Bio Tabs - Lidl

KeefySher
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edited January 2017 in Tips for making Caravanning & Touring Cheaper #1

I'm sure there was a thread on the Lidl Formula Bio Tabs for use in the toilet cassette, but can't find it going through pages of threads or via search.

Are these tabs still available on general sale, or are they an 'offer' only item that come up from time to time?

Lidl web site doesn't show them. Can't get to the local shop till next week.

Due to run out of the blue liquid soon, loads of pink left. Wanted to try the bio tabs.

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  • triky auto
    triky auto Forum Participant Posts: 8,690
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    edited January 2017 #2

    Hi K.S ,the bio tabs are still available in Lidl ,saw them this morning offer or no offer they're worth having anyway ,,Co-oP or any S/mkt do their own too ,just depends on the prices i guess .

  • Bakers2
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    edited January 2017 #3

    Lidl do all the time theirs are Formil, we use them and found them great.  Any supermarket own brand will do the trick, but the sqaushie tabs NOT tablets.

    Yes there is a really long useful thread somewhere on the old CT about toilet solutions.  Hard to describe it as solutions, liquids etc surprised.  I believe fabric conditioner for flush too - ours is drawn direct from our water store.

  • Bakers2
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    edited January 2017 #4

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  • JonCaz
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    edited January 2017 #5

    Do the Formil liquid tabs dissolve ok?

    Do you dissolve in water then add to the cassette or just sling it straight in?

  • Bakers2
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    edited January 2017 #6

    We just leave a drop of water in the cassette after emptying and drop it in.  No chemical smell or any from cassette. We use our facility fully. Hubby empties and says it's all liquid. We empty every other day generally.

    Shame the original thread is missing loads of pages of using on board facilities.

  • KeefySher
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    edited January 2017 #7

    Thanks all. Will get some next week.

  • IanH
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    edited January 2017 #8

    I just drop them in the cassette from above and then add my own water........literally! wink

  • JonCaz
    JonCaz Forum Participant Posts: 84
    edited January 2017 #9

    sealed LoL that method had crossed my mind tbh.

    I've just purchased 20 bio liquid tabs of Formil for £2.39 and a bottle of Morning dew fabric conditioner for 99p.

    Could someone advise what ratio of fabric conditioner to water for the flush please 

  • Vicmallows
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    edited January 2017 #10

    I've settled on one Lidl tab + a splash (about 30ml) of regular blue as the ideal combination for smell AND function.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited January 2017 #11

    JonC, just use a similar amount of conditioner as you would the pink fluid.

    We put in 2 tabs and add to the tank all the hot water that we drain off when we leave our final site before heading home. This ensures that the toilet tank gets a good cleaning out. Leave for 24 hrs and then flush the liquid down our toilet at home. Simples

  • Pippah45
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    edited January 2017 #12

    I dissolved a Formil tab in cold water in my kitchen a while ago and it goes well in about an hour (then it went in the washing machine).  I think they are great - unfortunately found another bottle of blue when clearing the shed the other day!  I prefer not getting blue fingers!

  • briantimber
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    edited January 2017 #13

    Could I just say that using the word "Tabs" could be confusing.

    the product to use is "Bio-Pods".

    There are "Pods" and "Tabs", they are different, the "Tabs" don't work as well and leave a residue. You need to use BIO-PODS.

    I, along with many others have used the pods for years, they work well, breaking down the effluent and also clean your tank, restoring it to new after a few uses....cool

  • IanH
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    edited January 2017 #14

    Hello Brian.....

    Our cassette is looking much cleane these days.

  • Merve
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    edited January 2017 #15

    Aldi bio PODS are the ones we use. Tabs tend to suggest tablets which Brian points out- which you definitely don't want to use. I think the ones I use are called Almat or something.

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