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?

i use glo. so far so good. can remove stains easy . easy to the hands as well. always got promo at giant

actually no. but......depends on you la

How about Topvalu dishwashing paste?

800g is RM4.50 at HappyFresh https://m.happyfresh.my/aeon-shah-alam/prod...p&headless=true



This post has been edited by eclectice: Jun 24 2022, 10:21 AM

NO.

But, It is always out of stock hahaha

gg paint coating gone liao

yeap. i know. coz just recently my go to dishwasher to wash kitchen floor, labour, no more good deal. its not cheap enough. so i have to resort to topvalue 5L.
i just use to wash floor, so its acceptable, coz i don't give much fark, but still prefer labour

if washing dish, definitely sunlight. i wash with joy and ease

This post has been edited by cempedaklife: Jun 24 2022, 10:34 AM

Not as good in getting rid of oil stains.
But the best way to get rid of oil stain is to wash dishes in hot water.

Joy from Mr diy

Get glo or sunlight la....I tried the generic brand , not easy to wash, still a bit oily

I always use Glo.
Sunlight seems to be a bit watery, or maybe I'm wrong.

Can use something like GoodMaid. It's good enough and cheaper.

I only reserve glo for washing oily pot use for deep frying.

This post has been edited by c64: Jun 24 2022, 01:42 PM

i thought sunlight is corrosive to skin?

Tesco choice - ok
Tesco value - sucks

just like Aeon
Top valu pink - good
Top valu yellow - meh

I buy harimau brand. One big container and last me so long and its far cheaper than those expensive stuff you guys are touting.

If you work in f&b before we use this to wash plates. No problem

I've tried many dishwashing liquid brands. For me, only Glo works best. Consistent in terms of quality. Here are the tiers:

Excellent – Glo
Good– Sunlight, Giant dishwashing liquid
Mid – Joy, Axion Paste, TLC Green, Bio-Home
Worst – Zip, Labour, Lonkey, Harimau

best seller

lonkey that bad ke

in laws love it i think bc of the bottle, and rasa ok je not until teruk.

Agree
Same to body shampoo

changed to lonkey since last year, so far so good.