Ecover Toilet Cleaner Eco Product Review

I’ve been looking forward to the day when toilets clean themselves for about 15 years now. As it doesn’t look likely any time soon, I’ll have to do it myself. I suppose they do have those things you clip on the rim but that doesn’t really replace a bit of brushing does it?

Luckily Ecover do a natural clean (with the power of plants! Or something) that aims to keep your toilet sparkling. And it does a pretty good job. Cleaning-wise it er cleans nicely but I do miss the bright colours of big brands and they do seem a bit thicker than Ecover too. After you squirt under the rim it tends to run down the sides into the water a bit too quickly for my liking.

So apart from maybe a little extra scrubbing you’ll need to do, I’d recommend Ecover toilet cleaner. It smells nice and fresh and is better for the environment. I’m not sure this product can be refilled, but the bottle and cap can be recycled.

As usual www.ecover.com has a list of ingredients (including the intriguingly named Linalool):
The list below displays ingredients in descending order, with those present in highest quantities first.
Water
Citric Acid
Lauryl Polyglucose
Sodium Citrate
Xanthan Gum
Perfume
Sodium Benzoate
Linalool
Limonene

It’s now stocked in most supermarkets or you can buy it easily online, such from as Drugstore.com or Big Green Smile in the UK.

Method Stainless Steel Cleaner Eco Product Review

I’ve seen Method products on the shelf at my local Waitrose supermarket but Big Green Smile are the only place online that officially sells it and they kindly sent me a whole host of Method products to review.

I first got busy with what is actually called ‘method stainless steel, streak-free, clean + polish’. Lovely stuff. I was actually going to give this to a friend to test as there’s only so much cleaning I can cope with, but I took a look at the state of our sink and draining board at home and thought I’d better give it a quick go. I’m not giving it up.

The thing is, I love the look of the draining board and sink now, I’ve become obsessed with how clean it is, it’s lovely. But back to the beginning. Well there’s not much to say really but my sink was dirty so I gave it a clean. The directions suggested a soft cloth but as it was so dirty and scratched anyway I went with a rough cloth and boy, did it need it. I think I should have gone with a normal cleaner first as this isn’t something that gets ground on dirt off easily, it took quite a bit of scrubbing but it let a hell of a shine. I went with the soft cloth after and it’s brilliant and has given a whole new dimension to my washing up!

I’m not joking I love it. I also didn’t use rubber gloves, I wasn’t bothered about getting it on my skin and I was fine, there’s no great smell to speak of so felt very comfortable spraying the fine mist onto the sink. I hope the rest of the Method range lives up to these results.

Another thing I love is the packaging. Well, not the plastic, it is recyclable but there’s no getting away from plastic where chemicals are concerned, but the design of the bottle is great and the directions and writing is fun and helpful. All design and packaging should be like this, it almost makes cleaning fun.

Method stainless steel cleaner costs £4.00 from Big Green Smile. Here’s a bit of blurb about Big Green Smile as we haven’t featured them on Life Goggles before:
“We sell an extensive range of green, ethical, recycled and eco-friendly gifts and gadgets that will help you to help our environment, with lots of ways to save water & energy and reduce your carbon footprint. We work closely with suppliers to ensure that our products are the most environmentally friendly of their type on the market and that we offer as wide a selection of products to our customers as possible.”