So I just ran out of my regular bathroom cleaner, Flash. While shopping in Lidls I saw that they had their own bathroom cleaner in the W5 range. I thought there could be no harm in giving it a go to test the difference.
So let's start off with the price, Flash comes in at £1 if you buy it from Poundland if you do buy Flash; don't purchase it from Supermarkets as it is always more expensive. Tesco sell it for £1.50 with an extra 50ml but it's not worth the extra 50p. The W5 ranged bathroom cleaner comes in at 85p so 15p cheaper. You might think that 15p isn't really much but it is when the sizes of the bottles are completely different. The Flash has 450ml of product inside whereas the W5 cleaner has 750ml. So you're getting 300ml MORE for 15p less.
Is there any difference?
Firstly I checked the ingredients, they both have exactly the same ingredients, down to the same amounts except W5 has one more; Methylisothiazolinone. It has one extra added preservative.
Secondly it comes down to the actual product test. I thought soap scum is the best test so here with have a soap scum shower.
I sprayed Flash on the right and W5 on the left.
No difference right?
Just using W5, no water.
There is absolutely no difference in this product. In fact I found the W5 actually lathered up and the Flash doesn't. I also found the W5 has a finer spray, more like a mist than a foam but found it actually needs less product to clean. I only have one negative point about the product and it's that the smell is different. I found the smell of the W5 more chemical than fresh, it stung my noise slightly whereas Flash has a nice scent. This is one product I shall definetely be swapping, I can't find a reason why not.
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