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Hi Jon,
Yes I agree about the non bio situation. Its not enzymes that cause allergic reactions its synthetic scents, for example you have reacted to Blue Comfort and the new Comfort Pure. What is it with the UK and non bio detergents?

Enzymes are amazing at removing stains as they act like a catalyst and remain unaffected after digesting stains. Bleach on the other hand works by oxidization and is neutralized as it works, the likes of Fairy Non Bio relies heavily on oxygen based bleach for stain removal.

Ariel was the UK's first Biological Detergent, introduced in 1969 it was truly a washday miracle. Can you imagine the advance in cleaning for housewives throughout the UK moving from the old non biological soap based powders to the new Ariel, a synthetic detergent with enzymes.

I must call into Makro and have a look for some Ariel Alpine; I had no idea it was still available.

David
 
Hey guys!
Well today i bought myself two bottles of the new excel gel! The colour & febreze varients! I love it! Its brilliant, though i've not brought myself to drop below 30! I did my 1st load with the colour gel on cottons 30. I really liked the gel formate, it washed really well and rinsed beautifully! At last my dream combo Ariel with perfect rinsing!!!! It has improved bit by bit over the last couple of years and this is now the best!

I'm going back to asda to buy a few more bottles, my good laydee suggested it! lol! As it is on offer for £2.

One thing i did do was wash some of my delicate trousers and jumpers on wool cycle (they're not wool don't tell me off for using it! on a wool cycle lol) in the hotpoint and because it spends alot of time static a small bit was left in the dosage ball.

Speaking of the funky dosage ball, it remained in tact after a 20minute hotpoint final spin!!!!

Darren
 
just did some darks !!

i bought the whites and colors version tonight at my local tesco and its on a very low price offer of £1.88!!! the card board merchandiser at the entrance was empty! and in the detergent isle there was only a few bottles left!, i used the color liquid , i cannot get a 15 degree wash with my machine but set it to fill up on pure cold about 6 degrees and then selected a hot wash to heat up till the door felt slightly warm, i used regular round bauble dispenser as i felt the one supplied was a bit sharp on the corners , there was a high level of suds on even a dirty load but we must have the softest water as everything suds up but i do like to see suds at the door! , it rinsed well and smelled nice at the end! as its colors i cannot test its stain removal as nothing had particular stains, even if we dont wash at 15 degrees it may good to have something that is so efficient that at 40 60 or 90 it will be even better, i wish ariel still had its orginal smell the big bottle of blue liquid had in the 1980s with the big arielette bauble , it would so remind me of my school uniform and my Mams Servis slimline 320!!
 
Hi Folks,
I'm glad everyone so far is enjoying the new Ariel Excel Gel. I must say I am well impressed thus far, it is simply amazing on whites.

Yes Richard the original Ariel Liquid did smell wonderful and the distinctive noise of the Arielette clunking around and thumping off the door glass of our Creda Debonair Micron 17201. The Arielette was huge by today's standards, if memory serves me correctly they went up to 220ml. I have an original Arielette somewhere in the workshop I must have a look for it.
You must have been at school around the same time as myself as I can remember the Ariel Liquid scent from my uniform too.

David
 
Ariel liquid fragrance on school uniform

I tried it too, when it first came out. My classmates kept mentioning a fruity smell! Everyone else probably used powders.
 
Hey again guys,
I was just thinkin while watching my hotpoint, it was about time a detergent was made with the mindset of modern machines that wash and rinse in small amounts of water.

For people who own the bosch maxx's of early 2000s with their 2 low level rinses & the indesits & hotpoints with 2 rinses as standard. The excel gel is perfect! as it washes and rinses beautifully!

I do LOVE this detergent!

I've taken a pic of my hotpoint in action on cotton 25degrees with whites with the two bottles i bought in front of it, though i've just got a new samsung G600 phone and i'm still gettin round to uploading the software for piccies and such.

