Comments on: Save On Cleaning Products By Buying Refills. http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/ Time- and money-saving tips for easy living in Japan Sun, 16 May 2010 13:00:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: crunchymama http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 crunchymama Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:48:14 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/#comment-1040 Even better, buy the Pax Naturon brand -- plant-based cleaners with no synthetic chemicals. Regular cleaners are full of chemicals that pollute the air that you and your family breathe. You would think the gov't would regulate this type of thing, but they don't -- not in Japan or anywhere. Even better, buy the Pax Naturon brand — plant-based cleaners with no synthetic chemicals. Regular cleaners are full of chemicals that pollute the air that you and your family breathe. You would think the gov’t would regulate this type of thing, but they don’t — not in Japan or anywhere.

]]> By: Atlanta Maid Service http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Atlanta Maid Service Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:49:32 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/#comment-789 Nice tip, we still buy in this size. Nice tip, we still buy in this size.

]]> By: 30+yearshere http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/comment-page-1/#comment-585 30+yearshere Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:54:18 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/#comment-585 Tsumekaeyou (つめかえ用, [つめかえよう]) refills for many other items: In addition to refils for household cleaning products, laundry detergent and bleach, and body care products, I buy refills for beverages such as Milo, instant coffee, cocoa, creaming powder, etc. You can buy their regular version in a bottle the first time and then buy refills or save money right off the bat by using a container of your choice that you happen to have on hand. I also get refills/refill cartidges for many stationery items such as tape glue, correction tape, highlighter pens, erasers, and of course, ballpoint pens. Many of these items like correction tape or highlighter pens come in both refillable (カートリッジ式　ka-toriji shiki)and one-use (使い切りtsukaikiri) types so pay attention when selecting. The refills for ballpoint pens are called kaeshin 替芯. The refill product number is usually in teeny tiny print on a label on the pen. If your local store does not have them on hand they might order them for you (you might have to take a whole box). You can also get them from catalog or online stationery shops like those on the Rakuten site or Office Depot. If you are not sure if refills are available for your favorite ballpoint pen, check out the info (with photos!) in the Office Depot catalog or go to the pen maker's homepage and check out the info for that particular pen. I keep my favorite ballpoint pens going for years! Tsumekaeyou (つめかえ用, [つめかえよう]) refills for many other items:

In addition to refils for household cleaning products, laundry detergent and bleach, and body care products, I buy refills for beverages such as Milo, instant coffee, cocoa, creaming powder, etc. You can buy their regular version in a bottle the first time and then buy refills or save money right off the bat by using a container of your choice that you happen to have on hand.

I also get refills/refill cartidges for many stationery items such as tape glue, correction tape, highlighter pens, erasers, and of course, ballpoint pens. Many of these items like correction tape or highlighter pens come in both refillable (カートリッジ式　ka-toriji shiki)and one-use (使い切りtsukaikiri) types so pay attention when selecting.

The refills for ballpoint pens are called kaeshin 替芯. The refill product number is usually in teeny tiny print on a label on the pen. If your local store does not have them on hand they might order them for you (you might have to take a whole box). You can also get them from catalog or online stationery shops like those on the Rakuten site or Office Depot. If you are not sure if refills are available for your favorite ballpoint pen, check out the info (with photos!) in the Office Depot catalog or go to the pen maker’s homepage and check out the info for that particular pen. I keep my favorite ballpoint pens going for years!

]]> By: Layla http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/comment-page-1/#comment-411 Layla Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:22:37 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/#comment-411 I've actually been thinking about implementing the same practices in my home and residential cleaning business. Great thoughts and thank you for the helpful information. I’ve actually been thinking about implementing the same practices in my home and residential cleaning business. Great thoughts and thank you for the helpful information.

]]> By: Karla http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Karla Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:54:42 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/#comment-225 Don't forget to buy refills for your body soap, shampoo and rinse! Don’t forget to buy refills for your body soap, shampoo and rinse!

]]> By: Save On Cleaning Products Revisited - Buy House Brands | nihonhacks.com http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Save On Cleaning Products Revisited - Buy House Brands | nihonhacks.com Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:13:06 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/#comment-28 [...] Save On Cleaning Products By Buying Refills. [...] [...] Save On Cleaning Products By Buying Refills. [...]

]]> By: thomas http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/comment-page-1/#comment-19 thomas Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:36:57 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/#comment-19 Ken Y-N: Thanks for the tip! I already went to the store and checked it out. Once I can get some pictures taken I'll post a cleaning supplies update. And thanks for the link back in your September news recap! Ken Y-N: Thanks for the tip! I already went to the store and checked it out. Once I can get some pictures taken I’ll post a cleaning supplies update. And thanks for the link back in your September news recap!

]]> By: Ken Y-N http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Ken Y-N Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:12:30 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/#comment-12 Hi thomas, Great idea of a blog, and thanks for the link in the cheese article! Another tip for saving on Bath Magiclean is to find an equivalent own-brand, but for that one you have to check that the -- whatever the active ingredient is -- is the right percentage, as the lower percentage products are pretty useless. Magiclean has 8% or 9% on the label, so get an own-brand with 8%; the 4% stuff doesn't cut it. We buy - what do we buy? I forget, but it's from Konan and about 85 yen a bottle. Even though we don't have a car, we go once every two months or so to the nearest DIY/Home Centre superstore and fill up two or three big trolleys-worth of household stuff, and even with the trains and 800 yen delivery cost we save money (and time, of course!) over the local stores. Shampoo and body soap, etc, also comes in refills so you don't have to keep buying the pump-action bottles. Hi thomas,

Great idea of a blog, and thanks for the link in the cheese article!

Another tip for saving on Bath Magiclean is to find an equivalent own-brand, but for that one you have to check that the — whatever the active ingredient is — is the right percentage, as the lower percentage products are pretty useless. Magiclean has 8% or 9% on the label, so get an own-brand with 8%; the 4% stuff doesn’t cut it. We buy – what do we buy? I forget, but it’s from Konan and about 85 yen a bottle. Even though we don’t have a car, we go once every two months or so to the nearest DIY/Home Centre superstore and fill up two or three big trolleys-worth of household stuff, and even with the trains and 800 yen delivery cost we save money (and time, of course!) over the local stores.

Shampoo and body soap, etc, also comes in refills so you don’t have to keep buying the pump-action bottles.

]]> By: thomas http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/comment-page-1/#comment-5 thomas Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:25:04 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/#comment-5 Harvey: Thanks for the encouragement! I hope the site will be interesting and useful to you. I have some more articles coming up later this week, but I was sorta sidetracked by the birth of my firstborn over the weekend. :) Your sites are great also! Peace. Harvey: Thanks for the encouragement! I hope the site will be interesting and useful to you. I have some more articles coming up later this week, but I was sorta sidetracked by the birth of my firstborn over the weekend. :) Your sites are great also! Peace.

]]> By: Harvey http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Harvey Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:51:08 +0000 http://nihonhacks.com/in-the-home/save-on-cleaning-products-by-buying-refills/#comment-4 Great website idea! I thought about trying to make a website to explain how to live in Japan cheaply while I was a student last year... but never got around to it. Good work! Looking forward to see how this develops! Great website idea! I thought about trying to make a website to explain how to live in Japan cheaply while I was a student last year… but never got around to it. Good work!

Looking forward to see how this develops!

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