Is Laundry Sanitiser Seasonal?

Auntycaz

I thought you were supposed to use something like the sanitizer as the synthetic clothing people wear for running and sports tend to hold on to the bacteria more easily. Not that I do any running or strenuous exercise nowadays. I;ve been unable to find napisan  (I like it for brightening my white towels) for quite a while. I used to buy it in wilko but they never have it anymore locally.

Brie

I use half the amount of detergent they recommend, don't use any sanitizer and the clothes are fine.  It's only when someone here puts things in the wrong drawers of the washing machine that we run into problems.  and I rarely use any cycle above 30.  I'd use a 20 cycle if the machine had one.  

Floss

Auntycaz said:

 I;ve been unable to find napisan  (I like it for brightening my white towels) for quite a while. I used to buy it in wilko but they never have it anymore locally.

Both B&M and Home Bargains sell it, also supermarkets may do in their baby aisle.

Auntycaz

Floss said:

Auntycaz said:

 I;ve been unable to find napisan  (I like it for brightening my white towels) for quite a while. I used to buy it in wilko but they never have it anymore locally.

Both B&M and Home Bargains sell it, also supermarkets may do in their baby aisle.

Thank you very much for trying to help, but I live quite rurally and I don't drive. My nearest Home bargains is on a retail park  2 hours away needing 2 busses to get there and we don't have a B and M.
One day when the weather is a bit cooler I will give it a try.  

pat100

OP. Just to tidy things up . . .

The sanitiser goes in the softener compartment so it’s added to the last RINSE cycle which is usually cold water. In the winter this unheated water is usually below Dettol's stipulated minimum of 15°C

Bacteria such as e.coli on underpants are pretty hard to detect. A WASH cycle temperature of 60°C is needed to kill them. They can spread from your underpants to your babies vests. 

Personally, I have been washing my underpants in a separate wash at 60°C. (Lots of underpants!) but am wondering if I could save money on wear-and-tear and water-heating by using the sanitiser. 

But is it only effective in the summer?

(All my comments are IMHO - I’m no expert!)

comeandgo

pat100 said:

OP. Just to tidy things up . . .

The sanitiser goes in the softener compartment so it’s added to the last RINSE cycle which is usually cold water. In the winter this unheated water is usually below Dettol's stipulated minimum of 15°C

Bacteria such as e.coli on underpants are pretty hard to detect. A WASH cycle temperature of 60°C is needed to kill them. They can spread from your underpants to your babies vests. 

Personally, I have been washing my underpants in a separate wash at 60°C. (Lots of underpants!) but am wondering if I could save money on wear-and-tear and water-heating by using the sanitiser. 

But is it only effective in the summer?

(All my comments are IMHO - I’m no expert!)

Wonder how many babies have been injured due to their parents germ filled underpants.  

pat100

comeandgo said:

Wonder how many babies have been injured due to their parents germ filled underpants.  

Indeed! We would need a complex scientific investigation to answer that question. In the meantime, I’ll play safe. 

Floss

pat100 said:

comeandgo said:

Wonder how many babies have been injured due to their parents germ filled underpants.  

Indeed! We would need a complex scientific investigation to answer that question. In the meantime, I’ll play safe. 

Maybe ask the manufacturer?

pat100

Floss said:

pat100 said:

comeandgo said:

Wonder how many babies have been injured due to their parents germ filled underpants.  

Indeed! We would need a complex scientific investigation to answer that question. In the meantime, I’ll play safe. 

Maybe ask the manufacturer?

I did but got the usual bland reply mostly ignoring my questions. I’ve tried again and an awaiting their next attempt at avoiding the question

tboo

Seriously, what is on your underpants that after they have been washed in detergent and a temp of 60c, that they then require a final rinse of sanitiser?

I dread to think.

pat100 said:

OP. Just to tidy things up . . .

The sanitiser goes in the softener compartment so it’s added to the last RINSE cycle which is usually cold water. In the winter this unheated water is usually below Dettol's stipulated minimum of 15°C

Bacteria such as e.coli on underpants are pretty hard to detect. A WASH cycle temperature of 60°C is needed to kill them. They can spread from your underpants to your babies vests. 

Personally, I have been washing my underpants in a separate wash at 60°C. (Lots of underpants!) but am wondering if I could save money on wear-and-tear and water-heating by using the sanitiser. 

But is it only effective in the summer?

(All my comments are IMHO - I’m no expert!)