Dishwasher Detergents UK
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cleanfresh
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From what I understand...
being the avid reader that I am, is that the Fairy brand is #1. I've learned that in the UK, what we here in the US call dishwashing liquid, you call washing up liquid. We use the term washing up, too, except, it usually means to wash one's body. And it comes as no surprise that Fairy Liquid is made by one of our global giant companies, P&G.
being the avid reader that I am, is that the Fairy brand is #1. I've learned that in the UK, what we here in the US call dishwashing liquid, you call washing up liquid. We use the term washing up, too, except, it usually means to wash one's body. And it comes as no surprise that Fairy Liquid is made by one of our global giant companies, P&G.
danemodsandy
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Fairy
We used to have Fairy here back when soap was just cakes of soap, but it's no longer available.
Here's one of the old ads....
We used to have Fairy here back when soap was just cakes of soap, but it's no longer available.
Here's one of the old ads....
seamusuk
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For me....
Its Finish(Electrosol?) classic tablets for standard loads(defiantly NOT!! any combined tablets- dishwashers have water softeners and rinse aid dispensers for a reason!! ).
For short washes(60deg 30 mins) Fairy powder was on silly price and does the job
Seamus
Its Finish(Electrosol?) classic tablets for standard loads(defiantly NOT!! any combined tablets- dishwashers have water softeners and rinse aid dispensers for a reason!! ).
For short washes(60deg 30 mins) Fairy powder was on silly price and does the job
Seamus
zanussi_lover
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I have
I've used Lidls W5 dishwasher powder and tablets i use the rinse aid and the salt because it has the pour spout on it
its not bad, most of the time i use tescos clean and fresh lemon dishwasher powder its cheap and does it job
I've used Lidls W5 dishwasher powder and tablets
i use the rinse aid and the salt because it has the pour spout on it its not bad, most of the time i use tescos clean and fresh lemon dishwasher powder its cheap and does it job
cleanfresh
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Jetamatic
The 3 brands I see posters mention a lot are Electrasol, Cascade, and Wal-Mart's Great Value. According to one of the posters above Finish may be the UK's version of Electrasol.
The 3 brands I see posters mention a lot are Electrasol, Cascade, and Wal-Mart's Great Value. According to one of the posters above Finish may be the UK's version of Electrasol.
Problems!
In Ireland it's getting really annoying that you often can't get non 3-in-one, 5-in-one dishwasher products anymore. Or, if you can they're cheap and nasty.
In Ireland anyway the two dominant brands for dishwasher detergents are :
Finish - (Reckitt Benckiser) and Sun - Unilever
I find some of the sun products absolutely excellent. Great results, no need to unwrap the tablets, no damage to patterns on dishes and they smell nice too.
Finish is also reliably good.
Fairy ActiveBursts (P&G) are quite a long way down the pecking order. I found they produced terrible results in our Bosch - the dishes came out sticky!
Some of the store's own brand products aren't bad: E.g. Tesco's Classic tablets, which are in fact manufactured by Chemolux, a division of Henkel.
Tried these and got excellent results.
Ecover's tablets are pretty effective too, and contain no phosphates at all. Found they gave excellent results, comparable to the Finish and Sun tablets, and light years ahead of Fairy.
For washing-up liquid for handwashing dishes, Fairy's very dominant. Although, I suspect it's losing ground the own-brands in a big way. The supermarket own brands are pretty excellent, most have a very wide range of fragrances and they work well cost about half the price.
Unilever's washing-up liquid in Ireland is Quix - comes as Quix Lemon, Orange, Lime and Quix Ultra and seems to hold its own against fairy. They've always marketed Quix's lemon, orange and other fruit juice ingredients as a big selling point. It does smell really lemony, rather than chemically fabricated lemons.
They brand as "from the makers of Cif"
Unilever markets a washing up liquid in the UK under the persil brand.
In Ireland it's getting really annoying that you often can't get non 3-in-one, 5-in-one dishwasher products anymore. Or, if you can they're cheap and nasty.
In Ireland anyway the two dominant brands for dishwasher detergents are :
Finish - (Reckitt Benckiser) and Sun - Unilever
I find some of the sun products absolutely excellent. Great results, no need to unwrap the tablets, no damage to patterns on dishes and they smell nice too.
Finish is also reliably good.
Fairy ActiveBursts (P&G) are quite a long way down the pecking order. I found they produced terrible results in our Bosch - the dishes came out sticky!
Some of the store's own brand products aren't bad: E.g. Tesco's Classic tablets, which are in fact manufactured by Chemolux, a division of Henkel.
Tried these and got excellent results.
Ecover's tablets are pretty effective too, and contain no phosphates at all. Found they gave excellent results, comparable to the Finish and Sun tablets, and light years ahead of Fairy.
For washing-up liquid for handwashing dishes, Fairy's very dominant. Although, I suspect it's losing ground the own-brands in a big way. The supermarket own brands are pretty excellent, most have a very wide range of fragrances and they work well cost about half the price.
Unilever's washing-up liquid in Ireland is Quix - comes as Quix Lemon, Orange, Lime and Quix Ultra and seems to hold its own against fairy. They've always marketed Quix's lemon, orange and other fruit juice ingredients as a big selling point. It does smell really lemony, rather than chemically fabricated lemons.
They brand as "from the makers of Cif"
Unilever markets a washing up liquid in the UK under the persil brand.
I totally agree with SeamusUK...
...combined tablets are evil!
At the moment, I'm using Waitrose own-brand tablets which work just fine, or I use Finish Classic when they're on special offer. I've also used Ecover and Fairy powder bursts. I like that the Fairy powder bursts don't need unwrapping. However, both these options are quite pricey - around 16p a tablet compared to about 7p for a Waitrose one.
...combined tablets are evil!
At the moment, I'm using Waitrose own-brand tablets which work just fine, or I use Finish Classic when they're on special offer. I've also used Ecover and Fairy powder bursts. I like that the Fairy powder bursts don't need unwrapping. However, both these options are quite pricey - around 16p a tablet compared to about 7p for a Waitrose one.
