Which cheap brands are worth twice the price?

[TheRealHousewife]

… flipped This thread. Thank you OP.

Branston baked beans = 45p

Elbow Grease All Purpose Degreaser/Cleaner = 99p

Both excellent and worth more imho

What’s your cheapo hero products

I bloody love Elbow Grease!

I'll add Nicky toilet paper - 32 rolls for £6.75. as good as Andrex

Aldi hot cloth cleanser.

I'm so glad you have started this thread as was loving the premium brand thread but wanted to know what people do love! Following with interest

Elbow grease
Aldi’s butter croissants - omg they take me back to France every time I have a bite. You can taste the butter!
Dr Oetker’s Mushroom pizza
Sainsbury’s own brand marscapone

Just about the entire Aldi skincare range

Wilko dry shampoo - it's the only one that works as well as Batiste

Superdrug Vitamin E range
Anybody's version of YSL Touche Éclat
Anybody's dupe of No Malone (spelling intended) "perfumes"

Astonish cleaners - the mould remover is AMAZING and is only 75p! Gets rid of orange mould overnight. To be fair the whole range is amazing.

@Mrbay I do have some Astonish cleaning products but their dishwasher tablets are really rubbish.

Tesco Rhubarb and Rose washing up liquid smells nice and is very good. I think it's 50p.

Tesco Creamfields (cheap brand) cheeses and yoghurt are pretty good.

Yes yes yes @Mrbay … I’d forgotten about the Astonish range. I have several items and they all work brilliantly and eco friendly to boot.

You’re very welcome @hanketypankety … fab username!

@TheSpottedZebra I second Aldi hot cloth cleanser. Really good and doesn’t strip the skin!

Pink stuff cleaner. Comes in a little pink tub, costs nothing, cleans absolutely anything!

Lidl's skincare brand Cien is excellent, it was recommended to me by a dermatologist.

@DulseSeaweed

Pink stuff cleaner. Comes in a little pink tub, costs nothing, cleans absolutely anything!

Really? I'll be getting some of that

@AuntieStella

Just about the entire Aldi skincare range

Wilko dry shampoo - it's the only one that works as well as Batiste

Have you tried the Aldi dry shampoo, it's up there with Batiste for me

Sainsbury's My Skin Matters Micellar Water. £2 for 500ml and does a fabulous job, lasts for ages.

M&s dark choc Digestives, so much nicer than mcvities and only 70p

Was also going to suggest pink stuff. I was completely astonished at how easily it cleaned my oven door. Brilliant stuff.

Have you tried the Aldi dry shampoo, it's up there with Batiste for me

That's one I haven't, I might give it a go next time I'm in there (and then see which wins on price if it's just as good)

The Lidl cream cheese is around 45p (or it was) and is as good as the Phili one imo - can rustle up a cheesecake for next to nothing using that!

White vinegar spray used on windows/mirrors with kitchen roll to clean off! They come up smear free and shiny super quick!

CeraVe.

All the products I've tried are great, and the cleanser is the absolute business. You can get a litre for about 19 quid and it lasts ages. Better than skincare brands several times the price.

Elbow grease is literally magic

Aldi’s shampoos are all excellent imo, and their fake aero is nicer than real aero

Asda and Tesco clotted cream fudges. £2 a small box, they just happen to have no gluten in them. Absolutely delicious - you'd pay well over a fiver for the same thing marketed as a poncey gluten-free artisanal luxury fudge.

I only ever buy own brand anything, so it would be a long list!

Elbow grease in the small yellow tub
Aldi dishwasher tablets
Tesco finest crisps-£1 a bag and are better than the brand named crisps
Henry hoover-almost sucks my carpet up and is a great budget hoover
Aldi bacon crisps-so much nicer than walkers
White vinegar for windows
Cheap painkillers-i won't pay for brand names
Wilko mascara (Green and black tube)
Wilko nail polishes are almost non chip and dry really quickly
Clothes/shoes from sainsburys-they are good quality and the shoes don't need breaking in
Aldi teabags (red box)

@lastqueenofscotland

Elbow grease is literally magic

Aldi’s shampoos are all excellent imo, and their fake aero is nicer than real aero

My hairdresser is a huge fan of Aldi shampoo and conditioner, and she has converted me to them. It's saving me a fair bit of money, as I used to use John Frieda which is bloody expensive when it's not on special and not that cheap when it is.

Aldi Titan bars - like Mars, but nicer. In fact, nicer than Mars used to be back when they were nice!