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Has anyone used this product??

I've seen raving reviews on it on Amazon web site...

I been using Finish Quantum with pretty good luck on most cases, but there are times it misses, and I am getting tired of my partner nick picking every dishes coming out of the dishwasher, and he keeps on blaming the dishwasher not doing it's job, and I told him it's not DW issue! LOL

I ordred a couple of these and will wait and see when it comes!

http://www.bubblebandit.com/
 
Let us know what you think of Bubble Bandit!

In the meantime, I've had better luck with 'Cascade Complete Pacs with Dawn' or if you like to regulate dosage, 'Cascade Complete Gel'. I've found it doesn't discolor aluminum as much as Finish products, nor does it leave a tell-tale white haze on plastics.
 
Yes,there are several folks on here who have bought Bubble Bandit.I bought the big box over a year ago and it is the best

detergent I have used.You get the great soft clean even out of hard water like I have.If you look down in past post's on here

I have talked to quite a few folks to try it and they to love it also.I paid 40 bucks for mine and that was in Sept of 2011 and I will

need to order more in January.It saves me money compared to paying 20 bucks for Finnish Quantum and getting a month or so

out of it.I hardly scrape my dishes let alone pre rinse them and it dissolves all the food in my L.G. dishwasher they come out

perfect.The only thing that bugs me is the bags they come in tend to come open and that leads to moister  so I keep mine in a Rubbermaid container.
 
Just curious...

How are they able to sell this? I thought phosphates were banned from dishwasher detergents? Does this contain chlorine? I think I'll definitely be trying this if there is no chlorine!
 
If it is called

"commercial" or "institutional," as it is, it is legal.

They go into it at the FAQ section of their website.

I'm going to order some in January.

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
Bubble Bandit

Hi Been using over a month now.
I have been using Finish Quantum which is very good.
But,,,,,,I love Bubble Bandit.

I have a water softener. I use 1 TBLSP in first cup and 1 or 2 in second cup.

You can always give them a call. Very nice customer service.

This is my main detergent now. CLEANS EXCELLENTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Highly Recommend
 
Etching

Have not experience any etching. You can probably use 1 TBLSP in each cup if you have soft water. But check with them at Bubble Bandit.

The spokes person also told me that only 17 States in the USA ban Phosphates in Dishwasher Detergent. So........the rest of the states have to suffer, but not anymore with this product.
 
Hard water here --

After reading the testimonial from Wes, I'm ready to abandon my stash of caked Cascade and order me some fresh Bubble Bandit!
 
Chlorinated Hytron...

Any one else use this ?

I remember Robert used this and recommended it.

I use in in all my Dishwashers with excellent results. Even a 3-4 day dried on load in the Earlier KitchenAids with No Sump Heating.

Makes Silverwrae Really Sparkle.
 
Hi Jon.

Sure. I'd go in on Bubble Bandit with ya.

Dan,(qsd_dan) loves it. I recall on a recent thread he said he liked it.

The Hytron I got from UnoClean. I'm trying to use up the 20 lb pail, and I also have some Portion Packets as I keep some in my truck in case a restaurant or I go on a catering job and they happen to be out of DW detergent. And yes, on several occations I was glad I brought it along. Hytron, Wine Openers and Cocktail Strainers are frequently overlooked items on a catering job.

I fill all the Cups on my KAs or any of my machines and let her rip. 2 of my KitchenAids do not have Rinse Agent Dispensors and The glassware rarely has any streaks.

http://www.unoclean.com/search.aspx?keyword=Hytron
 
I use Hytron regularly and have not been disappointed with its performance.  I love the chlorine smell that comes out of the machine.  Reminds me of what Electrasol used to smell like many years ago.  Lets you know your dishes are sanitized!  I buy mine from Mills Fleet Farm.
 
This stuff REALLY is the ABSOLUTE BEST!! My brother in law's dishes shine and glisten like they were hand polished. Two different Cascade formulas prior could not even approach those results.It has 8.7% phosphates(the max amount) plus enzymes,AND a bit of an oxygen bleach for coffee and tea stains. Unlike chlorine, the oxygen bleach won't kill the enzymes!
 
Bubble Bandit is also coming out with a Rinse Aid and down the road
a Phosphate laundry detergent. They are not sure when it will be released.

I have to say, everything comes out shining and clean.

No more stains in cofee mugs.

One you use, you will not want to use anything else.

Buying the 5 bags is a great deal too.
 
I was curious.

These are the sixteen states that banned phosphates in dishwasher detergents: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

Bubble Bandit sounds like a great product! I have softened water, so the better non-phosphate detergents clean very well for me. However, if I had hard water I'd certainly be ordering some bags.
 