Darren
 
Oh and another note! I was right, the hotpoints with the ECO programmes are being used in the advert for them, i should think it won't be long before their is an ARIEL excel & Hotpoint Eco cycle collabortating advert!

Darren
 
Hey..
I've also got the colour version from tesco, they were not many left, everyone were after them.LOL
managed to get one.....this was due to asda selling em at £2 and sainsburys at £2.99 and Tesco at £1.88.
Well my dysons lowest temperature is 20oc so will be using that...20oc 1400rpm A class and on dirt and stains with extra rinse like always!
Cool!
 
Stocked up too! Back home this weekend, so bought 2 bottles at Asda for £2 each (though they only had the colour variety left as it was 1am), then I went to Tesco as I wanted grapes and as usual they had skanky ones at Asda, and saw that they were selling Ariel Excel for £1.88 - so bought another 4 bottles! Really loving this stuff, really is such a washday advance!

I saw that Asda were also now selling 1.5l bottles of Ariel, Daz and Bold Power liquids too! Another great liquid detergent there I must say!

Darren! I see you've moved from Nokia's! Wise choice, can't wait until I can update my phone when my contract runs out in March, this Nokia's the worst phone I've ever had!

Jon
 
Got some too!

In Tesco, £1.88, green bio version.

I do agree with 'ricky5050'; the dosing device has a very sharp rim. It won't do fabrics any good at all. So I used a Persil dosing ball from several years ago (the soft, squidgy, rubbery one).

My machine cannot get below 30 deg C., so that will have to do. The wash became quite foamy towards the end of the actual wash phase.

Can't comment on rinsing yet: wash still in progress!
 
Mmm, have to agree that the dosing devise seems a little harsh but as the wash is still in progress, can't comment on performance. My machine only goes down to 30 so have had it on cold and the longest cycle time and will see what happens. However, I adore the scent; such an improvement on the previous incarnation. Looking forward to he results and as I have a TL, the anticipation is even greater!!
 
Done 3 loads in this today - first two were darks, with the Colour liquid - they came up great, no suds at all during even the first rinse with the 37ml dose. Forgot to turn the temp down from 40 to 30, however I remembered to turn the white load to 30*C and have to say the results were still impressive. Was only a half load of whites, however it got the bottoms of socks clean (rather than leaving them "dingy" as liquids normally do). Definitely an impressive product.

In terms of the dosing ball, I don't see how it can be that harsh... not damaged anything so far (yet), and tbh is no "harser" on clothes than plastic drum paddles are...

Jon
 
RESULT!

just took the whites out of the machine and am VERY impressed - red wine, coffee and tomato ketchup removed from dish cloths and tea towels on a cold wash. Will deffo get the colour varient now. Incidentally, does anyone know what the average temp of UK cold water is at this time of year or during winter?
 
Dosing device

It's the outer edge of the oval shape I'm concerned about. It may be sharp enough to slice finer fabrics.

It is odd that they chose this design; it is like a measuring cap. Didn't they say not to put the cap (regarding previous liquids) into the machine?
 
Rolls,
I've used it on loads of loads and plenty of 1600rpm spins and a delicate load and its been fine! I def see your point though, it did cross my mind when i saw it. then i saw the advert and i thought, well that must be how you do it!

It definately goes in their on the advert they show you how "bottom is the new top, squeeze is the new pour *squeezes it into the cap and puts it in the drum* & then cold is the new hot! & they've subtley changed a wmf760 hotpoint temp button for a dial lol!

Darren
 
Another thing that crossed my mind:

What with all this 'liqui-tab' stuff, and educating people in the art of washing with liquitabs, I wonder why P&G decided to go back to fiddling about with dosing balls?

Haven't they missed a trick?

Wouldn't it be better to put the new concentrated gel into a liquitab pouch, albeit a smaller size, cram more of them into a container for a similar price, and sell them along the lines of "more washes per box, helping to save the environment"?
 
Yes!

One per wash.

I thought the emphasis of modern formats was on speedy ease of use, fling it in and walk away.

This seems like a retrograde step.
 

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