What's the difference between Lotus (and other generic storebrands) dishwash and branded dishwash such as Glo and Sunlight?

I always use Sunlight. 900ml bottle is around RM6.50 these days, 700ml refill around RM5.00.

However was flipping through The Star newspaper and saw Lotus generic 1L dishwash bottle at RM3.80. How come larger capacity but so much cheaper?

In fact, same can be seen with other household products, such as tissue box, tissue roll, kitchen roll, hand-wash. And it's the same with other supermarket chain. I see Hero Market also has its own generic detergents etc.

So my question is, why are generic products so much cheaper than branded ones? Is the quality inferior, is it made of more dangerous chemicals, etc.

Being frank, some of there cheapo ones just as thickening agent to fool user's that there's more cleaning agents because people believe thickness = concentration.

The cheap ones generally watered down. Lepas letak air u see the buih and power like shit. And yes, if the Tesco product is not ori from ang mo land, it suck balls

Lotus soap products mostly watered down.

I used the washing powder all the time but to get more soapy effect, need to use a lot compared to FAB or Dynamo.

Please stick with sunlight. House brand for dishwasher fluid really tak boleh. Sunlight you dilute in water still better.

Sunlight sometimes promo can be had for rm5/rm5.50. If really want cheap out. Try labor but nowadays not so cheap. Maybe rm3.x paling cheap. Used to be less than rm3 if promo. I use it to clean my kitchen floor lol.

Get from refill station la aiyo....

Use less plastics. The refill station you can get super concentrated one, need dilute 5 part water, cheaper and zero waste.

Damansara Jaya got 1 shop. Desa Park City for refill station.

?? free o wat

. Most generic brand all come from well known brand manufacturers one. Woolworth Coles Costco do this all the time.

Sunlight all the way... Nothing good ever comes from "budget" or "Eco friendly"


Trash quality


Even cheapo Hilo kitchen towels feel like toilet paper

This post has been edited by h4r8_kIlLeR: Jun 23 2022, 10:45 PM

just to let you know, if you buy 5L and reuse the old 900ml bottle, you save more from perspective of cost per liter

https://shopee.com.my/Glo-Active-Foam-Lime-...c1-82171d12417d

5L - RM29.90

and if your fast.....



This post has been edited by john123x: Jun 23 2022, 10:51 PM

Lotus got offer Glo 1.35L bottle at RM4.75

Theres lots of cheaper alternatives, but using only Sunlight "Grapefruit and Rosehip" as it's gentle on the skin. Most of the cheapo cleaner will cause problem for sensitive skins.

Lotus brand comes with the best Ride and Handling.

Oh wait....wrong Lotus.

On a serious note, I don't like Sunlight, mainly because the bottle design hard to squeeze.

Basically I use Glo for hard cleaning very oily pot, and other cheaper brand for normal washing.

But shaving cream i bought couple years ago from tesco legit from angmoh land

sunlight keep increase price but its best

Sunlight is bestest..

Nowadays I just go Eco Shop. Dishwashing brand from Gunso brand and Labour brand is good. Probably just slightly below Sunlight..

I usually stock it up because it is cheap and can use for general use. I use dishwashing to wash my car and washroom.

Diswashing liquid is one of the product that keep increasing price without control

I still remembered during 2016-2017, I can get Glo dishwashing liquid for 3:99myr and below, now increase price like mad.

Refill bro.


Can't remember the price, but cheap.

Branding. Sunlight is well-known and always appear on advertisement. That is cost. You can buy at from any grocery store.nmore good quality.

i use sunlight , sometimes joy to wash my car. is this alright?