good value Laundary Powder or Laundary Liquid.....

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  retiredfeline on 02/05/2011 - 09:24

  +1

  I think Choice regularly does tests of laundry products. Your local library might have a subscription if it's not publicly viewable on their website.

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  c64 on 02/05/2011 - 10:14

  +1

  getting some detergent on special is your best bet. you can get 1kg drive/omo/radiant boxes for half price quite often. the big 1.4L omo liquid bottles are half price every so often at coles ($7.50?).

  i also remember choice mentioning that if you are only washing lightly soiled clothes then the cheaper powders will do an adequate job.

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  BenK-Oz on 02/05/2011 - 10:33

  omo or radiant at half price is best price performance
  buy in bulk when half price at coles/woolies

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  kcyw on 02/05/2011 - 10:40

  If you can buy in 10/15kg size, Big W or K-mart have them which worked out to around $2.50/kg. Don't know about the quality though, but it's not a no-name brand from what I can remember.

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  llama on 02/05/2011 - 10:46

  Reject Shop often has Radiant powder in huge boxes - 5kg or 10kg.

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  retiredfeline on 02/05/2011 - 11:31

  +1

  Be careful with parallel imports though when doing price comparisons. Sometimes they are normal strength instead of concentrated like the local ones, which means you have to use two scoops where you would use one of the local, and so the value is actually half.

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  StewBalls on 02/05/2011 - 12:47

  I agree with stocking up when the good stuff's on half-price sale.

  I've not had great experiences with the parallel imports either, they tend to be on par with the cheapest of the generic brands IMHO. I only use them as a last resort between stocks of the good stuff.

  That said, the cheap Aldi "Napi-San" clone "Di-San" is really good, and much cheaper than the real thing! It can be a great detergent 'booster' to supplement the cheap powders & liquids for the odd tough wash at the times when you're just using cheapies for lightly soiled washes too! ;)

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  McCoy on 03/05/2011 - 18:27

  I stock up on Bio-Zet when it's half price, just keep an eye on the supermarket catalogues.

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  Natt on 07/05/2011 - 20:09

  DUO washing powder in 5kg boxes from big W

  good price, last for ages :)