Those are the magic words - it is on my shopping list now!
Thank you, Omah.
Wow - what a price difference!
Surcare Laundry powder 1.65kg box (25 washes)
Amazon = £14.
Sainsbury’s & Waitrose = £6
Seems Amazon is not always your friend!
I tried that stuff Arty but every time I went to the cupboard to get a tablet, they had disappeared.:-)
Problem with non bio powders and liquids are they eventually make your washer smell as they don’t kill the bacteria that builds up over time, use a dedicated machine cleaner or biological detergent every so often or a dedicated cleaner, on a hot wash,
Or a generous dollop of white vinegar!
Omo!!
We use Astonish non bio 2 in 1 liquid with built in conditioner from Home Bargains. Label says it is dermatologically tested and not tested on animals.
I often use Surcare washing up liquid for dishes as well Tabs. It’s only £1 in Wilko’s.
https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/surcare-washing-up-liquid-450ml/p/0192939
I agree Primus. I often use the Dettol machine cleaner.
They say to use an anti-bac ‘drum cleaner’ once a month on a 60 degs wash (no laundry in it). Otherwise you can do a 90 wash and that kills germs and smells too.
Hi
Cheapest 3 in 1 sachets at the time.
Thanks, Mups, will check that out with our branch when I am allowed out again.
Wow … :!:
That’s vastly overpriced at Amazon … :shock:
£6 is a very reasonable price … 
I have just checked and I paid £3.99 for my last Surcare Laundry powder 1.65kg box (25 washes) at Home Bargains - nobody beats Home Bargains (if they stock it) … 
Hi
Life is so much simpler as a man, cheapest sachet available, lob it in on a 30c wash and job done.
Far too many settings on a washing machine anyway.
Women complicate things.
I use Fairy non bio pods and occasionally Ariel non bio pods.
I buy a tub of 55 pods at a time when Sainsbury reduce them to £9 from £12.
I too buy in bulk size packs and I opt for the manufacturer’s name McBride. They pack for most major retailers as own name products.
https://www.mcbride.co.uk/our-business/
I buy in bulk and then divi it up between our 4 girls when they call in turn.
McBride make Surcare …
Washing machines were deigned by men.
There is no need for so many programmes and the lenght of time involved in washing clothes
Any woman can hand wash a few gaments in five minutes and squeeze the water out of them.
Of course soiled garments do need a machine wash.
The shortest cycle on Machines is 30 minutes,using electricity and time and wearing clothes out.
No garments take an hour or more to wash inamchine! They could all be done in 30 minutes including Spin Dry
So very true & far too many programs. I use only 2 on my appliance of science, quick wash & tumble dry. That is all you need.
Washing machines are designed to satisfy the Greenies hence the preponderance of low-temperature washes. These of course cause the wash times to be longer, and because they are longer, you don’t actually save electricity in doing so.
When I started as an apprentice electrician in 1971, the company I worked for used to repair washing machines (far too expensive to merely chuck away like they do now). One of the most popular machines was the Hoover slope-front Keymatic. No fancy programmes in those days, the machine came with a square key with a series of notches on each side. That key fitted into a slot at the top of the machine and, depending which side of the key you slotted in, would determine the type of washing to be carried out. Usually a pre-wash, then boil wash and a rinse/spin cycle for cottons on one edge of the key, fast coloureds/rinse and spin on another, woollens/rinse/low-speed rinse on another, and finally, just rinses and spins in case you had done some hand-washing of delicates.
I don’t now if this is true, but an engineer once told me we should use all the programmes from time to time.
He said something about using just the same couple of programmes continually, wears those parts out quicker.
Have I got that right? Any engineers on here? 