UK Ariel formulations - turn it down to 30!

[aquarius1984]

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t towels are generally 100% cotton here but even if they are not they still get 95*c. even when they are lightly coloured too. white bath towels are 100% too as do white socks when i wear them, white bed sheets and linens and all cleaning cloths whether microfibre or cotton. it all goes in together nothing colour runs and i have pristine whites everytime with 160mls Persil Non Bio Powder.

 

[lederstiefel1]

I nevr did maintenance washing! That is stupid - when do it with a load of whites!
Also here in Germany we still have 100% cotton articles as Germans hate synthetics in towels and tea-towels!
But have some from Spain - they do everything but dry anything! And once I boiled them which made them wrinkle totally! So I gave it into the waste!
Ralf

 

[nickuk]

Quick update

Bought a new `turn down to 30' pack of Ariel Colour and Style tabs and nothing seems to have changed apart from the packaging. Perhaps I'm being over cynical, and actually PG have added some sort of ingredient which improves washing at lower temperatures....although actually they don't claim `new product' or anything. Perhaps it is just new packaging aimed at energy awareness - it looks like a `deal' has been done somewhere along the lines because Ariel is now a `proud supporter of the energy saving trust'..............

Regards to all

Let us know if you try any of the new Ariels and tell us what you think. Anyone like the packaging? I think the design is quite nice but I don't support the `wash at thirty' concept.

 

[dascot]

Having seen the adverts, I'm suspecting that all that has changed is the packaging. Maybe I'm being a little too cynical.

I do use 30º for some items, but generally clothes get washed at 40º. Bedlinen mostly gets done at 40º or 50º, and towels at 60º but sometimes 90º.

All my towels are 100% cotton - I've not seen any in the shops that aren't 100% cotton though.

 

[carlstock]

I do not think the actual products have changed at all, Nick, although I could be wrong.

We tried it. Dad’s verdict (and he didn’t know it had been put on at 30ºC): “There aren’t very clean.” I didn’t even speak to him or give off any signs! LOL

Admittedly, 30ºC is not exactly freezing – it is classed as “cold”, though – but only some fashionable items and fashion sportswear need be washed at 30ºC. However, I doubt many know this, and I also doubt how one is meant to remove some dirt and stains at 30ºC.

Engineering I’ve spoken to have said that some heat (over 40ºC) is needed sometimes. I am all in favour of saving energy, but there can be a case when saving energy likes to goes too far.

Also, someone here mentioned that it is not right to simply improve detergents, polluting our watercourses, and turning the temperature down. We get our electricity from Ecotricity, which generates green energy. Admittedly, the energy we get is still the same as before, but we are instead paying a company to generate new sources of green energy, not simply carrying on using the same green energy sources that have been around for years. It’s not a con – honest!

For us, it’s this:

Daily loads (i.e. colours): 40ºC Minimum Iron (with Persil Gel Colour tablets)
Bed linen: 60ºC Cottons (with Persil Gel Colour tablets)
Towels: 60ºC Cottons (with Persil Gel Colour tablets)
Some ‘special’ fashionable items: 30ºC Minimum Iron (with Persil Gel Colour tablets)
Dishcloths and E-cloths: 75ºC or 95ºC Cottons (with Persil Gel Biological tablets)

Yes, I do a monthly maintenance wash with biological powder/tablets: 95ºC Cottons programme.

Now, where was I? I’ve lost track of what I was saying… LOL ;-)

Carl

 

[carlstock]

Whoops! Got a bit wrong there!

Bed linen and towels go on with Persil Gel Biological tablets because we want them to be virtually destroyed, despite being lightly coloured! LOL

 

[carlstock]

Not Again! LOL

Oh, I have not even answered your questions, Nick (hehe):

The scent does not appear to have changed, although Ariel does not seem to smell the same as it did, say, a few years ago.

We have always been a Persil household (hehe) and have only been playing with Ariel lately.

 

[aquarius1984]

Carl

your a man after my own heart. Where you use bio gel tabs i use non bio powder. And having bought some colour gel tabs im back on my regular colour liquidgel. The gel tabs dont rinse as effective in my 1994 Hotpoint. If i ever got a Servis Quartz i would dearly love to use Ariel in it. But im incapable of buying it, it seems. I do keep tabs of formulations though and generally ariel smells great in most formulas. But the powder is way to strong. The twin tub powder now does not smell like it used to. And my fav ariel smell is the liquid. Thats always been that scent since Ariel Futur liquid. Maybe even ariel ultra liquid previous to that. I hope Persil fights Ariel back with a keep 95,c campaign. Lol! persil never seen to fight fire with fire. They just coolly advertise saying Yeah Whatever to Ariel we have been doing this for years. As the case when Ariel brought out Antibac at a premium price. Persil just said. Well our normal bio powder hygienically cleans anyway at 40 and has done for years. Cool as a cucumber. Thats my Persil.

 

[aquarius1984]

it was me that said about polluting the water courses and another member said... You can purify the water but the energy is lost forever. Thats toss IMHO. Please No offence to be taken. But where does the residue of chemicals go after water purification? Land fill? To sea water? I dont know enough about water treatment but im guessing im vaguely right. Also water purification must require some energy consumption. Pumps, plant lighting, computer controls, etc etc. So its double negative to use Ariel etc with added extra ooomph. Lol. Nick.

 

[peterh770]

Sounds like they are jumping on the cold water trends here Stateside...