Just a dish soap, no big deal! (Fairy Liquid)

Member Name: song_of_calliope

Product:	Fairy Liquid
Date:	29/10/09 (33 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Works well

Disadvantages: Overpriced

I'm not really a big fan of doing the washing up and as such I tend to think about it the least amount possible and just get on with it. Also I am a notorious cheapskate and don't like paying for name brand items when the generic works just fine. Therefore I had always used a store brand washing up liquid quite happily and never thought twice about it. Then I got a housemate who was quite addicted to fairy liquid and started buying that in.

Fairy liquid comes in different scents and formulations but the one we used was lemon and came in a clear plastic bottle. On the front of the bottle is a baby in a frilly nappy. Since the product is yellow, and there is a nappy on it, the first thing I thought of when I saw it was, well, wee. Not what I wanted to be thinking of pouring on my dishes!

I filled up the sink and added a generous amount of fairy liquid and it did foam up nicely. I found it was effective on cutting grease and I was able to do all the dishes in the sink without needing more liquid. I also found that the lemon scent was appealing and not too strong, and also this product did not dry out my hands.

However, nothing about Fairy liquid seemed superior to any store brand product that I have used. For example, Tesco's value dish soap costs only 17p for a massive bottle and it works just fine! Therefore now that my housemate is gone I have stopped using this.

Fairy liquid costs around £2 for 500ml from most supermarkets.

Summary: Store brands work just as well