Glad to hear there's been good feed back Buddle Bandit on here!

I've brought the Hytron, and it did fair, but the local Fleet Farm didn't cary the good stuff anymore. So I stuck with Finish.

I've not had any etching issues in the past w/ the good stuff.. Just don't be those pre-rinse/wash person, other wise, the glasses becomes etched! (My mom used to that, and the glasses were etched big time)

Bubble Bandit should be here on Friday! :-)
 
We used one container of the hytron at our old house, several years ago. I would never use it again, it severely etched all of our glassware. More recently, we have been using Cascade complete pacs, but they have started leaving a powdery white film on plastics. I decided to take a chance, and bought a bag of Walmart's Great value Powder pacs, and they actually work as well, if not better than the cascade.
 
I'm going to try some as soon as I run out of my institutional cascade....

It's strange to see glowing and horrible reviews for Hytron and Bubble Bandit.

On Amazon - institutional Cascade gets glowing reviews. Personally, I think it's just OK. Definitely BETTER Than the non-phosphate cascade (for my water conditions) but not as good as Finish Quantum or powerball.

I do like that bubble bandit has enzymes AND phosphates and non-chlorine bleach for stains. The institutional Cascade can not have enzymes because of the chlorine bleach, and it shows when running my crock pot through the dishwasher.
 
Fromt the Cascade with Phosphates thread

I bought a shipment of Institutional Cascade (5 or 6 85 oz boxes and I believe) I"m on my 2nd box. It does ok on many soils, but for very difficult, burned on, baked on food and some intense starchy stuff, it just cannot cut it. I keep testing it to its limits. I still have a few more packs of old fashioned Cascade Complete that I use for some of those needs stated above. I use it sparingly. I hope this Bubble Bandit will do the trick because I don't believe in soaking or pre-rinsing anythihng. I've not soaked anything in my sinks for over 25 years after I got the GSD1200.  The dishwasher has to tackle this job not me.

 
 
One Great Thing About Enzyme DW Detergents

Is they really do a great job of softening food crud on dishware including pots/pans.

Often when washing items with badly burnt or caked on foods that history had taught me will not come totally clean, will stop the DW and open the door after the prewash water drains and with a paper towel wipe off what is left of the heavy muck. It comes off quite easily and once that is done close up and allow the DW to get on.

Ok, not totally "automatic", but it beats opening the machine later and having to rewash/rinse things that have bits still remaining.
 
From Bubble Bandit's Website

"PRODUCT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT"

"The following 17 States have legislation in place that limits the sale of dishwasher detergent containing phosphate. If you live in one of these states, you may only purchase Bubble Bandit Dishwasher Detergent with phosphate by acknowledging you are buying it for commercial or institutional use: Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin."
 
The product has come today!

I did a bunch of baking, and threw all the bowls of cookie dough, sugar loaded pan from making frosting, and many other stuff into the dishwasher!

The results came out clean!! Even had that old time smell that these detergent used to smelled like!
 
Buzz Killington

I tried Bubble Bandit in both the MW Westinghouse impeller last night, and the KDI-20, and it was atrocious in both machines. I had thought it was a water temp issue, or just the joy of (*flutters eyes*) using old-school dishwashing technology on the part of the MW, but no, the KitchenAid used to perform great with standard powdered detergent spiked with phosphates.

Everything was chalky, and in the KA, the Bubble Bandit didn't wash completely out of the dispenser. Wash arms turned fine, yadda, yadda...and I've used powders before in this dispenser without issue.

Water temp measures at 140, and there's only about a three-minute pause on the KA before the thermostat gives it the green light and it takes off into washing.

It's a brand-new pack of Bubble Bandit--measured carefully per instructions with the scoop.

I must be cursed! I'm going back to my doctored stand-by.

I know our water's hard, but it's not bricks and pebbles out of the faucet. Besides, Bubble Bandit is supposed to address just exactly that situation. Go figure!
 
Hytron...

I ran one of my "One Armed Wonders" last night. The Regency on the Soak and Scrub Cycle with a Pyrex Pan that I Roasted a chicken in 2 days ago. No pretreating by any means. Just Dry and Crusty. Now mind that there is no sump heater in this machine.

Came out absolutely Spotless. We have hard water here too, and as Nate said "Not Bricks and Pebbles". A Chemical Tech. for my Commercial Machines a long time ago said "Powders Clean Best". I can't think of a time Powders ever let me down. (Dishwashing that is).
 
Old time smell..

Maybe it's the chlorine smell?? I ran another load last night, but didn't open it till this morning, so didn't get a chance to sniff it again.. lol
 

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