"Finish" Jet - Dry is THIN!!

[whitekingd]

Has anyone else noticed that Jet - Dry is now very thin? Almost like water. It leaks out of my rinse dispenser on the Kitchen Aid KDS-14. I bought a bottle of Safeway brand rinse aid which is much thicker (like Jet - Dry used to be!). It stays in the dispenser just fine. Is it just me?

 

[toggleswitch2]

Funny you mention this. I just reloaded my DW today with Finish -Jet Dry and noticed the same thing.

 

[dj-gabriele]

Here in Italy Finish rinse aid is as thin as water and was this way since I can remember

 

[ronhic]

I'm with dj-gabriele...

In all the years I have owned and used a dishwasher, rinse aid has always been the same as water as far as the way it pours...

 

[petek]

Over the past few months I noticed the Rinse Aid light on my KA coming on all too frequently. Where perhaps it took a month or more it now comes on in less than a week regardless of what dial setting I've tried so I don't know whether it's leaking inside the door or too much is being dispensed. I use Jet Dry as well.

 

[thomasortega]

I have the same issue with my Brastemp dishwasher.

The dispenser is located dehind the upper rack, so I couldn't notice the leak.

The first rinse and hold i did two days after reloading the dispenser was a disaster. my kitchen got completelly flooded with suds.

 

[retro-man]

I have noticed this also in the past week on my Whirlpool Quiet Partner. I filled the port last week and noticed that it was dripping down the door a little. First time this has happend and also the 1st time I have used Jet Dry. I normally use Cascade for the rinse but store was out of it so I though would try Jet Dry. I also have opened and closed the stopper a few time to make sure I have seated it properly. Ok so they must have changed the formula to a more watery substance.
Jon

 

[sudsman]

The did not change it

Just watered it down. A LOT !

 

[sikiguya]

Mine too-leaking from the input. It's been happening about the last 3 times I have purchased a bottle. Refilling the machine happens much more frequently as well.

Haven't bothered to try a different brand though. Maybe next time (the light's on again already-UGH).

 

[retro-man]

Well sudsman hate to dissagree but if they watered it down considerably, in my book that means they changed it. As in not the same as before.
Jon

 

[whirlcool]

On our new Maytag I noticed that the Jet-Dry dispenser does not last as long. There are three clear circular view ports near the rinse aid dispenser port. You put a little in, the first one turns blue, more in the second one turns blue. Fill it up and all of the ports are blue. There is a knob inside the rinse aid dispenser filler that you can turn to determine the amount of rinse aid in each wash. I turned it down to minimum, and I only get about 3 weeks per bottle.
I think we are going to go to the hanging basket type of Jet-Dry.
But since our glasses don't spot, do we really need to use a rinse agent? Our manual recommends it, but only as a "for best results" type of thing.

 

[jeffg]

> But since our glasses don't spot, do we really need to use a rinse agent? <

Probably not, unless your tap water is very hard.

 

[dogboy44]

you guys! thanks alot for bringing this up

I thought I was crazy, filling the rinse aid dispenser over and over. Trying all different settings to see what the problem was, nice to know it is not me.

 

[rolls_rapide]

Couldn't you try...

...the new Jet Dry "Turbo-Dry" drying-aid liquid?

It seems to be a substantially thicker, gloopier liquid.

(One does wonder whether this ploy was engineered to get higher value sales!)

 

[statenislandgwm]

Not only thin but....

Has anyone else had a "sudsing" problem with it?

 

[launderess]

All "Jet Dry"

Formulas seem to give off lots of froth. Even with the dispenser set to "1", sometimes can still hear the pump is slowing down during the rinse because of foam.

However being as this may, results with Jet Dry are always great. Mind you am still using the old thick formula (Orange Scent), purchased when the stuff was on closeout at the supermarket.

Had a terrible time with yibbles being left over inside glasses and cups,along with other dishes. Added extra wash an or rinse cycles, increased rinse agent, increased detergent, added STPP, and so froth, nothing worked. Once one switched over to the Jet Dry, problem was solved. Had been using that thin as ***** Ecover rinse aid, and *IT* was the problem. Tried to be green, but it is just not humanly possible! *LOL*

 

[gyrafoam]

Everybody-----------

get on the phone to customer service and RAISE HELL!!!!!!!!!!!

1-800-228-4722

I was told by a Maytag expert years ago that Jet-Dry caused too much "foaming" and decreased the ability to properly rinse the dishes and could even cause the pump to cavitate.
I was told if I needed a rinse agent to get something such as Sunlight instead.

 

[petek]

Well I'm glad to see I'm not the only one as well. I'll buy a bottle of the Finish Turbo Jet Dry if it's thicker and see if that changes anything.
As to the frothing I haven't noticed anything.

