Ariel Actilift

[spoodles]

I think it's more a case of Tesco hiking the price up to over £8 to be honest. They had Fairy Gel at a similar price, then cut it to around £7. Morrisons still sell the large bottles of Excel Gel for £6.79, so someone somewhere is taking the piss! I stocked up at Sainsbury's whilst they are £4!

I noticed Tesco have also put Persil Small & Mighty 20 wash bottles up to £4.18 while they are still just under £4 elsewhere. "Every Little Helps" LOL!

 

[spoodles]

Finally

I managed to find some Excel Gel with Actilift in my local Tesco last night. I'll give it a whirl when I've got something mucky enough to test it properly.

They didn't have any powder, liquitab or tablet versions of it in yet.

 

[paulc]

Well, managed to get my hands on some Actilift powder and Gel today. Did a load of whites with the powder, not as sudsy in the wash as normal Ariel....still a lot of suds in the 1st rinse but they seem to disappear by the second. The load wasn't heavily soiled but things did appear a bit whiter and seemed softer than usual.

Just doing a load of lights with the gel....again less sudsy in the wash and rinse and the gel doesn't seem to have as much perfume.

 

[newwave1]

Got me a box of the powder and 2 bottles of gel

Can't wait to try out the lastest varient of my favourite detergent

Darren

 

[paulc]

Darren

Think you will like!....Let us know what you think.

 

[newwave1]

I should imagine i will paul! i love ariel, Lookin forward to tryin it in my new machine when i can afford it in about three weeks

Darren

 

[lavamat_jon]

I bought some the other day in Asda, let out a screech of excitement when I saw it, embarassing my 16 yo brother in the process lol. Smells different, a fresher smell, and doesn't suds at all - both for the powder and Gels. First rinse was crystal clear. The previous variant of powder wasn't *too* bad for rinsing, though would still suds in the first rinse, but it is especially a difference for the gel which would suds to the high heavens before. They've tweaked the smell of the Gel too - to my nose it's more like the old liquid, not quite, but more like.

Jon

 

[spoodles]

I can't spot any difference in the scent of the Gel.

Oh, I also noticed today that Bounce dryer sheets have now been rebranded as Lenor.

 

[lavamat_jon]

I smelt both the old bottle and the new bottle side by side, and the newer bottle definitely has a slight hint of the older scent. Only noticeable if you smell them side by side, but the difference is there.

Complete change in the rinsing performance though - definitely less sudsy.

Not paid attention to Bounce for a while... have Lenor still kept the Bounce fragrances, or have they changed them to Spring Awakening, Sleep sensations etc?

Jon

 

[spoodles]

Well I'm yet to try mine, still have a couple of bottles of the "old" stuff to get through. I can't honestly see how they can improve the cleaning performance though, they'd kind of nailed it already!

The Lenor sheets I saw were just Summer Breeze, which I think was also the name of the Bounce scent anyway?

 

[lavamat_jon]

Nope - they have had the best cleaning performance easily for a while. We're using Ariel colour again after mum buying 4 boxes of Persil colour tabs on offer - can certainly notice the difference as far as cleaning performance is concerned, even though PErsil did a pretty decent job.

Yeah - I remember there being spring and summer bounce. I imagine it's just part and parcel of them streamlining the brands. I've noticed that the Infusions Bold seems to be being put on the back burner after all that advertising - Asda/Sainsburys only sell the Ruby Jasmine version now, the other 2 Infusions have all but disappeared.

Jon