Cheap Washing Detergent: Recommendations or False economy? General weekly shop saving tips.

Glad

KxMx said:

I've been using SMOL laundry gel pods for a few years now, really happy with them. 5.30 for 24. Trials available. 
They do quite a range of products but I can't vouch for any others. 
https://smolproducts.com/ 

I've just started using the multi purpose spray and can vouch for that too, even does glass

Glad

I also use Dishwasher powder from Sainsburys £3.30 for a 1kg box, cheap and more eco friendly 

for washing up I use a soap bar and a washing up brush, lasts for ages 

GreenFairy

The only thing I use fabric conditioner on is the bed sheets, for the smell, and I laugh at myself about it every time. I've had the same small bottle of comfort pure concentrate on the go for two years.  I get through about 1 small box of dryer sheets a year too, strictly for the few things that are super static-y.

I use the method super concentrate for all purpose (again, on sale) - it's a tiny capful in a full bottle of water, so lasts for absolute ages. Got about a decade's worth for a tenner on clearance in tesco recently

srn

I use Method laundry detergent, smells lovely, only need to use a very small amount, a bottle lasts ages, gets whites super white and I buy it when it is on offer.  I find Aldi laundry detergent doesn't dissolve well and leaves deposits on clothing, so not much of a saving when you have to wash again.  The other ones I have tried seem to be so heavily perfumed that it is overpowering.

Longwalker

jfdi said:

I picked up a 12.7kg tub of Kirkland washing powder when I last went to Costco, just over £20 I think. Used about 2tbspn in a 10kg load on 40’ eco-wash, and have to say the whites came out cleaner and brighter than I’d seen them in years.
And it’ll last me all year, I think!

OMG this stuff is amazing

I gave it a try to brighten some old linens that had yellowed - came out looking like new

Whites that had gone grey now dazzling 

Love the smell and Im not allergic - its brilliant