 

[launderess]

And Furthermore To That

With "Jet Dry", my dishes are just that, even when using the energy saving option on the dishwasher. With the Ecover rinse aid one always bits of water on plates inside bowls and even on silverware. Now one expects to find water puddled in the tops (or rather bottoms) of cups and glassware, and or anything not placed in the dw properly so water can drain away, but that was silly.

Recently saw someone selling packs of Ecover rinse aid on fleabay at a very good price, simply passed it over. Been there and done that. Give me chemical full rinse aid everytime if it means dry and yibble free dishes.

L.

 

[jeffg]

I've been using dishwashers for 30 years and have needed a rinse aid just once (living in Palm Springs, where the tap water is incredibly hard and leaves white calcium residue on everything).

Otherwise, simply use adequately hot water (at least 140F) and it should evaporate immediately on your glasses and dishware.

I also can't stand the faint taste of soap most rinse aids leave.

 

[launderess]

Well That Is All Very Well

However most homes and residential buildings have hot water heater set to 120F, and many dishwashers do not offer heated rinses. Indeed routine use of a heated rinse and or dry cycle defeats any energy savings.

Have not noticed any taste of rinse aid on dishes, faint or otherwise, but then again do have the thing set down to barely "1".

In a perfect world all modern dishwashers would keep yibbles filtered out of the water and result in perfect dishes. However reality is far different and considering the recent Consumer Reports ratings, where dishwashers costing thousands, cleaned no better than those costing mid-hundreds, really don't see the point in extra bells on the higher priced units.

Older dishwashers got the best of yibbles, by using multiple cycles and flushing. Now that does work to an extent, but the tree-huggers and the Obama people would have a fit over energy and water use. Oh what the heck, California would have a fit as well. *LOL*

L.

 

[brisnat81]

what do the seals look like?

Rinse Aid has always been like water here, I'm trying to imagine how a viscous liquid would drain out of the dispenser?

What do the sealing caps look like on the Rinse Aid filler holes in the US? They were screw in's years and years ago, but now its just a simple piece of rubber held in place by a flap. I've only ever seen them leak once they get really old.

 

[launderess]

Ours Still Screws In

Cap to fill the dispenser, I mean.

We're not speaking of something the consistency of a gel, but rather a thick "shampoo" like quality.

Stuff only requires to dribble out of the port, water spraying around the dishwasher will carry the rinse aid into the water, much in the same way it helps to empty the detergent cups.

L.

 

[qsd-dan]

"Otherwise, simply use adequately hot water (at least 140F) and it should evaporate immediately on your glasses and dishware."

Yep. We have hard water, but after jacking up the water heater to 140F, no spots anywhere. Still have water on top of cups as such since I only use air-dry.

"Oh what the heck, California would have a fit as well. *LOL*"

Not all of us are tree hugging liberals

 

[mayguy]

I went up and checked my bottle, and seems to be the same as always. I have mine set on low setting since we have soft water, and I don't have to refill it till about 2 months out.

 

[danemodsandy]

Sometimes I Think...

...That Corporate America won't be satisfied until it has killed everything we like about every product.

 

[yogitunes]

Called and complained...their sending me coupons for free bottles.....

does this answer my complaint?....watered down...so they give me more!!!!of a product I don't like.....

maybe I'll call Speed Queen and complain, who knows, maybe a coupon for a free washer?, anything is possible...lol

 

[kenmorekeith]

Rinse agent!

I just dont use it! I think it's a rip off and I started to think,Ok if this is going into my final rinse should I be rinsing my dishes before I use them! Is this safe for baby bottles,glasses etc.When I use Cascade/bleach with or without jetdry/cascade rinse agent they come out the same *sparkeling*

 

[whirlcool]

A lot of the newer energy star dishwashers don't dry dishes the way older models used to. The heater cycles on and off to save energy. This can leave plastics on the upper rack still wet after the dry cycle has completed. Jet-Dry seems to help with this. For awhile I saw a version of Jet-Dry for plastics. It was there and gone in a matter of weeks from the shelf. I haven't seen it since. It was supposed to help plastic items dry much more quickly than without using it. I never got a chance to try it.

I recently noticed in the store that quite a few DW detergents already have Jet-Dry in the formula. So I imagine that would eliminate the need for Jet-Dry itself to be added to the DW.

 

[whitekingd]

I use Jet - Dry

to keep the "crumbs" so to speak off the glasses and so forth. I can always tell when the rinse dispenser is empty. I have sediment on the glasses. The "store" brand that is thicker is working just great! It doesn't leak out of the dispenser, and does a great job. Shame on Jet-Dry for re-formulating. UUGGHH!!