If you are looking for a Koh alternative, compare cleaners on cost per spray bottle rather than shelf price, check whether you are buying a concentrate or a ready to use spray, and count how many other products it replaces. HomeKind is a plant based concentrate: 10ml (1 capful) in a litre of water makes a spray bottle for about 40c, and the same bottle cleans benches, glass, bathrooms and floors.
Koh is a well known all purpose cleaner in Australia, and people look at alternatives for their own reasons: a plant based formula, less bulk in the cupboard, or a clearer picture of what each spray bottle actually costs. This guide walks through how to compare any all purpose cleaner fairly, then where HomeKind fits.
Step one: concentrate or ready to use?
This is the question that decides everything else. A ready to use cleaner is already mixed with water, so the price you pay is the price of the finished spray. A concentrate is the cleaning part only: you add the water at home, so one bottle becomes many litres of cleaner. Comparing the two on price per litre as sold is comparing different things, a bit like comparing a bag of coffee beans with a takeaway cup.
Check the label for a dilution rate. If a product gives one, it is a concentrate and you can work out what a litre becomes. If it gives none, treat the bottle as ready to use.
Step two: work out the cost per spray bottle
Once you know the dose, the sum is simple:
- Divide 1000ml by the dose per litre to find how many litres of cleaner one litre of concentrate makes.
- Divide the bottle price by that number to get the cost per litre of finished spray.
For HomeKind, 1000ml divided by 10ml (1 capful) per litre of water makes 100 litres, which fills up to 100 one litre spray bottles. $39.99 divided by 100 is about 40c a bottle. On the two bottle pack ($70) it is 35c, and on the three bottle pack ($99) it is 33c.
| Option | You pay | Makes | Cost per 1L spray bottle |
|---|---|---|---|
| HomeKind, 1 bottle | $39.99 | Up to 100 litres | About 40c |
| HomeKind, 2 bottle pack | $70 | Up to 200 litres | About 35c |
| HomeKind, 3 bottle pack | $99 | Up to 300 litres | About 33c |
| Typical supermarket ready to use spray | $4 to $7 | One bottle | $4 to $7 |
You can run your own numbers through the calculator or check the dilution chart for every job.
Step three: count the bottles it replaces
The cheapest cleaner is the one that means you stop buying others. HomeKind is made to replace your all purpose, glass, bathroom and floor cleaners. It is streak free on glass and mirrors, so the separate glass spray goes too. One concentrate, diluted to the job, does the work of a cupboard of single purpose bottles:
- Everyday: 10ml (1 capful) per litre of water for benches, glass, mirrors, stainless steel and appliances.
- Heavy jobs: 10 to 20ml (1 to 2 capfuls) per litre of water for bathrooms, shower screens and kitchen grease.
- Floors: 20 to 30ml (2 to 3 capfuls) per mop bucket for sealed floors.
- Starter Pack bottle: 5ml (half a capful) in the 500ml bottle.
Fill the bottle with water first, then add the concentrate, so it mixes without foaming.
Step four: check what is in it and where it goes
HomeKind is plant based and enzyme activated, with protease, amylase and lipase enzymes alongside plant and coconut derived cleaning agents. It has no synthetic dyes, phosphates, parabens or SLS, it is not tested on animals, and it is greywater and septic safe, which matters for homes on tank water or a septic system. Because you add your own water, less water gets trucked around the country and fewer plastic bottles come home.
The short version
Compare on cost per spray bottle, not shelf price. Check whether you are buying a concentrate. Count the products it replaces. On all three, HomeKind makes a strong case: about 40c a spray bottle, one bottle for every job, and a single 1L that goes a long way. It comes in two scents right now, Lemon Myrtle + Eucalyptus and Mandarin Peel + Rosemary, with Peppermint + Pine Needle and Fragrance Free back soon. Order by 2pm on a business day and we post it the same day. See the packs.
