Kill germs for less! (Tesco Bleach)

Member Name: hypno06

Product:	Tesco Bleach
Date:	11/08/09 (97 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: cheap and cheerful!

Disadvantages: none - it does what I would expect.

Most people at this time are finding it increasingly difficult to make the housekeeping budget stretch - regardless of what the official inflation figures say, it feels as though the cost of our "shopping list" increases week by week.

So, we have two choices.....buy less, or spend less. By "spend less", I mean be savvy in your spending - buy things only when they are on BOGOF or other multibuy offer, scour the reduced bins for dented tins or short shelf life produce, use coupons at the till that appear in magazines and newspapers, for 20p off your butter etc, and perhaps the most valuable thing of all.......drop a brand, or two.

The difference in cost between the premium brands and own brands, and value brands, is often quite significant, so if you can drop a brand or two for the majority of your shopping, you can make a big saving in your shopping bill.

Of course, sometimes, you have to compromise on quality. This is a compromise that you may or may not be prepared to make, and everyone is different in what they are prepared to do to save money.

With some products, in my experience, I have discovered that the quality of the "value" version is as good as the branded version, at a fraction of the cost, and over the years have tried most value versions in my quest to reach that optimum value/quality balance for my grocery budget.

Tesco value thin bleach is one of those products that passes the "as good as" test, and one that I will continue to use.

At just 28p for 2 litres, this is significantly cheaper than even the own brand version of bleach and incredibly cheap when compared with branded products - Domestos, for example, is £2.67 for 2 litres at Tesco......!!!

Yet, bleach is bleach, is bleach! I am not looking for something that tastes nice, or looks nice.....I am not worried about packaging and presentation. When I buy bleach, I buy it because I want it to clean, and to kill germs, and the value version does this just as well as the leading brand.

This bleach is thin - there is no pretending that it is going to cling to the sides of the loo in the same way as thick bleach does. But it says "thin" in the description, so you would expect "thin", wouldn't you?

It doesn't have a directional squirty cap, so you cannot direct it around the toilet bowl as you would be able to do with toilet duck or something specialist. But again, you would not be able to do that if you bought the 2litre bottle of domestos either, as that doesn't have a directional cap either.....so you are not being short changed with this product.

It is excellent for adding to cold water to keep your kitchen sinks clean and germ free, and it is perfect for pouring down drains to get rid of horrid smells. Used carefully, so as not to splash your clothes, it is good to use diluted to wipe down work surfaces, tiles and floors - cleaning and killing germs in the process. It is as good as any other in its effectiveness.

Although it doesn't "cling" to the sides of the loo as it cleans, you can pour some of this into the toilet bowl and it will wend its way through the plumbing, eliminating any nasty niffs along the way.

A small amount in the washing machine when washing whites will keep your socks presentable - especially the sports socks of teenage boys, that can do with some extra help in the "dirt and whiff" department!

All in all, this value thin bleach, in my humble experience, is as good as any other - it does what it needs to do and I cannot see the point of paying more than 28p just for a name!

Even when I am well off and we are out of recession, I will stick with the value products that have worked well......and this is one of them!

Summary: Definitely "as good as......."