What dishwasher tablets/detergent do you use?

**Bop** · 02-06-2012, 06:39pm

Originally Posted by *Holly*

I checked and its medium! Not sure where that leaves me!

In that case, some salt won't harm your dishwasher....

Bop

**frog** · 02-06-2012, 06:48pm

We use Finish Powerball or Fairy, whichever is on offer. I don't find the eco or budget tablets to be much good tbh I get residues and stains if I use them. We use additional salt but it lasts a long time in the machine.

**parkejm** · 02-06-2012, 07:27pm

Here's the full which test:

Dishwasher tablets
Tablet	Cost per wash^a	Cleaning^b	Filming & cloudiness^c	Drying & watermarks^d	Brilliance^e	Score^f
Fairy Platinum (Best Buy)	32p					78%
Finish Powerball Classic (Best Buy)^g	12p					77%
Aldi Magnum All in 1 Complete (Best Buy)	10p					76%
Finish Powerball Quantumatic (Best Buy)	34p					73%
Finish Powerball Quantum (Best Buy)	32p					72%
Tesco 5 in 1	10p					67%
Tesco Value^h	8p					64%
Sainsbury's Basicsⁱ	8p					64%
Asda All in 1	13p					62%
Finish Powerball All in 1	25p					61%
Tesco Daisy 5 in 1^j	6p					51%
Sainsbury's All in 1	13p					50%
Morrisons All in 1	12p					42%
The Co-operative 5 in 1 (Don't Buy)	14p					31%
Waitrose Essential (Don't Buy)	9p					30%

Table notes

Based on largest available pack size as of January 2012
Overall cleaning performance on tea, milk, starch and protein
How good the tablet is at preventing streaks and film being left on dishes
How good the tablet is at preventing watermarks and leaving dishes dry
How good the tablet is at maintaining shine and avoiding damage to glasses
Ignores price and is based on cleaning 50%, filming/cloudiness 20%, drying/watermarks 20%, brilliance 10%
Tested with Finish Shine + Dry Rinse Aid
Tested with Tesco Dishwasher Rinse Aid
Tested with Sainsbury’s Rinse Aid Original
Exclusive to Tesco

**violet wallop** · 03-06-2012, 08:58pm

Whatever is cheapest, but I can't say I've noticed a startling difference between any of them. The Fairy Platinum ones leave the dishwasher clean & shiny inside, but they're not worth an extra 22p each just for that.