Working in a hospital I need to make sure my clothes are properly disinfected, this appears to do the job and smells good!

I use this regularly and assumed it does what it says

I thought I’d try this instead of fabric conditioner all the time. It came in a sealed bag which was lucky as it leaked a bit, so the labels peeled off. It’s kept my families clothing soft and helped with some of the baby food stains. I’d definitely buy agai

Ah, the good old days of washing clothes at 60C knowing they’re clean are well and truly gone, unless of course you like your jumpers etc coming out of the machine the size of a facecloth and fitting your child’s barbie or action man perfectly.
So here I am, more and more of my clothes state 30C, even my new underwear! So along with this and an increasing scummy mould problem in the door seal and detergent drawer, believe me, I even took ‘professional’ advice and bought sachets of which I was promised work, hard to find but they’re so worth it and religiously used them as advised. But the problem was just getting worse as the years went by.
So I thought to myself what to do next? Ah, go on amazon and scour the reviews. As much as it galls me to buy not only washing detergent but a cleanser too where a good old 60C wash used to do the trick for the clothes AND the machine, I succumbed and bought the dettol cleanser. All I can say is…
WOW, it actually works!
Firstly to tackle the machine issues I used a bottle of dettol machine cleaner, well I was so pleasantly surprised with this and a few weeks down the line there’s still no mould growing back. Secondly I add only 1 capful of the cleanser in with the softener, and yes, this too works & doesn’t take away from the softness of ones clothes.
After reading other reviews and advice from dettol, the liquid is to be used ONLY in the softener drawer as putting it in the detergent drawer will diminish the action of the cleanser, can’t fit 2 capfuls in AND the softener? Hence why I only put one cap in with softener.
Genuinely, I’m gobsmacked! The machine cleaner has given my machine a new lease of life and I no longer dread having to clean scum from the door seal or spending ages scrubbing the detergent drawer and it’s casing most weeks.
Although I’m still rather cross at not being able to do a hot wash like the old days, as although it says that it’s to save money on electricity and the environment, I still believe that a hot wash is more environmentally friendly than buying even more detergent to battle the ‘low temp mould issues’ which itself needs a factory, more chemicals, thousands of litres of water to dilute it, and more plastic manufacturing in which to store the cleanser, not to mention the fuel and traffic congestion to get said cleanser to the shops etc.
Sure I don’t have to buy it, but then I’m fighting mould issues, fusty smelling clothing and a smelly machine….. it’s only 6 years old, plumbed in the kitchen so shouldn’t have these issues, it’s all down to temp.
So for that reason only, I’ve reluctantly converted to the dettol cleanser, and I’m in no way disappointed, it’s smashing and I believe it’s also helping to keep the machine mould threat at bay as when I wipe round the door seal and check the detergent drawer there’s absolutely NO mould and the washing smells naturally fresh, there’s no distinct ‘in yer face’ detergent smell, only that of your softener.
All that said, I highly recommend this cleanser and used with the dettol machine cleaner I no longer have mould and frousty smells emanating from my machine, so a huge thumbs up from me.