desperatehousewife

We use OMO sensitive over here but i still really miss Fairy non Bio....how sad is that!

Pomster

we bought a huge bottle of liquid Tide for our front loader from Costco.
That smells just as it should on the clothes and so far has not caused any allergic reactions (which some others do).

For delicious fabric conditioner, we buy 5 L containers from Hammersley Direct- brilliant products but not many outlets around.

HelenTD

Hi - I bought a new front loading washing machine at the beginning of the year and wasn't too happy with its performance. I tried 3 different powders, including Omo and Omo Sensitive. The Miele man explained that the washing powders here are different, especially those for front loaders, even if they have the same name as those in the UK. Apparently there's less of the active ingredient stuff. I'd always been happy with Bio-Zet for the old top loader, so managed to track down a big tub of the version for front loaders at Big W.

I have never liked the fabric softeners here and for some reason they smelt even worse in the new machine, so I went to one of the British shops here and they've got 3 varieties of Lenor and also Comfort and another one. I've bought it at the Joondalup shop and they've also got it at Floreat for $1 less. I use less than it says on the label and it lasts longer. The clothes smell great. For stains, I've found Sard great for soaking and in the machine (not formulated for front loaders, so don't need to put in much) for unmentionable stains. Fiesta's not too bad either. The hard Sard soap is good for pre-treatment of an ink stain or similar. I don't know how kids in Perth get so dirty when there's no mud, but they seem to know how.

BadgeIsBack

I for one have never been into perfumed clothes, extra powders, fabric softeners and the like and we do quite well with what we can buy here.

Vash the Stampede

BioZet and Sard soap are the way to go.

paulry

...Where do they get these names from?

mr mover

What a stupid thread ..wingeing for the sake of wingeing.....mm

iamthecreaturefromuranus

How about a thread about those complete b'stards of the migration process... the useless winkers who make every move a nightmare... you know... removalists (what a stupid bloody name for them that is)

mr mover

Prehaps you would like to move your self, i guess that would be too hard for a little green man with a stupid name............ prehaps we should be called furniture renovators........have a bad move did we.............mm

scottishcelts

Having a domestic are we boys?

Carry on - this is fun!

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Laughing at your own 'jokes' again... really does make you look a bit of a muppet you know.

"bad move". No not really, just wondering why you feel the need to come on and accuse everybody of whinging... again. It's a loop you seem to be stuck in.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Just another thread hijack in progress... move along... nothing to see here.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Does putting a box of OMO on the kitchen window sill still signal to the world that the "Old Man is Out" and the lady of the house is excepting 'visitors'?

scottishcelts

Na, it's a homophobic northener warning his pals that the wife's mobile hairdresser is in again.

spartacus

In our household most certainly.