Persil Liqui Tabs

[ozzie908]

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I went into my local Aldi this morning and was surprised to see they have shrunk their boxes of washing powder.... you now get 25 washes instead of 30 but you still pay the same price.. Hmmmmm so much for value for money !It had crossed my mind on my previous visit why were there no washing powder boxes left and now I know.

Austin

 

[liberatordeluxe]

I never knew Mcbride made the detergents for Aldi. You 100% certain about that? I thought they were made in Germany. I used the tablets once and they were a bugger to dissolve!

Regarding Optical Brighteners i would be interested to genuinely know if anyone on here or someone knows of who is allergic to them? As they are not rinsed off clothing they remain intact with the skin like fabric conditioner does which i never use anyway.

The only powders i know od that doesn't contain OB is Ecover or Simply Pure. My water softner was the culprit for poor rinsing and is now working again but i only use a tablespoon of detergent for powder as otherwise its a foam explosion!

 

[ozzie908]

McBride...

Make Dispel detergent which having used it for whites is not bad for the money, I have no idea who makes Aldi's washing products.

Austin

 

[mrboilwash]

Aldi`s Almat powders sold in the UK seem to be German made. Link is to Thurn Produkte, a small manufacturer of private labels.

As to Persil liqui tabs can only report on Henkel`s "Persil Pods". I found them to be excellent performers but unfortunately the scent was next to nothing.
Not sure if 1 tab is enough for large loads in hard water in the long run, because I don`t want to risk lime scale build up on my clothes and using 2 tabs might be way too much, so I think I`ll stick to liquids.



http://www.thurn-info.de/products/almat-washing-powder-2,85kg.html

 

[mrboilwash]

I also noticed the absence of OBA`s in many P&G regular liquid detergents, Ariel seems to be the only exception.

To me this is good news, because OBA`s:

- are hormone pollutants (have no intention to become even more girlish)
- alter the color of pastels
- lots of my whites are off-white, cream-coloured[this post was last edited: 2/9/2013-08:33]

 

[liberatordeluxe]

Thanks MrBoilWash for that information on Almat detergents. The ingredients look very similar to Persil products. I had no idea that Optical Brighteners were hormone pollutants, where you find that out? It would be good if companies eliminated OBA's and made a general purpose detergent with oxygen bleach and enzymes but doubt that will happen. I sometimes just add Ecover oxygen bleach and i do find clothes fresher with that added depending how dirty they are.

 

[mrboilwash]

The most commonly used OBA`s in laundry detergents are stilbenes, which have been suspected as endocrine disruptor chemicals, but AFAIK has never been proven.

I heard about it from a TV report years ago.

 

[seamusuk]

Almat Colour...

Hey Guys
Tried it once and it left White marks on several dark items that took ages to get rid of!. I was on the verge of binning the items at first but they did eventually wash out. Took the powder back and got a refund.
Seamus

 

[seamusuk]

And as for Liquitabs....

Not being funny but is it so difficult to pour from the bottle into the measuring device that its worth paying nearly twice as much per load???

 

[liberatordeluxe]

Detergents that i have now found to be good for rinsing are Daz liquids, fairy and Marks and Spencer so shall stick to those.

 

[paulc]

Daz liquid sudslocks every time in my machine. I personally wouldn't touch Fairy Gel, I think it's terrible. I used to support a lady who used it. Did not remove stains and the door boot on her machine was disgusting!

I have never tried M&S detergents, are they any good?

 

[liberatordeluxe]

What machine you have Paul? My Bosch is programmed not to suds lock and i think all Bosch's are designed this way. I think Marks and Spencers liquid is as good as Persil and Ariel. I do like Simply detergent if you can ever get it as you are paying for active cleaning agents not useless fillers.

For example if you take a heaped spoonful of powder detergent and put in a glass jar then pour boiling hot water on it, it does not dissolve fully and your left with fillers at the bottom of the glass jar. Try it and see!

Paul regarding Fairy gel how come the gel did not dissolve? I have asked this question on here before but no one seems to have an explanation. How do liquids leave gunge behind when they are 100% soluble and got no fillers in except water?
Ben

 

[paulc]

I have a Miele W1613 which will add extra rinses if it sudslocks.I find a lot of P&G products foam excessively in our soft water.

The Fairy gel did dissolve , it just wasn't great at cleaning and lots of 40 deg washes made the door boot moldy.

 

[liberatordeluxe]

I can second that with most P & G products Paul but for some reason the Daz liquid ok. I have a water softner unit so have to be careful on dosage other wise its suds galore! What you use in your soft water?

 

[paulc]

At the moment I am using Ariel Professional anti bacterial detergent, £16.99 for 100 washes in Poundstretcher. Doesn't seem to be as sudsy as ordinary Ariel and rinses out ok. I also have an 80 wash box of Henkel Persil from Poundstretcher too. That rinses out brilliantly.

 

[liberatordeluxe]

Do you have to have a professional account to use Poundstretcher? I am not even sure if there is one nearby. I never thought there was a difference between Ariel Professional and Ariel in the supermarkets. We used to use Ariel Ultra and Futur many years ago and they were excellent cleaning and rinsing. God only knows what they have done to Ariel these days lol It certainly is not an improved version lol

 

[paulc]

Anyone can go to Poundstretcher. This is a new Ariel Professional, labeled Ariel Antibacterial+ , kills germs at 40deg. Photo courtesy of Seamus.

 

[liberatordeluxe]

Thanks Paul for that. Ive just had a look at Tesco.com and they got Ariel Professional powder for £17.00