Classic Automatic Dishwashing Detergent Pods

I'll start by saying that I have been using cascade for over 15 years. I must have tried over 12 other brands to try to either save money or use a less chemical brand. None had worked nearly as well and some not at all. About 2 years ago I became really sensative to smells and I started making my body wash, shampoo, hand soap, laundry and all my cleaning supplies fragrance free. And let me tell u it has not been easy. I can smell even the slightest smells that other people can't. Needless to say I have found a brand for all of the aforementioned products but it took a long time. The last product I need was a dishwasher detergent. I tried only one other brand because they are hardly ever in the supermarket. That brand was awful. So what I started doing is putting my powerful whirlpool air purifier on in front of the dishwasher when I ran it. Needless to say it really didn't work well and it was making me dread running the dishwasher.So I went on amazon and did a search and I found a few brands. This one and another one were tied in the rating. So I literally just picked this one to try first. I am so glad that I did! I tried it twice already and it cleaned my dishes as good as cascade and without the stink! No more air purifier needed. I used to have to rise all my dishes to get the stink off not to mention all the chemicals. And I love the little drop in instead of the gel and powder. Plus it looks like it hardly uses any chemical most enzymes to breakdown the food. Amazing! I love it, it's perfect! I don't need to try any other brands.Even with my super smell I can only smell the slightest bit of soap if I open the dishwasher right after. But if I let it sit for an hour or 10 hours, I almost couldn't tell if I even ran the dishwasher because there is no smell lol. I only could tell because all the dishes and cutlery were very clean. This is really a perfect product, so I had to write a review.

I have tried others and sadly for a while went back to the bad name brand one with -YIKES- BLEACH! Ugh! But then I found the reviews for this product and it comes in PODS! YAY! YES, some of the pods are empty because the casing for each pod is very fragile. It has to be in order to dissolve in your water and do what it's supposed to do, peeps! :-) When all the intact pods (which is most of the container and I bought the BIG one) are all gone I'll use the remaining powder the old fashioned way. <insert sarcasm> OH MAN! THAT IS GONNA BE SOOOO HARD! ;-) I saw the reviews that many people's product came severely damaged and Amazon must have taken note of that too because my shipment came bubble wrapped as if it were fine china. It was actually quite funny but I understood why because I had read the reviews. Anyway, back to the product. So far about a dozen washes and have found no powder residue at all and very sparkly dishes! I'm very , very pleased with this product and feel really good that there is no longer any bleach residue on my clean dishes. Oh and I have a mediocre dishwasher (new but CHEAP) and I do not notice any lingering smell on my dishes.Update: September 2016 I still absolutely LOVE these little dishwashing pods by Grab Green! They are superb to any other I have ever used green or otherwise, including Casc*d* and any of the other mainstream ones. The pods recently got EVEN BETTER!! They are now using something different to house the detergent (ie the outer shell). It is shaped better for fitting in the dispenser better and they dissolve as well or the same. I've never had any trouble with mine dissolving except the last batch that was exposed to some moisture (my fault) and when they dried they hardened to cause them not to dissolve well but they still cleaned my dishes amazingly well. I was going to throw this dishwasher out to the curb (brand new and all) before this brand!! The only thing about this newer version is the packaging. Although it is more convenient the velcro seal doesn't stay sealed well unless you're very, very careful and when you've got kids that doesn't happen, let's face it. So...I use a very strong clip and roll it down to make sure they seal well and don't get damp. This is important in FL. It works great and I'm a very happy homemaker!

I had a hard time finding dishwasher pods that were mostly natural but actually cleaned my dishes. I've been using these for over two years now and am incredibly happy with how well they clean dishes. But mostly I'm pleased with the fact that they don't smell - good or bad! I'm trying to eliminate synthetic fragrances in my home and these are perfect!

If the pods are broken, just use one heaping spoon of the powder.In my case, no pods were broken when I bought the 132 loads. BUT, upon leaving them up to 1 year without using half the box because of no much of of dishwasher, etc, or other various reasons, i.e. going away on travel etc, then the remaining pods apparently became hardened. So, they were more-or-less unuseable since they would not dissolve any more in the dishwasher, so i would find the dishwasher just doing the dishes with water only in the end. I thought to use a hammer to break the pods into powder and use the poweder instead, but after over a year of owning the 130 loads, i just threw away the remaining pods.So, I will probably not buy so many pods again if I' m not going to use them quickly.Probably the 60, or 2 of 25 pods may be better so thee are used up and then repurchased new again.I would just make sure to close the lid of the container so that no air gets in so they pods remain fresh.In terms of quality they worked well, cleaned the dishes and had apparently no problem. Some odor of the powder is usually present but all detergents may have similar odor and does not constitude a problem. They left no residue as of I noticed.I will continue to buy again.

These produce an extremely high amount of suds which causes our dishwasher to fault & stop. I then have to manually scoop out the suds Multiple times before the cycle will finish. Then, just to be sure dishes are properly rinsed, I run an additional cycle without any detergent.I am now trying to cut the pods and only use 1/3 of the detergent. Cycle is running now, so I do not yet know if it will work. Too expensive to just throw them away.