Dishwasher Powder for Cleaning Dishes - Dishwasher Detergent Powder Tub - 10kg

Five stars for being much better value for money than the usual "tabs" I buy, and seems to do a good job of getting the dishes clean. It doesn't have a pleasant smell (it definitely smells of bleach or other chemicals) but it still smells "clean" so I'm not really bothered by that. No point in spending four times as much to make my plates smell vaguely of lemon.

The fact I can't buy powder in the supermarket and all they sell is those stupid pods infuriates me. You need to be able to moderate the amount of detergent depending on the load and your water hardness. We have very soft water so can get away with using a very small amount of this powder without any loss of cleaning performance. The cost saving over pods/tablets is phenomenal. For very dirty loads you can also throw a little powder in the bottom of the machine to boost the pre-rinse when needed.As far as cleaning goes, this stuff does a good job - no different to supermarket brands. As others have mentioned here it does have a strong bleach smell. For china/glass/steel etc., this isn't really an issue as they are generally impervious but if you have any plastic tubs/cups that are pitted at all, you may find that this powder can taint them slightly. This becomes an issue if you batch cook and store food in those tubs for any length of time, and/or use them to reheat food in the microwave. We have occasionally found that a noticeable soap/bleach taste can be introduced.On the whole though, this is a minor hassle that is limited to pitted/damaged plastic containers, and can be worked around by a quick "sniff check" and a rinse & wipe, if needed, before storing/reheating food. The convenience of never having to to stand bewlildered in front of the pointlessly expensive and deceptively labelled dishwasher detergents in the supermarket more than makes up for it.EDIT: after reading some other reviews I've noticed people complaining of this product not dissolving fully, or in some cases at all. I almost always use the low temperature "eco" cycle on my 15yo, cheap and cheerful Bosch dishwasher. I've been using this powder for over six months now and I have never noticed any issues like that. (We have soft water, which may be relevant here, I'm not sure.)Also I saw a comment from someone saying they think this is a product for commercial machines and that residential machines don't have an "auto dispense" function. Firstly, commercial machines tend to use steam, not chemical detergents. Secondly, consumer dishwashers do in fact auto-dispense. It's a standard design feature which allows the initial rinse/prewash cycle to complete before the detergent is automatically dispensed at the start of the main cycle.

I need powder for my dishwasher as it is a worktop model and not full size so the tablets are too big and don't dissolve properly. I tried gel but it didn't clean properly and my mugs and teaspoons were stained. I noticed that they were much cleaner within a couple of washes using this and I don't need to use as much as previous powders, so it's very economical too. Can't say I've noticed a smell, just an excellent clean and very shiny spoons! 😊

We bought this because:1. Tablets weren't fully dissolving in our dishwasher so we thought powder might work better2. We wanted a cheaper option than tablets3. We wanted to reduce the packaging from individually wrapped tabletsIt took us about a week to get a good clean in our dishwasher. We had to experiment with powder dosage and adjust the rinse aid and salt settings. We were having problems not so much with stuff getting clean, but with a rub-offable white film coating everything. I'm not sure which tweak did the trick, but I'm glad we persevered. We use half to 3/4 tbsp per wash.This powder is cheap, less wasteful than tablets, and comes in an awesome white bucket that (in about a million years when we've used all the powder) will certainly have multiple uses in our home.Warning: if you decant it into a jar to keep on the counter (with a dedicated tablespoon), it will puff up in a cloud of tiny particles that will make you cough and sneeze. Keep your head WELL AWAY while decanting. After that, once it's settled, no problems.

I've been using loose powder for a while after I discovered it performs better than any tablet.This large box is very good value for money and performs very well.

While I am sure this is not eco friendly, and that is a shame. It was afforable and large enough to last for some time,so I threw caution to the wind and purchased. You need very little and I do mean a couple of teaspoons worth, to get a great wash.I saw that some had commented on unpleasent smell. I have a reasonable sensitive nose, I get none of that smell others talked about.Maybe because I used so little at a time. I also decanted this into a smaller more useable container, easy peasy, and not overcome with excessive powdery fumes.So this works well and I suspect will last for a considerable amount of time. I use my disheasher once ot twice a day most days, still think it will last for ages.

After spending some time getting the dose adjusted it gets most things shiny, but just can't clean the inside of mugs. It's not temperature, I've tried all the different programmes and our heating element does work, but it just can't get the tea stains out. Our usual powder (Finish) could, though didn't get everything else quite as shiny.

It cleans the dishes. It comes in a nice large size so you don't have to buy more very often. Don't really know what else to say.