(using finish pods not liquid kind, powerball)
Things I know you need to do.
Salt and rinse aid.
Use hotter wash
don't prewash.
don't overlap too much
Yet I still have problems, yet I overlap and use fairy one and its fine, they just seem to do a better job, yet when i read online others say ''I use lidls'' and there fine.
whats the deal?
Do I put in 30% less stuff and pay 30% less for the cheaper tablet?","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51897252","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"pcs7038"},"datePublished":"2024-01-03T12:57:52.000Z","text":"Which? have been testing DW detergents for years. They are rigorous and independent. Year after year, Lidl and Aldi tabs come out as very good, if not the best. Finish used to perform badly but now they reformulating every time Which? test so they don't appear in the results.
Why are Aldi and Lidl tabs so much cheaper? Same as any other own label product - you're not paying the advertising and marketing costs of brands. They have lower costs than other supermarkets, and they are the biggest in Europe, giving them so much more buying power with manufacturers."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51895550","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"psychobitchfromhell"},"datePublished":"2024-01-03T09:34:22.000Z","text":"I found finish ones left residue and didn't dissolve properly. Lidl ones work just as well as fairy platinum"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51895860","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Pricklerickle"},"datePublished":"2024-01-03T10:12:26.000Z","text":"Did you set up your dishwasher as well, for water in your area, sets salt and rinse aid levels
I use aldi ones and there fine,
I also found the basic finish with powerball are rubbish, try aldi /lidl one"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51903075","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"jco83"},"datePublished":"2024-01-04T01:10:23.000Z","text":"Lol OP. \"Do I pay 30% less for the cheaper tablets?\" That is a crazy price comparison between Finish Powerball pods and Lidl / Aldi tablets. Absolutely crazy. I'd like to know the true percentage difference. Maybe you got it the wrong way around and it's actually 70% less "},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51895479","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Timbonagasaki"},"datePublished":"2024-01-03T09:25:00.000Z","text":"Once my tablet didn't fall out of the draw and the dishes were still clean."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51896244","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"newbie68"},"datePublished":"2024-01-03T10:55:11.000Z","text":"People get different experiences because they use the dishwasher differently (stacking/rinsing/temperature/rinse aid/salt etc etc) and have better/worse machines and live in harder/softer water areas and as a result they think because if it works for them, it should work for everyone
It's simple - cheaper tablets are less effective. I have the best conditions for my tests (good machine, rinse all my dishes, never over fill and stack well and correctly - live in the softest water area) and over the years I have tried and still today use various tablets.
Cheaper ones work in the above conditions, but once I throw something a little more challenging at it they fail that test. The top 2 or 3 pods on the market can deal with just about anything, from very dirty/baked dishes to poorly stacked machines."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51895233","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"cis_groupie"},"datePublished":"2024-01-03T08:49:03.000Z","text":"Powder residue on dishes suggests that the water isn't being allowed to circulate properly - either the dishwasher is being badly loaded (e.g. big plates stopping the water from getting to smaller items) or the spinner arm (that throws the water about) is being stopped/blocked by a big item from spinning."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51895066","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Justintime12"},"datePublished":"2024-01-03T08:24:44.000Z","text":"Lidl are fine
No need for a hotter wash either"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51895580","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"jjmmww1"},"datePublished":"2024-01-03T09:38:05.000Z","text":"Lidl ones work fine for us as well"},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51895713","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"RoosterNo1"},"datePublished":"2024-01-03T09:56:47.000Z","text":"We use the liquid Aldi pods .. they are great.
Went through a period of using finish powder, but it was rubbish...and tablets often didn't fully dissolve."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51900552","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"hubcms"},"datePublished":"2024-01-03T19:00:06.000Z","text":"I use the cheapest of dishwasher tablets from Lidl, never any issues."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51901538","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"bluetang"},"datePublished":"2024-01-03T20:59:00.000Z","text":"Absolutely none do glasses properly and every time. Over the years I’ve tried many brands from expensive to cheap, with and without rinse aid.
Brand new glasses end up cloudy after several dishwashing goes. I live in a hard water area so maybe that doesn’t help.
The only way to clean glasses is by hand in a bowl of clean water and any washing up liquid."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51905883","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"GoodAsGold"},"datePublished":"2024-01-04T13:01:32.000Z","text":"I used to buy the fanciest tablets from Finish but wasn’t happy with the results and thought the dishwasher must be faulty. Switched to Fairy Platinum and they seem to do a far better job."}],"commentCount":27,"interactionStatistic":12,"articleSection":"Ask"}