Household cleaning products - which ones do you use?

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I can't quite believe I am asking(has my life really come to this?) but I want to know which cleaning products you use.

I currently use a variety, and none impress that much.

I am looking for ones that leave the nicest smells and are the most efficient.

Room by room, what would you advise?

i use a lot of tesco/own brand eco ones

living room i dont use any, damp cloth for dusting, day to day use white vinegar to clean windows

kitchen i have asda eco friendly surface cleaner which i use all round on everything.
bicarb of soda to clean oven
eco friendly wash up liquid
vinegar to descale kettle, shine drainer etc

bathroom white vinegar to make things shine, mirrors tiles etc
eco friendly multi surface to clean bath, sink toilet. and eco friendly toilet cleaner shoved down once a day

bedrooms as per living room

I use Cif oxy, or Tesco own brand pink grapefruit stuff for kitchen and bathroom. Use tesco lavender scented polish in lounge.

Not so eco friendly here.

Flash bleach spray in kitchen, bathroom.

Asda disposable floor wipes on everything-wood floors, tiles, counters, bins, doors..

I love them.

Cif is excellent for a really deep clean, especially the toilet

Dettol spray is great for general everyday cleaning of potties , work surfaces, evertyhing really

Bugs away good too for potties, childs tables

Flash sprays are good too

im not v eco either i use tescos citrus bleach in bathroom and kitchen. and dettol anti bac where i cant use that. skirting boradwindows etc i do with stardrops

eco products are shite

[runs away from hippy dippy eco types...]

I am really liking the entired Method range especially the daily shower spray and the tub and tile cleaner, they smell nice, they work, and they are eco friendly (or so they say). The only thing is...they are expensive.

I don't like ecover products really, don't seem to be that effective to me. I have also never had that much success with vinegar and bicarb etc.

For general wiping up in the kitchen I like Flash multipurpose spray. It is hideously chemically but seems to work. Cif spray for the oven, ditto.

For other stuff like washing powder I just buy own brands.

I love the Flash multipurpose spray for kitchen sides etc. But do use lots of bi carb, lemon, vinegar etc as I have a baby and dont want to load her with chemicals

I use very little.

Damp dust in living room/bedrooms etc. i.e. no sprays.

Occasional bleach for loos

White vinegar for sinks, or occasionally ecover multi surface cleaner. Same cleaner for mopping floors.

Eco washing up liquid. For dishwasher normal Asda 5 in 1 powder - v cheap and don't need added salt, rinse aid etc.

Washing powder - whatever is on offer. Definitely no 2 in 1 types though.

Bicarb is brilliant. I use it to wash out my coffee pot.

Feather Duster mainly, but like the smell of the jasmine polish(can't remember who by)
Mr Muscle lemon in the kitchen a couple of times a week, orange multipurpose every day.
This'll confuse you - asda's car wash & wax in the shower, stops gunge appearing on the glass, but doesnt have a lovely smell.

Agree with the vinegar. Since I had DS I use vinegar and water for practically all surfaces, with a drop of geranium oil for a nice smell. Bleach down the loo ever so often.
Occasionally use foam on bath, and if it gets stained, I fill it with water and put in laundry powder, it seems to shift any stains on a tub.
If the vinegar and water don't shift something, I leave it ten minutes and try again, usually works the second time.

I am not a good cleaner

however, ex mil has the most scarily spotless house I have ever seen and uses only washing soda and white vinegar...

she has big biceps though

There you go, vinegar keep you in shape as well as cleaning your house.

I use ecover stuff - washing up liquid and cream cleaner and M&S kitchen cleaner for well, the kitchen! - both smell lovely (although not the M&S bathroom cleaner )
ecover cream cleaner even weaned me off my daily Cif habit in the kitchen sink!
vinegar for windows and damp cloth for dusting - can't stand smell of polish personally
still use dettol anti bac spray for Ds's high chair and cleaning fridge etc - can't seem to stop myself