Which dishwasher tablets?

Quartz · 27 Sep 2015 at 18:54

Bigpig said:
Finish power balls but the other half works in home bargains gets them cheap

And these are the ones that are not working for me.

Bigpig · 27 Sep 2015 at 21:51

Quartz said:
And these are the ones that are not working for me.

Have you checked your water chemistry? Not that I know myself if something is wrong

Been getting amazing results with the power balls.

Quartz · 27 Sep 2015 at 22:02

Bigpig said:
Have you checked your water chemistry? Not that I know myself if something is wrong.

The dishwasher isn't asking for salt or rinse aid. The only problem I have with Finish powerballs is that they're not removing tannins - apart from that they're fine.

HangTime · 27 Sep 2015 at 22:29

Jez said:
Oh right, mines 90 on intensive which is what we just leave it on (i figure why would i want anything other than the best clean )

Because the 'not best' clean may give the same results but be cheaper, depending on what you've put in it. I doubt there is much difference in running costs though.

dbmzk1 · 27 Sep 2015 at 23:01

I get whatever is on special offer. They are all largely the same.

a1ex2001 · 28 Sep 2015 at 11:11

Jez said:
Your dishwasher should have a filter in the base of the loading area, you can put the dishes/plates in as filthy as you like and any particles will just get caught in that. You have no chance you will break the machine by loading filthy plates Added to this, the water inside these machines runs at near boiling, cleaning the plates first is honestly a waste of time.

Brilliant advice! Love watching people clean stuff before putting it in the dishwasher at our house any left overs go in the bin and the plate then goes straight in the dishwasher whats the point in having one if your still doing most of the work lol

Jez · 28 Sep 2015 at 11:13

Yep never understand it, as long as you dont leave huge lumps of solids on the plates which will end up just sitting at the bottom anyway then you really should just chuck them straight in

Steedie · 28 Sep 2015 at 11:17

Aldi own brand and they are really good!

BuffetSlayer · 28 Sep 2015 at 11:19

a1ex2001 said:
Brilliant advice! Love watching people clean stuff before putting it in the dishwasher at our house any left overs go in the bin and the plate then goes straight in the dishwasher whats the point in having one if your still doing most of the work lol

Means you don't have to clean out a manky filter as often though (which is a hateful job)

GinG · 28 Sep 2015 at 11:29

Any of the own brand, does a good enough job for me.

Currently using Wilko own brand.

valve90210 · 28 Sep 2015 at 13:16

a1ex2001 said:
Brilliant advice! Love watching people clean stuff before putting it in the dishwasher at our house any left overs go in the bin and the plate then goes straight in the dishwasher whats the point in having one if your still doing most of the work lol

Only thing I do apart from removing any leftovers is to soak for a few minutes any plates that have been on the side a bit long and dried up. That way I can use a short/eco cycle and it all comes up clean.

covenantuk · 28 Sep 2015 at 14:25

Lidl/Aldi own brand. Work out at 5-6p per wash. Stick in a Dishwasher cleaner every couple of months or so.

Never had an a issue with dirty items after a wash unless it was caused by bad loading.

Firestar_3x · 28 Sep 2015 at 15:08

Always buy a few large boxes of Finish Poweballs, somethink like 96 tablets for £9 (when they are on offer), always do a great job, however last week a glass came out dirty so i may need to run a cleaner through.

cyber69 · 29 Sep 2015 at 16:13

Fairy Platinum are the best I have tried.

checjb · 29 Sep 2015 at 16:54

Another vote for Lidl. Never had an issue with them. I used to work for Reckitt Benckiser (who make Finish products) and the mark up is truly astronimical yet the formulation of the tablets is the same as the Lidl ones (and many others too). Now, let me think which ones I should go for...

welshdragon · 30 Sep 2015 at 20:04

Not sure if Asda still have them but last week boxes of 100 finish all in one tabs were a fiver. Bargain.

However if I don't have those the Aldi Magnum ones

Werewolf · 30 Sep 2015 at 23:37

OldCoals said:
99/100 poor wash results are down to the spray arms not spinning correctly.

Aye, always worth checking the nozzles are clean, I check ours every now and then as standard (a couple of times I've found something blocking one of them).
Also always worth educating the family that if they're putting anything tall in the bottom of the machine to give the top spray arm a spin to make sure it's ok.

We normally use the Aldi own brand ones in the WW house and they tend to work fine

bledd · 1 Oct 2015 at 00:01

Seems a good place to ask.

Rinse aid, are you meant to keep filling it up until the machine will take no more. Does it spread this over multiple washes?

Or do you put in a small amount, once for each load?

Werewolf · 1 Oct 2015 at 00:26

I think most of the modern tablets come in versions that include a rinse aid...

I haven't used one in over a decade.

alx · 1 Oct 2015 at 09:12

bledd. said:
Seems a good place to ask.

Rinse aid, are you meant to keep filling it up until the machine will take no more. Does it spread this over multiple washes?

Or do you put in a small amount, once for each load?

The former, you fill up the riser aid tank in the dishwasher and it dispenses a small amount each wash. But a Werewolf says most modern tablets include rinse aid as well.