Cascade Platinum

[frigilux]

Gripe: Yet another case of "Hey, we're going to charge twice the price for a detergent that cleans as well as our old stuff did!"

Reality: I'll try it, and if it makes a noticeable difference it will probably become my daily driver.

 

[Kimble]

Cascades' Platinum is the best dishwasher detergent I've tried since phosphates!

Just ONE COMPLAINT:
Any cast aluminum items, ice cream scoops or boiled egg slicer frames, will tarnish with a dark pewter color which will rub off on your hands, ice cream, boiled eggs dishtowels and clothes.
Best solution is to handwash these items and stick with the 'Platnium' in the dishwasher...clear sparkly clean!

 

[jerrod6]

I've been using Platinum for 2 weeks. At my local Target Platinum costs $7 dollars for 23 washes, Finish Quantum costs 6 dollars for 25 washes. In my experience Platinum performs no better than Finish and for some reason on the DWs sensor cycle my DW takes longer to complete the wash portion than with Finish. Other conditions may be impacting this but I've checked that and I am giving it the same type of everyday loads.

Nothing wrong with the Fresh Scent Platinum as it cleans and doesn't leave a strong scent, but for me it's no better than Quantum. I rotate detergents every week so will just add it to my rotation, but not really too excited about it.

 

[frigilux]

Platinum is on the shelves in my village, so I'm guessing it's everywhere, now. I use Cascade Complete w/ Dawn pacs on most loads and Cascade Complete w/Bleach gel for super-tough pots/pans loads, as I can use some in the prewash without breaking the bank by using two pacs for a single load.

The Platinum pacs seem to do a little better on pots/pans. See photos below.[this post was last edited: 3/30/2013-04:48]

 

[frigilux]

Used this deep saute pan for spaghetti alla carbonara last night, and set it back on the burner to cook the egg sauce onto it. Washed the pan in a large load on the Power Scrub cycle with the 160 degree rinse option.

 

[frigilux]

Just a hint of egg left in a ring on side of pan. Cleaned the starch ring off the pasta pot. Glassware, flatware, dishes all cleaned well.

Note: I have very soft water, so conditions are ideal. Can't compare it to Finish Quantum, as I've only tried their Powerball tabs.

 

[washer111]

Finish Powder

Here we pay around AU$18 for a 1.5kg box of Finish Powder (still with around >30% Phosphate). This gives us almost 100 washes - great performance each and every time too. If you factor in inflation of prices and stuff here - Finish is FAR BETTER value for the price you pay, compared to tabs. Tabs cost around $13 for around 20 washes. Haha

 

[frigilux]

OK, which one of you brainiacs can explain this one? When I view post 669181 on my iMac, I see a photo of a clean sauté pan. When I view the same post on my iPad, the picture/text are repeats of post 669179.

All three posts (669179-669181) were made on the iMac.

Is everyone else seeing the proper photo and text in post 669181? Can someone with an iPad check to see if a repeat of 669179 shows up for you, too?

Here is a screen capture of post 669181 from the iPad showing the wrong photo/text.

WTF??!

UPDATE TEN MINUTES LATER: The correct photo and text are now showing up on the iPad. That was weird; but I don't pretend to understand how all those tubes in the interweb work, LOL![this post was last edited: 3/30/2013-07:57]

 

[jerrod6]

IMO Finish powder with enzymes is always a better value for the price compared to tabs plus you can control the amount you use according to the soil level.

I have very good results from Finish Powder and it is one of the detergents in my weekly rotation.

The pacs like quantum and cascade may perform a bit better in some instances because they are able to keep ingredients separated from each other which prevents them mixing together and possibly neutralizing each other before the product is used. I guess this is good for coffee and tea stains that I hear about. Never really seen any of these stains, but then again, I have dark colored dishes(cobalt blue and others) so perhaps these stains show up on lighter surfaces and I am not likely to ever see them with dark colors...so Finish powder is a good choice for me as well.

 

[zippyjet]

Still Outstanding in cleaning quality!

Five or six loads later, the Cascade Platinum is still getting EVERYTHING I put in my low end GE dishwasher spotless! And, two of my plastic "Take Along" Rubbermaid lunch containers nested together and even the "Take Along" on the back/bottom came out clean. Cascade/P & G I think you've got a winner. Worth the extra pennies.

 

[jakeseacrest]

I picked up a trial size at Target yesterday that had 2 pacs for $1. Pretty impressed overall. My silverware was much shinier that when I use any other detergent!

 

[retromania]

Cascade w/Dawn

I wash my pots and pans by hand and everything else goes in the dishwasher, except china and crystal. I rinse my stuff before I put it in and I have been satisfied with powder Cascade with Dawn. My brother kids me that my dishes get washed twice. How would he even know. I doubt he has ever loaded a dishwasher! LOL

 

[appnut]

I rinse my stuff before I put it in and I have been satisfi

Andy you're going to cause the chemicals to eat away at your dishwasher rqacks, seals, eating away at your dishware because there's nothinng in the for the chimicals to work onb. Not a good thing at all.

 

[tolivac]

I HAVE to prerinse things before doing a load---I run my dishwasher once a day-KA17 I beleive it is.I tried not prerinsing as suggested here-and got a scene from one of the "Creepshow" movies--a dishwasher full of roaches and THEY were doing the prewash cycles for me-had to run the machine TWICE-first to chop and flush out the roaches-then again so I didn't get roach legs on my dishes.Trust Me roaches and other insects have keener senses of smell than your dog or even pigs-their antennae have odor receptors on them that detect the odors of what they eat-and to a roach--almost anything goes.And of course roaches and other insects can get into places you wouldn't think of-yes even a closed and latched dishwasher.So some folks have no choice but to prerinse dishes.I run the short cycles so attacks on the dishes by the detergent aren't a problem.

 

[retromania]

Bob,

Thanks for the info. I will have to rethink my routine with the dishwasher. Maybe I'll go back to hand-washing everything. It takes me a while to get up a load tho and sometimes it's just mostly coffee cups and stuff on the top rack. Since a lot of times it's not completely full I use the light cycle and don't fill both detergent cups. Our water is soft here and I usually fill the cup about half full.

 

[rayjay]

BubbleBandit

Bubble Bandit the BEST hands down!!!! Clean dishes, clean scent. Nothing left on dishes or glassware. It has phophates which is need for cleaning. All this oher crap is just fluff and a lot of stink.

Throw the other stuff out.

 

[jeffg]

"a dishwasher full of roaches and THEY were doing the prewash cycles for me"

I love this site sometimes lol

 

[retromania]

Where???

Where do you buy Bubble Bandit? And sort of off the subject, but I've gotten two more people using the Sears powder laundry detergent and they love it.

 

[rayjay]

Bubble Bandit

Hi Andy.

Go to www.bubblebandit.com

It is really great stuff.
The point I was trying to make is that all the manufacturers are trying so hard to come up with a dishwasher detergent that works without the phosphates. They are close, but I found bubble bandit to be the best so far.

 

[launderess]

@tolivac

First of all; ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww! *LOL*

Second have never pre-rinsed dishes in my life and never found anything creeping, crawling or otherwise infesting the inside of the machine. This with sometimes not running the machine for days until a full load is reached.

Vermin such as rodents and bugs will only find their way into a dishwasher, range, etc.. if they are present in the home. Otherwise it isn't as if fumes wafting through the air summon them from afar like a vampire to its's victim.