Product Review: Ecostore Citrus Spray Cleaner and Laundry Liquid

Meijer will be carrying the EcostoreUSA.com brand of products in just a few short weeks. I was lucky enough to try out the Laundry Liquid and Citrus Spray Cleaner.

About EcoStore(from their website)-

ecostore NZ was founded more than 15 years ago by Melanie and Malcolm Rands from their home in an eco village in New Zealand.

All of the families that lived in the farm based eco village shared a commitment to organic growing and healthy living, making this an ideal environment in which a young, environmentally conscious business could thrive. Each household in the village was responsible for their own waste water, which quickly highlighted the problems caused by using regular supermarket cleaning products that relied heavily on cheap, petroleum-based, synthetic ingredients.

Faced with the challenge of protecting the pristine rural waterways of the eco village, Malcolm Rands began to research and seek expert help from scientists to develop household cleaning products using plant-based ingredients that would biodegrade safely and quickly. Achieving his goal, he eliminated the need to use toxic chemicals, leaving the eco villages water pure. His goal was more than accomplished as the product line of this home-based business began to grow, and an exciting future began to unfold.

The original customer base of ecostore NZ was comprised of mostly ‘Greenies’ and organic gardeners. However, it was not long before testimonials from other parents (many of whom were unaware of the benefits of eco-friendly products) began to pour in with wonderful news of their children's allergies and eczema clearing up. Many noted that any respiratory issues were healing, and many lingering chronic conditions were disappearing.

By simply changing to the genuinely clean and green ecostore products, people were experiencing surprising and unexpected improvements in their health. As the notion of using products with “No Nasty Chemicals™” gained popular appeal, ecostore quickly outgrew its location in the Rand’s basement and the business moved to a storefront in Auckland, New Zealand.

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My daughter (5 years) has mild asthma, my son (14 months) has mild to moderate eczema and my husband has moderate asthma and eczema. Using as many natural cleaners as I can helps to keep their symptom from flaring up.I usually use the natural varieties of purex and arm and hammer detergents to wash our clothes and I use a mixture of tea tree oil, white vinegar and water to clean our floors. Other than those items, I haven't found cleaning solutions that work well enough to replace the conventional cleaners. That was until I tried these two products from EcostoreUSA.com!


A little about my testing

Citrus Spray Cleaner - I was skeptical this would work on my greasy stove top or my sticky floor. I gave it a try any way since it was available and I had messes to clean. WOW! is all I could think once I finished cleaning up the stove. My stove was clean and I didn't have a headache from the stinky cleaner used to get it that way! I then sprayed some on the sticky juice one of the kids spilled and no one noticed until it had dried(for a few days). I used my swiffer wet jet to mop it up. It came up very easily. Since the pad on the swiffer was already wet I took it over to the muddy door entrance. It got the dried mud up too. I continued to mop the floor until the pad was too dirty to be effective . I only had to spray a few other tough spots with the Citrus Spray Cleaner to finish the floor.


Laundry Liquid- I was pretty sure this product would get my clothes clean from the beginning. I wasn't sure it would take out stains. The first load I did I tossed in a shirt that my little boy wiped ketchup all over. The ketchup had set on it for a few days. I did not rinse or pretreat the stain. When I pulled it out of the washing machine I was very impressed that there wasn't a trace of ketchup left.

The next challenge was my husbands work clothing. He gets a lot of black dust and dirt on him. Normally, he will complain that his work clothes look dingy and I need to use something other than the natural detergents on those. Not with this detergent! I watched as the washer spun out water into our wash tub. Boy was that some filthy water! I also watched the rinse water spin out to compare. The second was much, much more clear.

Pros

Citrus Spray Cleaner
-Very faint, pleasant citrus smell
-Can be used with children underfoot because it has no harsh chemicals
-Cleans grease, dirt, soap scum, sticky messes, and everything else I tried it on with one exception
-Wont cause headaches



Laundry Liquid
-Washes completely clean, leaving no residue
-Gets out tough stains and can be used to pretreat
-Wont cause skin irritation
-Smells nice when it is in the washer

Cons

Citrus Spray Cleaner
-Didn't do as good of a job on mold as bleach containing cleaners


Laundry Liquid
-It smells like a eucalyptus cough drop straight from the bottle(smells good when diluted in washer)
-Doesn't leave scent on clothing(I like a little bit of smell good on my clean clothes)


I will be sharing how you can save some green buying these green products in a week or two so be sure to keep your eyes open. If you can't wait to get these from Meijer, you can order now at EcostoreUSA.com.






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