Find me some cheap dish detergent
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Great Value Fresh Scent Automatic Dishwasher Pacs, 110 count, 66 oz
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11.3 ¢/ea
Costco for the win.
I find the Cascade Platinum pods+a shot of liquid detergent in the pre rinse cup works the best…. $20 for a 62 count box on Amazon. But my water is hard with a ton of iron…. Then again doing that my dishes come out spotless.
You get what you pay for. The cheap stuff usually does a poor job of cleaning the dishes. How often do you run a load that it's become a financial hardship?
I just bought some Lidl branded dishwasher pods which say “compare to Cascade Platinum” on the bag. I think it’s 44 pods for $5 and change, so 12 or so cents/pod. Lidl stopped carrying the Cascade brand pods which were 16 pods for the same price. No idea if they’re any good yet since I’m waiting to use up the remaining Cascade pods, but I like saving money so I’m giving them a whirl. If they aren’t good I’ll switch back.
The cascade platinum pods do clean very well from my experience.
The cascade platinum pods do clean very well from my experience.
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I have soft water and I use liquid dishwasher detergent. A large bottle of Cascade liquid online at Walmart is the best deal I've seen lately. Until last year Walmart stores carried the 75 oz. bottles of Palmolive liquid (white bottle) for $2.97. Now it's $2.97 for a 45 ounce bottle. I'm sure that detergent is much more expensive to manufacture now! 67% increase. Screw Colgate Palmolive.
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The pods seem work better if you just throw them in the bottom vs in the release container.
AZjeff
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Nothing wrong with this, a former co-worker's husband rebuilt a Subaru engine on the kitchen table and she seemed fine with it. Lucky guy.
Zee09
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I do exactly the same
Hey, I was finishing up the rebuild today in air conditioned comfort with Three's Company reruns on the TV and 98°F outside. Wonder how comfortable the techs were in a literal sweat shop.
I use Walmart's brand (Great Value 75 oz.) powdered detergent. Works for me.
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Why all the hand-wringing about this? For 15 years, we've bought the 90-100 Cascade pacs from Sams/Costco. 15 years ago, they were about $11-12 on sale, today that price is $15 or so, $20 regular price.
For the last 6 months or so, we've been using the Costco brand pac and the dishes are just as clean as with the Cascade/Other brands.
We're talking 16 cents of detergent to wash a load of nasty dishes and they come out perfectly clean. Why bother with something else?
You don't even have to have a Sam's or Costco membership to get a decent price, just watch the sales at your local grocery store or ChinaMart.
For the last 6 months or so, we've been using the Costco brand pac and the dishes are just as clean as with the Cascade/Other brands.
We're talking 16 cents of detergent to wash a load of nasty dishes and they come out perfectly clean. Why bother with something else?
You don't even have to have a Sam's or Costco membership to get a decent price, just watch the sales at your local grocery store or ChinaMart.
About 9 months ago, I bought a 1/2 gallon bulk jug of Kirkland brand (Costco) dishwashing soap, I think it was on sale for $10. We keep a small size bottle at the sink for washing stuff that doesn't go in the dishwasher and pre-soaking stuff.
Shortly after I bought it, I was at Costco making a return, probably those stupid Michelin wiper blades... anyway, there was this older woman there with her jug of Kirkland dish soap, about 1/4 of it missing. I thought ' what a petty thing to return '.
Well after using it for 6 months or so in our little, re-used Dawn/Palmolive bottles, I fully, 100%, no questions asked, understand why grandma was returning it. The soap gums up at the tip and clogs the opening. It's so bad that we have to soak the lids in hot water for a couple of hours to make them clean and operational again. I'm thinking about taking our 1/2 jug back!
Shortly after I bought it, I was at Costco making a return, probably those stupid Michelin wiper blades... anyway, there was this older woman there with her jug of Kirkland dish soap, about 1/4 of it missing. I thought ' what a petty thing to return '.
Well after using it for 6 months or so in our little, re-used Dawn/Palmolive bottles, I fully, 100%, no questions asked, understand why grandma was returning it. The soap gums up at the tip and clogs the opening. It's so bad that we have to soak the lids in hot water for a couple of hours to make them clean and operational again. I'm thinking about taking our 1/2 jug back!
Ya. Those big bottles are intended to be used as frequently as your smaller bottles. Just make sure you keep the cap closed and you should be fine at worst it's a minor annoyance.
What a hillbilly thing to…..oh, disregard. 
Just fooling with you.
Just fooling with you.
