Dishwasher detergent with phosphates are back(kinda)

[volsboy1]

I bought this dishwasher detergent that has 8.7% of Phosphates in it.It is considered commercial detergent to get through that loop hole  but formulated for household dishwashers and there lower temps.This stuff works great like the old Cascade complete before they went to crap.I got 5 4 pound bags for 48 bucks and that included shipping ,that is 20 pounds of detergent which is not bad at all.Here is the Website link .Cascade commercial detergent is 60 to 80 bucks and you get one box that is 85 o.z. try this stuff it works great.I have tried to mixing phosphates with every brand and can never get them right but this stuff works..

High Performance Dishwasher and Laundry Detergents | Bubble Bandit

High performance dishwasher and laundry detergents for spotless and sparkling dishes and glassware and brilliant laundry every load.

www.bubblebandit.com

 

[bugsyjones]

Bubble Bandit

I got some to try and I like it.

After my phosphated Cascade is gone, I'll be getting some more.

~Tim J.

 

[circlew]

Would probably work well, but at $9.60 per 60 oz. bag it is more expensive than the institutional Cascade. The 85 oz. box was less than that at GFS (Gordon Food Service). $60 - $80 would be for a case.

 

[mysteryclock]

What's that work out to for cost-per-load? Wonder if these folks will branch into laundry detergent sales or if those really are more of a "hard ban" that doesn't have a commercial loophole like the one they're driving this through?

 

[retro-man]

Went to my local Staples yesterday and got 4 - 20oz boxes of cascade with phosphates for $1.99 per box on clearance. Asked if they would be getting more and they said they don't know. It depends what the warehouse sends them. These will last me probably about a year between both houses.
Jon

 

[whirlcool]

Over the last year we have cleaned out all the Dollar store supplies of phosphated DW detergents. We've noticed that our local Office Depot and small sized Staples no longer sell any kind of DW detergent.

We still have three 110 unit containers of Cascade w/Dawn phosphated action packs for severely dirty dishes. But we have been using Finish Quantum packs as our daily driver detergent. But recently we have notice that there are less and less of these being offered for sale. It seems the Finish Power Ball's (which we don't think work as good) seem to be taking over more and more shelf space.
We did try a $0.99 trial pack of the new Cascade Complete (3 units) and they seemed to work as well as the Finish Quantum's did.

What does this Bubble Bandit detergent smell like? I don't really like scented DW detergents. (No passion fruit, lemon or orange scents). And finally how did it perform?