Bio Pods - no longer effective

There must be more to the effectivness of different bio-pods than just the flavour!

Catherinef, if you were happy with the Lidl/Aldi pods, why not give them another try? Were the Waitrose/Ariel ones Bio pods or just plain washing pods? There is a difference, only the BIO PODS do the trick, just plain and simple bio-pods, don't know if the colour ones are as good, never used them. We use our loo for both 1&2 and use two pods per dose, emptying every other day, never had any trouble, much better than the dreaded "blue finger" syndrome of days gone by....

Formil is their own brand, we are just using one pod each time.

We've just finished two weeks on a CL. One Formil pod plus a small splash of 'blue' (about a eggcup full) and the thunder box lasted up to four days without smelling which, considering the heatwave, was pretty impressive.

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 So if they're not effective probably the wrong ones in use, it's got to be Bio for the enzyme content.

That's interesting Catherinef. I have always used Aldi bio pods and found them very good. Perhaps it's a formulation thing?. I wouldn't go back to blue before you have sourced either Aldi or Lidl pods and tried those. Personally, I haven't tried the Lidl pods but after reading the posts about them I will try them next time. I know one thing though- since using bio pods I've saved a small fortune on blue!! No danger of spills and much more convenient to use.

Never having used these bio pods ( and not wanting to wade all through the other thread on the subject ), might I just ask exactly how you use them? Do you just pop them in whole - presumably the outer membrane disintegrates - or do you pierce them and empty the contents in? We're almost out of blue and might give these a try rather than restocking! 

Take  one  at  a  time  out  of  the  box,  M,  WITH  DRY  FINGERS  !!.

Then  drop  one  into  the  cassette  after  you  have  emptied  &  rinsed  it,  the  moisture  from  rinsing  will  allow  the  jelly - like  container  to  dissolve  &  Bingo,  job  done.

However  I  must  say  Don't  expect  Miracles  --  it  might  take  a  couple  or  three  'emptyings'  for  the  full  benefit  of  tank  cleaning  to  become  apparent.

If  you  visit  an  accessory  store  you  will  almost  certainly  find  that  Dometic  etc  have  started  selling  their  fluid  in  identical  looking  pods.  They  come  in  about  6"  diameter  plastic  screw  top  containers  but  at  Dometic  prices  of  course.

I  carry  one  such  canister  purely  for  use  where  the  site  owner / manager  requests  it  for  their  septic  tank  purposes. 

Brian

Thanks for that, Brian. Might well give it a go now!