iheartmaytag
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I saw the new Finish at Wal-Mart last night. It was a little pricy at $4.74 for 20 tabs. I will try them some other time when money isn't so tight.
Finish Quantum released in US
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jerrod6
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I like everything Somat 7 does except the water softening and I don't really care for rinse aid. I like to use my own rinse aid and I worry about using water softening along with a DW that has a water softener...wouldn't that make the water too soft?
I like everything Somat 7 does except the water softening and I don't really care for rinse aid. I like to use my own rinse aid and I worry about using water softening along with a DW that has a water softener...wouldn't that make the water too soft?
Yeah, I guess it would make the water too soft. That's why your LaPerla has the Tab function, which deactivates the softener and minimizes rinse aid dosing.
I once saw the cycle progress chart for Bosch/Siemens dishwashers (Euro versions) and it showed that, with activated 3in1 function, the dishwasher will only do one interim rinse with a low water level (to maximize the carry-over effect) and raise the final rinse temperature by 3°C. I'm all for separate products, too.
I once saw the cycle progress chart for Bosch/Siemens dishwashers (Euro versions) and it showed that, with activated 3in1 function, the dishwasher will only do one interim rinse with a low water level (to maximize the carry-over effect) and raise the final rinse temperature by 3°C. I'm all for separate products, too.
nmaineman36
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I tried the Somat 1 and wasnt impressed. I even left the my Miele in the Powder detergent setting so that the water softener can do its thing. I just picked up the new Finish Quantum Tabs at Wally World. I have not tried it yet and I will report what my experience is with it. It is kinda cool.
I got to fix a KDS 17A yesterday and it had a plugged drain valve. So we tried a tab in the KitchenAid and it pretty much stuck to the dispenser. Hopefully in my Miele I wont get that problem.
I got to fix a KDS 17A yesterday and it had a plugged drain valve. So we tried a tab in the KitchenAid and it pretty much stuck to the dispenser. Hopefully in my Miele I wont get that problem.
jerrod6
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Let me know how it works..although I have to say that on the standard Electrasol tab box it mentions that you may still need to use rinse aid. Is this statement on the Quantum box?
Let me know how it works..although I have to say that on the standard Electrasol tab box it mentions that you may still need to use rinse aid. Is this statement on the Quantum box?
nmaineman36
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I was reading the box and it says not to use a short wash cycle. Well that does people no good if they have a vintage machine with a rather fast wash cycle. They also say on the box that if your dispenser is wont let the tab sit in to put it in the bottom of the machine when you start it. With the KitchenAid KDS17A the wash portion is a short 7 mins. Not anywhere long enough to dissolve the tab completely. I have a load washing in my Miele and the Main Wash is a rather long 45 mins on the normal cycle. I have a rather grungy load in it right now so i will report how it did...
I wonder if etching and other horrors would occur if these tabs were used with softened water as I have. I have only short-cycle vintage dishwashers so the tablets and packets don't interest me, but in the long-cycle machines I wonder if there would be problems. Is there any info on the box about the phosphate content? Within a year or so, all the phosphates will be gone from dishwasher detergents and it will be interesting to see what the performance will be in the majority of machines that aren't equipped with automatic water softeners.
nmaineman36
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Well I unloaded the Miele and I have to report that I am impressed. everything came out spotless and feeling very clean. No grit or residue. The glasses were gleaming and the silverware looked like they were hand polished. And No rust spots on my knives. I would rate it a 99. Think Cascade might get a good run for the money . Oh and it has a Phosphate of 8.3% and made in Poland.
Curiosity once killed a cat...
I saw this at Sprawl-Mart yesterday when I was buying cleaning supplies for work. I couldn't resist temptation and bought the 12 pack with 3 bonus pods for a total of 15. It was $4.42 - a little on the spendy side, the Great Value brand was $4.xx for thirty tabs. I usually use the GV powder which always gives amazing results but then, with that hurricane of water action, it doesn't take much detergent to get good results.
I'm building a grimy load over the course of the week in the KDS-18 and I thought these might work pretty well in the soak & scrub cycle which adds soaking time in the pre-washes. We'll see... I'll also try one in the Normal cycle, if I can get it in the dispenser, to see how the performance is.
I saw this at Sprawl-Mart yesterday when I was buying cleaning supplies for work. I couldn't resist temptation and bought the 12 pack with 3 bonus pods for a total of 15. It was $4.42 - a little on the spendy side, the Great Value brand was $4.xx for thirty tabs. I usually use the GV powder which always gives amazing results but then, with that hurricane of water action, it doesn't take much detergent to get good results.
I'm building a grimy load over the course of the week in the KDS-18 and I thought these might work pretty well in the soak & scrub cycle which adds soaking time in the pre-washes. We'll see... I'll also try one in the Normal cycle, if I can get it in the dispenser, to see how the performance is.
