Kiss Me I'm Sterile! (Listerine Pocket Packs)

Member Name: janharper

Product:	Listerine Pocket Packs
Date:	15/12/03 (472 review reads)
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Advantages: handy product, effective

Disadvantages: sticky, expensive

These green plastic textured strips resemble Elastoplast (without the white plastic tabs on the back.) At 99p a pack it would be much cheaper to buy ordinary fresh mint chewing gum if you just want to freshen up your mouth.

However, if your problem is more pressing and your breath reeks of garlic, tobacco, onions, or any other unsavoury (or, indeed, savoury) odour, read on.

These tabs freshen the bits that ordinary chewing gum just can’t reach.

The manufacturers even promise that chewing just one strip will kill 99.9% of germs in just 30 seconds. Hmm, faster and more effective than Domestos. It's also almost sterile!

Maybe I should start using them in the loo.

The pack itself is really over done. There’s a cardboard sleeve with a plastic see through window. When you remove the sleeve there is more plastic and cardboard packaging which requires some effort to remove before you can actually get at the product. This makes the product look more expensive and probably more like a medicine.

It’s a clever ruse to make the prospective buyer see the product as better value for money. It looks fancy, so it costs more is the logic behind this.

Once you manage to get inside the wrappings there’s a green plastic container which holds the green plastic gummy strips that you place in your mouth.

These green things feel slimy and a bit sticky on your tongue but they soon dissolve.

I must admit that I find the idea of swallowing mouthwash instead of spitting it out a bit distasteful. (No pun intended!)

The flavour is intense and quite hot but it doesn’t last long.

It certainly doesn’t taste like chewing gum. It’s more like the mouthwash you get at the dentist.

This product works well. It does what it says on the packaging but I don’t think that it feels as good as using a traditional liquid mouthwash.

It is i
deal to keep a box in your ha
ndbag, or pocket, for emergency use, or if you are travelling.

The only problem I found with this product apart from the awful colour, is that it is inclined to cause stomach acidity if it is taken on an empty stomach.

If you are prone to that it is wise to be careful not to over use it.

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