Current detergents

[aquacycle]

Hi Everyone,

NickUK's post in the Lenor/Downy thread got me thinking that we've not had a detergent stash thread for a while, so thought I'd start one.

Here is what's currently in our laundry room. We've been an eco household for over 2 years now, so they're all eco alternatives. The fun thing about going green is that it's opened up a whole new area of the detergent market to test out.

Currently we've got Neutral Bio powder & colour liquid, Ecover Bio liquid, Splosh Bio powder and liquid, liquid soap flakes, SportSuds zero residue powder and some Bio-D laundry bleach. I also have Neutral & Ecover softeners, although I've since stopped using softener for most laundry and only use it for jumpers.

Chris

 

[mralex]

We have the same kitchen glass cloths 

 

Nice eco stash! 

 

[aquacycle]

kitchen glass cloths

I need to move that cloth, actually, it's doing my head in. It's hanging up in the laundry room but keeps getting in the way. And every time, I get annoyed and then forget to move it lol!

The Splosh Bio powder and Ecover Bio liquid are my current go-to detergents. Powder for whites, lights, bedding and towels, liquid for darks. Although that may change as our local Sainsbury's have stopped stocking the original Ecover Bio and now only have the new Honeysuckle & Jasmine scented one, which I'm not keen on. I'm looking at trying EcoZone bio liquid for darks next.

 

[mralex]

My friend actually loves her Ecover Bio Honeysuckle & Jasmine, I haven't gotten around to smelling it so I have no idea what it smells like. She usually buys non-bio but I managed to get her over to Bio lol.. 

 

[aquacycle]

I found the smell a bit too strong, I'm not a fan of heavily scented detergents. I really love the Neutral Bio as it has absolutely no scent, although being Unilever made, it's not really an eco detergent.

As for non-bio, it has its uses. Non bio liquid tends to be good for more delicate items whereas the powder is essential for washing down duvets as the enzymes break down the feathers. But for day to day washing, I'm all about the bio.

 

[mralex]

I used the Neutral Bio when I lived in Sweden (before 2014) If I'm not mistaken it used to leave marks on coloured laundry. They might have changed that now

 

[aquacycle]

I haven't tried the powder on dark colours, only on whites and light colours.

Neutral is essentially the same as UK Persil Bio but with no scent or optical brighteners.

 

[foraloysius]

Here is what I use at the moment.

Klok is a eco-friendly scentless detergent. They have all kind of scentless products, great for people with asthma.

The almost empty bottle is a scentless fabric softener from Albert Heijn, the biggest supermarket chain here in the NL. The bottle on the left is their scentless liquid color detergent.

Between them is a bottle of Sanamedi Wasmiddel, it's a detergent especially for killing dustmites.

Further Oxi powder, from Albert Heijn, color catchers, also from Albert Heijn and prewas detergent Biotex. I don't use it very often, but love to do my whites with a prewash now and then with Biotex.

 

[aquacycle]

Ah, I've been to Albert Heijn! My brother used to live in Amsterdam and now lives in Haarlem, we've visited a few times and had a good look at the detergents in the supermarket, of course!

 

[foraloysius]

Ofcourse! You can't get passed a detergent isle when in a supermarket! lol

 

[aquacycle]

You can't get passed a detergent isle when in a supermar

I had to do so the other day when we were in Sainsbury's and in a hurry. I started shifting towards the detergents and hubby just glared at me, so I had to begrudgingly miss it out lol!

 

[foraloysius]

Next time send him to find something you are sure they don't carry. lol

 

[nickuk]

Very impressed......

....Chris and Louis by your sensible sized / eco friendly detergent stashes........

*crawls off ashamedly vowing to seek therapy and become a better human being*

And yes - who can just walk past a detergent aisle? I mean aside from 99% of the population who don't frequent these pages.............weirdos ;-)

 

[aquarius1984]

Trying to work my way thru around 100 washes of 10 to 20 year old detergents that I've kept. The packaging has been saved but it's time for the product to be used.

Selection of tablets to go first. Fairy Daz Ariel essential, Ariel alpine,

The load that's being washed is using Radion Sunfresh Automatic. I don't recall it being this soapy back in the day.

Unless something new comes to market I'm set for detergents until Christmas by which time il start buying again.

 

[liamy1]

Neutral Detergent...

I got some in December last year (pretty much when it launched in the UK).

It's a good detergent and the fact it's bio with no smell was great, BUT - it made me itch something unbelievable, to the point I had to see the Doctor.

Detergent reaction is something that has almost never happened to me, there is only one particular combination I have a slight itch to, and even then it's just a mild irritation, nothing like what happened with the Neutral.

(for bored minds the combo is Persil Bio Powder and Comfort Sunshiny Days, but oddly, if I use either product with something else eg the Sunshiny Days with Ariel - no itch).

Of course, me or the Doc will never know 100% if it was the Neutral (of course I was just sent off with cream), but it was the only thing I had changed, and I gave it 3 months of testing and still the same unbearable itch.

I had to bin the lot

 

[nickuk]

Aha, Soupline `grand air'. Tres bien!

Used to absolutely love Radion. V impressed you've kept some. Do you remember that for a very brief while Radion sort of became Surf? I can't remember the variant name but I was pretty close to brand loyal to those phosphated (sorry) Surf tablets in the orange box back in 2000 / 2001 when I moved in to my first flat.

Gorgeous Bosch set by the way.

 

[paulc]

My current stash

Aquacycle and I are the qweens of green over here in the UK. I've been trailing Eco stuff for a couple of years. Here's my current stash:-

From left to right.

Simply pure powder softabs
Simply Sensitive powder softabs
Nellie's all natural
Astonish oxygen bleach and Splosh self dosing concentrated bio powder
Rosalie's zero suds
Sport Suds
Halo Sports wash

Currently the Nellie's is my go to detergent. So far it's outcleaned both Eco and mainstream detergents in my tests. It removes the build up of previous detergent, rinses completely clean, great cleaning and leaves everything scent free but really "clean" smelling. No need for softener as everything comes out really soft. ( I use wool dryer balls in the dryer) . It takes a few washes before you see the full effects but laundry is brighter, darks look better , removes gym stink from athletic stuff.

The Rosalie's is also very good but the cost of getting it to the UK means I only break it out on special occasions , for example meet ups of if a Washer fan is visiting.

The Halo sports wash is used to soak hubby's stinky cycling helmet.

 

[aquacycle]

qweens of green

HAHA love it! And it's true! Your stash is a lot smaller than it used to be, Paul! Once upon a time, it filled the worktop!

 

[paulc]

Yes

My stash has decreased, friends and family have rarely had to buy detergent this year with me donating stuff to them!