well, yes, folks do that...
My German friends and relations are still muttering away to themselves about me...and I've lived here for 24 years. I am sorry to hear about your aunt's decline.
Persil in the US seems to be the one we have here in Germany, Ariel is a different product in North America from what I can find out, a lesser product.
I think the Ariel/Persil competition is a bit like saying a cold lasts 7 days with the doctor and one week without. But in a good way.
Sunil has never impressed me at the price. Their damned tabs just sit in my detergent drawer and have to be broken up...where they then just sit in the tub.
Spee is good stuff, and there is a story behind it. It is a very old brand name and when Germany was divided, the GDR continued to produce and market it, tho' the quality was nowhere near that of the modern Western detergents. After reunification, for a pleasant change, the brand name was kept on, reformulated to modern levels and the advertising spiffed up. Lots of ads of a cute young guy doing the laundry while the old biddies look on, astonished that a) a man can use a washer and b) he gets things clean.
The current series is about getting things "mama clean without mama and saving money at the same time." See the link. Wish they'd bring back the cute guy...but I do like the fox.
Spee costs less than many other brand name detergents. I like it, but my Bavarian friends all turn their noses up at it as being inferior. Germany is very provencial about these things.
Burti is really useless, I agree. But expensive, darn they sell that stuff for a fortune. I find hair shampoo works better for that sort of delicate cleaning.
The Schlecker and Tenglemann store brands work well. Never tried Domol, have to give it a whirl.
My German friends and relations are still muttering away to themselves about me...and I've lived here for 24 years. I am sorry to hear about your aunt's decline.
Persil in the US seems to be the one we have here in Germany, Ariel is a different product in North America from what I can find out, a lesser product.
I think the Ariel/Persil competition is a bit like saying a cold lasts 7 days with the doctor and one week without. But in a good way.
Sunil has never impressed me at the price. Their damned tabs just sit in my detergent drawer and have to be broken up...where they then just sit in the tub.
Spee is good stuff, and there is a story behind it. It is a very old brand name and when Germany was divided, the GDR continued to produce and market it, tho' the quality was nowhere near that of the modern Western detergents. After reunification, for a pleasant change, the brand name was kept on, reformulated to modern levels and the advertising spiffed up. Lots of ads of a cute young guy doing the laundry while the old biddies look on, astonished that a) a man can use a washer and b) he gets things clean.
The current series is about getting things "mama clean without mama and saving money at the same time." See the link. Wish they'd bring back the cute guy...but I do like the fox.
Spee costs less than many other brand name detergents. I like it, but my Bavarian friends all turn their noses up at it as being inferior. Germany is very provencial about these things.
Burti is really useless, I agree. But expensive, darn they sell that stuff for a fortune. I find hair shampoo works better for that sort of delicate cleaning.
The Schlecker and Tenglemann store brands work well. Never tried Domol, have to give it a whirl.