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I'm so glad the "cheap" stores around here don't sell tiny versions of products. It's non-brand name/lower quality or larger quantities to make them cheaper per volume.
For example my current toilet paper brand comes in four packs in the grocery store, with consistently good quality. The "cheap" store sell nine packs of the same stuff for 50% or so more, but you risk getting some that are slightly worse quality than the four packs. It's made in the same factory and is never bad, it's just that the second tier of quality control goes into the bulk ones.
Side note: I know people who have worked in/with soap facilities. And they mix, bottle and ship out dozens of brands. The majority of each type of soap, is made from the same base ingredients. Some are a bit watered down, lack pleasant scent, color or similar. But you can easily find soap that is at half the price of fancy ones, that work just as well(might need tiny bit more, but not enough that you lose money).
Soap is one of the most basic things you can make. It's just fat, lye, and water. It'd be like saying "each type of bread is made from the same base ingredients"
Essential oils, lye, and some kind of vegetable oil are fairly cheap if one is willing to go full crunchy and make their own. You just have to wait a few weeks for your soap to cure, and be really cautious with the lye because it will burn you.
Alternatively, bar soap is always better bang for your buck. I’m on Old Spice 3-in-1 because something I can squeeze out of a bottle let’s me be lazier, but when mega broke Irish Spring has saved my hide many a time.
Vinegar + old newspapers is a great window cleaner. Better than windex.
I make my own cotton dishrags with whatever cheapest/ugly cotton yarn is available.
But you can’t really beat Dawn for dishes or Tide for clothes. I’ve tried.
Yeah, dishes and clothes are often the exception depending on what off-brands you can find, because of the extra surfactants and softeners used. But for cleaning yourself and general surfaces most generic soap works exactly like the stuff that can cost several times as much.
I'll back up the vinegar in a spray bottle and free newspaper being the best for cleaning windows. The vinegar smell goes away in a couple minutes and it doesn't leave streaks.