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I bought a bag of the new Cascade Platinum action pacs today at walmart. The first load is washing right now, maybe they will be SO much better than Cascade Complete to actually justify the high price, $3.97 for 14 pacs. Has anybody else tried them and how did they work for you? I will post results when the dishwasher finishes. If they really are better than Complete action pacs (the best I have found so far), then I won't have a problem with the price.
 
For me.........

and just me,they are too sudsy. Cleaning is great, but I have had to reset for extra rinsing. Maybe they wouldn't be like that in a very hard water area, but I have almost soft city water. They smell ok, I think.

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
Are they still selling Cascade Complete or is Platinum just a rename of the product? Have to ask because P&G is notorious for taking a product, giving it a new scent or color, renaming it and selling it as new.

Or they sell the same product as new but under a different name and brand line. There is a version of Downy FS that is sold under a different name but in the Gain line of FS.
 
It finished a few minutes ago, everything looks great, the only challenging item was a sticky cake pan, and it came out great. I will have to run a more challenging load, but so far, so good. Our water is HARD and it didnt sound like it had any suds. The only detergent we ever had sudsing issues with was Finish Quantum tabs, and we cannot even use those in our machine, it sudslocked the pump and eventually overflowed onto the floor. No problem with any other product though.
 
I would like to know what is in this stuff, so I went to the Cascade web site but I can't find this product listed. As soon as they list it I will look at the ingredients to see what is setting it apart from the other brands of Cascade.

I tried Cascade Action pacs one time. They cleaned well, but left a scent inside the machine. Don't care for that. Does the platinum leave any scent behind?

Funny about the experience with Finish Quantum because I use it without any problems. Must be differences in the water or maybe your DW has a strong spray than mine and this causes more agitation....who knows...
 
It does leave a light scent, but I bought lemon, which smells the same as the Lemon Complete pacs. The only scent of the Cascade complete pacs I will buy is the lemon, all the other scents I have tried actually make the dishes taste like detergent/perfume. YUCK! For some reason, the lemon scent does not leave a flavor on the dishes (thankfully!) but does leave a little scent in the machine.
 
Yeah the pacs I used left a scent in the machine and on the dishes. It was just awful because every time you raised a glass to your face to drink water you got a face full of scent, so that's why I was asking this question.
 
Did not clean well left food residue.I was disapointed so going back to my stash of phosphated detergent.Also my dishwasher is not the greatest.The one thing that I found was there was not film on the dishes but just left over food.
 
I tried the Cascade Platinum in my dishwasher and got outstanding results...then again almost anything I use in my dishwasher does well since 1) Its a Miele 2) has a built in water softener and 3) heats water to the target temps 4) has enough power to clean anything I throw at it and then some. It does well with starches like pasta water residue and rice. To me it acts like a phosphated detergent. I bought a box of Finish PowerBalls that I have to go thru and a box of Somat3 that is phosphated something like 30% phophates.
The Platinum does suds up some but so does Finish and Somat.
 
I know this been floating around the forum and I finally tried it two days ago and wow, what a big difference this stuff is!
The tub does not have that at the front build up because of powder detergents (aka Finish with PB and Cascade Complete).
I like the Lemon Scent over the regular bleach mustiness.
My Stainless Steel Aluminum Pots really shines like the old formula of Cascade.
Finally something to shout about!

The price for 43 tabs is $10.99 at Targets. Wally world was $6.00 for the 23 tabs so do the math. I need to go back and pick up 2 more pkg's for that price!
 
Platinum

is a really great performer. When the phosphates went away a couple years ago, the weakened cleaning ability of the new detergents showed up mainly with cook and bakeware. Things that would previously wash completely clean, sometimes would emerge with a spot or patch of residue. Not a big deal, but still you knew there was a difference.

The powerballs and pacs really work well too. However, the Platinum is delivering results like the phosphate deteregents of the not so distant past.
 
I gotta try it!

When the phosphates went away, the superlative cleaning quality went away with them. However, I read somewhere that a quarter cup of 20 Mule Team Borax along with the detergent got them clean. I've been using this combination for almost a year and I'm satisfied. However every once in a while the Cascade Complete Pillow doesn't fully dissolve in the dispenser. And, I live in an apartment with a bottom of the line GE
"builder's/apartment model." This GE has one wash arm and the spray tower; that's it!
1970's dishwasher technology though my machine is probably less than ten years old. I saw Cascade Platinum at Target along with Complete (Baltimore, Maryland). And I was in a hurry and bought a large tub of the Complete for $10 and change. I have not opened it and now I'm tempted to exchange it for Platinum. As others have said if it cleans like the old school phosphate and I don't have to add 20 Mule Team I'll pay the extra ducats if I can get this kind of cleaning. For those who have issues with perfume residual odors on their glasses and dishes, try NOT running the heated drying cycle. In addition I learned that substituting white vinegar for rinse aid works. I can attest to this and no, there is no vinegar smells! ツ
 
Maybe....

....Cascade has begun to lick the performance problem inherent in non-phosphated dishwasher detergents.

I hope so. I live in a hard-water area (Waterloo, IA) and dishwashers here are, shall we say, challenged. Not only are dishwashing results often poor, the dishwashers themselves often get terrible lime deposits. I know of a stainless-tub KitchenAid that was very badly limed up until I told the owner about Bubble Bandit.

It would be nice if whatever technology Cascade is using proves to work well over the long haul, and is adopted across the board. I'm all for protecting our waterways, but I'm also all for protecting expensive appliances and the health of their owners.
 

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