Products NOT to buy

[whatsthestory123]

the thread about good products to buy is really helpful so this is the opposite as what products NOT to buy (can be anything household related

do not buy Waitrose washing up liquid it is awful

Method peach scented washing up liquid, smells gorgeous but doesn't foam up to create suds.

Any washing up liquid apart from fairy original is shit ime.

Cillit bang is rubbish! Bang! And the dirt is ... sort of smeared around the surface with a nasty sheen to it.

Anything from Sainsbury's fruit aisle that says 'ripe and ready' I have avocado bought reduced on 20th, two days later I try one and it's still so bloody hard I can barely get a knife in it. I am taking them both back tomorrow as I am sick and bloody tired of paying for this kind of crap.

I’m glad it’s not just me that has no bloody idea how to use it! I tried just squirting it on and dry mopping but with no noticeable difference in cleanliness. I tried it with a wrung-out damp mop, but it then seemed too diluted to do anything. I have a steam cleaner now and 2 half-used bottles gathering dust in the back of the cupboard!

That's a relief as I thought I was being monumentally stupid! I confess that I only used it as my cleaner was ill and I was too embarrassed to text her to ask how she used it. I also tried dry mopping which did a slightly crusty dispersion of the liquid but fell far short of anything I'd describe as actually cleaning the floor. She uses a hot damp mop but it still didn't do a lot. My efforts to squirt it around seemed to involve getting my feet wet and my cabinets splashed. Not a success.

But Method wood cleaner....marzipan heaven. It's like wiping your table with a piece of Christmas cake.

Method rhubarb kitchen spray, absolutely stinks. So do their laundry detergents.

Are you all talking about the Method Almond floor cleaner in the bottle with the pop up top? I use it in a Vileda spray mop, does a great job and smells gorgeous.

Barkeepers friend does a good job but I agree the smell is unpleasant.

Asda own brand cream cleaner was rubbish and
kind of slimy.

Add Waitrose “Ripe and Ready” Avocados to the “Bullet Proof and Likely to Break Your Jaw” list.

The baby ones seem fine though.

Ecover toilet cleaner, was using it once a week with a good scrub with a brush and my loo after a month, started to get stained areas. Went straight back to my weekly bleach and a good brush problem gone!

Finish, sainsburys and tesco dishwasher tabs useless compared to fairy platinum.

Ecover washing up liquid usually comes near the bottom in Which tests. But we still use it because it is much kinder on our hands than fairy platinum etc. We have a water softener and I think it helps the ecover along a bit.

@EversoDelighted

Method rhubarb kitchen spray, absolutely stinks. So do their laundry detergents.

Are you all talking about the Method Almond floor cleaner in the bottle with the pop up top? I use it in a Vileda spray mop, does a great job and smells gorgeous.

Barkeepers friend does a good job but I agree the smell is unpleasant.

I love the smell of the Method rhubarb spray!

I love the Method floor cleaner, I find a bottle lasts me ages. I don’t use a mop though, I squirt it on the floor and dunk a cloth in hot water to wipe over it and then dry it off with another cloth. I have carpets in most rooms though so it only gets used in the bathroom, kitchen and tiny porch.

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Love the Method Almond floor cleaner too . I squirt it on and use a wet cloth to wipe it around . It smells amazing and leaves my floorboards clean with a slight gloss .

Pink Stuff multi purpose spray cleaner & the cream cleaner are useless.

Those oven kits - most of them are a waste of money (except oven pride)

@Hardertobreathe

Do not buy ‘new improved scent ‘ fairy liquid.

Agree with this

Any toilet cleaner, much prefer spray cif so there is no funky colour residue.

The pink stuff cream cleaner was absolute baws for trying to polish up handles of mine.

Also any laundry liquid tabs at the minute every brand, the capsule isn't bursting properly and it smeared on my clothes when I take them out the machine. I have went back to liquid instead.

I bloody love zoflora too surprised at people not liking it. Ok the winter I love the spiced cinnamon one, makes the house smell amazing

@Terriblecreature the one thing I did like the pink stuff cream cleaner for is shower doors! I put it on while I was in the shower and rinsed it off and they looked lovely

Smol washing tablets never seem to make my washing look clean or even smell fresh.

Also agree about Barkeepers friend. Awful smelling, wondered for ages why my kitchen smelt like poo until I realised it was the sink cleaner!

Ecover multi cleaner, the ginger one. Love the smell but I feel it just doesn't really do anything.

The Pink Stuff. Meh. Also, the Pink Stuff cream cleaner is one of the worst things I have ever used. Loads of residue, smells weird, doesn't clean nearly as well as Cif cream.

@BirdyBee

Ecoegg washing egg, was rubbish no fragrance at all and rubbish at removing even the slightest stain person i gave the kit too also gave it away!

Yup me too. Absolutely useless.

‘Don’t understand the hipe’ products….
For me, it’s zoflora. All smell very ‘chemically’ 😕
Also, any shower gel. Bar of soap waaay better 👍😃

I agree Smol was a waste of time and money, a friend recommended it got an offer I liked the convenience of postal deliveries but the product was useless.

@SpnBaby1967

Zoflora, perfect if you want your house to have a vaguely floral chemical smell.

Yes, why have they changed it? It used to be nicely scented (I especially liked sweet pea) but now every fragrance is heavy and cloying.

I love method rhubarb cleaner. Much nicer than the lavender one I’ve got on the go.