Supermarket Brands

[mark1973]

Hey Paul

Liquids!..I know..lol. Well I tend to use supermarket / budget powder for my whites and lights but liquids for my darks as I have such problems with powders rinsing out. I normally set the machine for 3 rinses without spins and then 3 rinses with spins if im using powder on darks. Im not usually a fan of concentrated liquids but saw the lidl stuff and at £1.71 I couldn't say no. Have been impressed with it as it cleans well and it's the only detergent I have found so far that rinses out well and by the second spin there is no suds lock and sometimes even the first spin after the first rinse does not suds lock.

It must be a combination of using an old machine and the very soft water we have that causes so many problems. The old machines don't do gradual spins so more chance of suds being whipped up. Can't tell you the bloody nightmare ive had with suds locks. I have the same problem with the Daz. Like I mentioned for darks I have to do 3 rinses without spins then another 3 with spins just to get proper rinsing and no suds locks.

AAAHHHHH...Im guessing I will always have the sudsing issue until manufacturers stop putting all the foaming agents in.

Mark

 

[zanussi_lover]

Mark

Its rediculous, how much sudsing is in detergents nowdays,

even with a tiny amount of ariel, its extremely sudsy, and my clothes don't feel well rinsed,

I can use a bio liquid though, although Surf Small and mighty didn't really go well with me, i was itching like mad, but it might be the combination of a polypropelene duvet and allergy to dustmites, as its a synthetic material it traps heat and makes you very hot.

 

[deeprinser]

Asda UK used to sell a lavender bio tablet - It was good but hard to dissolve . I used to crush them with force.
Co-op bio powder is not bad either.
Its beats Surf !

 

[paulc]

Mark

Daz was one of the P&G powders that didn't suds lock with me! I just might take a trip to Lidl tomorrow and try some of that liquid! Mind you am running out of space under the sink!!

 

[mark1973]

Hi Zanussi Lover

Yes I totally agree with you. I think it's because the general public don't think their items are getting washed properly unless they can actually see suds. The problem is that too many bloody suds are created! I can't remeber having such problems years ago when I used to do all the family's washing when I lived at home. Even back in the 90's when I first moved out of home I don't remember having the kinds of suds problems I get now. May have been though the hard water as I lived in a very hard water area. Never the less it's a constant battle these days to find a detergent that does not suds like crazy.

Hi Paul

I remember you saying you didn't have problems with the miele giving you the "too much detergent" notification.

I think it might be that your miele has different spin rythmns as of course with my Hoover it just goes straight up to 500rpm and stays there for 2 minutes no matter how many suds it creates. This then has a knock on effect for the other rinses and spins as it's created loads of suds on the first spin (does that make sense?)

Mark
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[panthera]

There are websites with dedicated users

which evaluate house brands and retail brands and provide informed opinions about which products work as well, less well and better than the alternatives.

You can find a lot of junk on the internet, but there's also quite a bit of good information out there, too.

Personally, I find Persil works great. But, then, so does Tandil. And Spee. Frankly, given that my FL at 60° takes 2 hours and 23 minutes to wash a normal load of clothing with different agitation, heat rise, etc. to maximise the effect of enzymes and oxygen bleaches...I'd be surprised if hair shampoo didn't do a bang up job on most stuff.

When I'm in the States, I tend to by GreatValue products. They tend to work very well, respectively they are often nutritionally and in taste identical to their heavily marketed twins. I, mean, come on - why pay three times as much for salt???

But then, I have friends who only by "bio" Meeressalz, the other salt being, somehow, um, er, not from seawater?????!

If it works, why pay more for it? Unless you're compensating for something, only idiots pay more for something than they need too.

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[zanussi_lover]

Formil Non Bio Liquid

Bought some formil non bio liquid today, it indeed does smell like a bubble bath kind of smell. did a wash and it washed well, even though my clothes aren't really that dirty =]

there was hardly any suds in the wash and the rinse was clear after two rinses,

I may try the bio liquid if its okay with my skin.

overall quite impressed, has an aqua blue ocean fragrance

 

[gowest84]

Safeway brand...

is made by P&G based on the Tide formula. My good friend who worked there for 25 years told me the only difference is the perfume, which is trademarked.

So, for those looking for Tide and a little tight to afford some one wee, The Safeway brand may 'Tide' you over until you get what you really like. Sorry for the pun, but it just worked without me looking for my Thesaraus.

 

[electradeluxe]

Ive just flooded the kitchen with these bloody tablets,they don't dissolve very well in cold water i have just found out!!!! not a happy bunny