio/non bio at launch). Most went in the mop bucket for doing floors and the rest in the bin (but under the liner for fragrancing the bin), in the wash...

Can You still get it? I was under the impression it was being pulled along with 40 wash boxes of colour powder (obviously you can still get if you got last week, but I’m sure there’s no reference to it now on online grocery stores and even Ariel website). I got some the week it launched and...

Lovely Here too - North West England, UK. 86-90F with almost what feels like no humidity (almost unheard of temperatures for the U.K.) Atlantic makes sure our little island isn’t too warm or dry for too long, especially here in the NW (the wettest region of the U.K., but upside is we have by...

Hot soapy water followed by a steep in lukewarm water with vinegar. Then once dry, either; Line each ashtray with enough baking soda to cover the bottom of the ashtray Or use furniture polish spray/ air freshener spray/ baby oil to put a light coating on the inner of the ashtray. Advantages...

Extremely... Soft (absolutely nothing happens on those test strips for hardness). I couldn’t cope with even moderately hard water. Father in law has very hard water (Ireland) and it’s a nightmare, constant descaling, Brita filters etc etc Only way I could see hard water being of benefit to me...

Ah yes, mrboilwash, that makes sense. I don’t know how accurate this is (going off memory from something I read on here a few years back), but somebody mentioned that Tide wouldn’t be approved for sale over here due to a certain compound or other. Never really thought about that aspect as we...

Interesting... Read, and I always find it really interesting how companies like PG develop scents and how they determine what scent will appeal to as many users as possible. What I also find interesting, is how PG/Unliver etc determine what scents embody clean/appeal in different markets...

Aldi and Lidl are still expanding in the UK though, right? Yes, like there’s no tomorrow. Not long back, read an article on Aldi’s expansion plans and how many stores they’re looking to open by a set date (I think 2020), they have some towns pegged for needing EIGHT Aldi stores. That’s...

Can’t... Say I blame them. I know we can’t discuss politics on this forum, so will only say it was the stupidest thing Britain has ever done.

We lost.... Our Dunnes Stores here in England in February this year. My nearest one was the 3rd last in the country to close.

Mrboilwash Ha! Same here, you often now see high end sports cars, Range Rovers and the like in Aldi and Lidl car parks. How times have changed! Just as @iej says, at one time Aldi and Lidl were seen as very hard discounters, no products that would be recognised and stores were definitely not...

Yep.. Supermarket competition is a strange beast, even causing problems for companies like Walmart. Walmart wholly owns the ASDA chain here in the UK, their vision was to bring “Walmart to the British shopper” unfortunately that doesn’t seem to have happened in the sense Walmart wanted, nor...

I have... Exactly what Philcobendixduo has, a Brabantia “Lift-O-Matic” as they’re known here. I also have a smaller one at other end of Garden. Here in the U.K., line drying was never not a thing, even though in Northern England/Scotland it seems to do nothing but rain!! so line drying days...