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Dettol no touch hand wash system

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  • bluespider
    bluespider Posts: 10 Forumite
    For £2.00 its cheap, we will try and refill with other hand soaps. The best thing about this product is that my kids have never had such clean hands, they love it!
  • caz2703 wrote: »
    Errr I can buy what I like! The refills are more expensive than the entire unit plus there's the batteries but you're saying that I should leave the cheaper MSE option on the shelf for someone else to buy?


    I got given a couple of these as a Christmas present (bit of a joke present as I'm an OCD clean freak), and I cut a small hole in the top of them and filled them up with Tesco 8p shower gel. All works fine :)
  • angelbird
    angelbird Posts: 7 Forumite
    my other half some how (drilled a hole into top of refill bottle) attached the spout/nozzle off a 1 litre Robinsons cordial bottle, glued it with silicon! so we can pour any soap into it i.e radox :wink: lol.

    He was feeling very diyie that day, he said though in theory you wouldn't really need to attach the spout with screw lid as you could just drill a hole & pour in your refill as needed :)
  • I got one just cos it sounded fun. Can see how useful it would be for shampoo in the shower - but for hand washing?

    Surely, you turn on the tap ... you hygenically clean your hands without them touching the soap bottle .... you turn off the tap - picking up any germs your hands left on it when you turned it on. What Mr Dettol needs to produce is a little antiseptic spray for the taps!

    This makes things easier for kids & people with disabilities .... but doesn't leave your hands any cleaner than using an ordinary pump action dispenser.

    But its a fun gadget ... & I'm a sucker for gadgets!
  • ska_lover
    ska_lover Posts: 3,773 Forumite
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    This is not cheap for 4 batteries and a bit of soap, why are you all kidding yourselves.

    You can get 4 AA batterys, (panasonic), for around 60p from car boot sales, and less than 50 for a tub of handwash. You have all fallen for the scare mongering marketing surrounding this product and are paying over the odds even at 2 quid.
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  • Finally found some today in T's near my work place!!! Bought 2 with my vouchers. So happy to finally find them!
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  • badmumof1
    badmumof1 Posts: 2,219 Forumite
    This is excellent, I purchased 10 and sold 8 of the units on their own for £2.50 each at car boot fair thus really costing me nothing unless some one is going to be all smart arsey and do the sums for me ;)
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  • floart
    floart Posts: 877 Forumite
    you'll get people moaning at you about that no doubt :cool: (yawn)
  • pleasedelete
    pleasedelete Posts: 2,291 Forumite
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    badmumof1 wrote: »
    This is excellent, I purchased 10 and sold 8 of the units on their own for £2.50 each at car boot fair thus really costing me nothing unless some one is going to be all smart arsey and do the sums for me ;)

    You were robbed. I get £5 each for them at my boot sales.
    June challenge £100 a day £3161.63 plus £350 vouchers plus £108.37 food/shopping saving

    July challenge £50 a day. £ 1682.50/1550

    October challenge £100 a day. £385/£3100
  • can i use 2 vouchers together?
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