Which dishwasher tablets are better: what to choose for caring for appliances

The best gels for dishwashers

Gels are safe for fragile dishes. They dissolve well in water and gently remove impurities. When pouring the product into the compartment, there is no contact with the skin. There are no abrasives in the composition, so the gels are well suited for cleaning porcelain or silverware.

Lion Charmy

4.9

★★★★★
editorial score

95%
buyers recommend this product

Lion Charmy is an economical dishwasher gel. To wash a fully loaded basket, 10 g of detergent is enough. The gel copes with strong dirt and unpleasant odors: active ingredients remove limescale and food residue from dishes. The composition dissolves quickly in water, making it effective even with fast cycles.

The product has a neutral environment, therefore it is suitable for aluminum dishes. In order for washing to be as effective as possible, you need to properly position the utensils in the basket. There is no need to add salt to the PMM - the composition already contains softening additives.

Lion Charmy comes in a transparent bottle with a dispenser cap. A convenient thin spout helps to accurately measure the amount of poured gel. The line includes composition options with citrus aromas or no smell at all.

Pros:

• easy to rinse;
• well washes any dishes and gives it a shine;
• phosphate-free composition;
• does not leave streaks;
• convenient bottle with a dispenser and a thin spout.

Minuses:

too liquid.

When poured into the dishwasher compartment, the gel begins to ooze slowly. Do not turn on the machine with a wash delay of more than 15 minutes - all the gel will simply flow out.

Top House All in 1

4.8

★★★★★
editorial score

80%
buyers recommend this product

Top House All in 1 is a universal dishwashing detergent in PMM, which takes on the functions of a cleaner, rinse aid and water softener. The gel is suitable for dishes made of glass, silver and porcelain.

The enzymes included in the composition wash off dirt even at low temperatures. The gel dissolves quickly in water and is effective on short cycles. After washing, there are no streaks or smells left on the dishes.

The product is sold in a compact bottle that does not take up much space on the shelf. The lid can be opened with one finger. Due to the thick consistency, the composition does not spill out of the bottle until you press it.

Pros:

• convenient compact bottle;
• suitable for fast cycles;
• does not leave streaks and does not scratch dishes;
• practically odorless;
• thick enough.

Minuses:

• expensive (700 rubles for 700 g);
• big expense.

For each wash, you need 20-30 g of gel - you can’t call such an expense economical. But the quality of the product justifies the price: Top House washes any dishes perfectly.

Finish

Funds from this Polish manufacturer are reliable helpers for housewives. Their use allows not only to perfectly clean the dishes, but also to take care of the machine.

Tablets "Finish", the price of which is the most affordable (about 800 rubles for 70 pcs.) - this is a whole series of products created for cleanliness and economy. The main active ingredient in their composition is Stain Soaker. This is a bleach based on active oxygen. It is a patented development of the company that perfectly breaks down dirt, and also perfectly copes with traces of coffee and tea plaque, lipstick and grease. Moreover, these tablets cope with their work without pre-soaking the dishes.

Today, the leader in consumer demand are tablets of the Finish All in One series. This is a multi-functional product that cleans dishes from food residues, traces of dyes, grease, designed to clean glass, ceramics, cupronickel and silverware. Perfectly protects this tool and the device itself from rust and scale.

In stores, you can buy Finish dishwasher tablets in 100, 70, 56, 28 and 14 pieces. Before use, they should be freed from packaging.

How to choose and what to look for?

Pay attention to the number of layers. They are indicated on the package, they can be three in one, five in one, ten in one, and so on.

The best option is three-in-one tablets, which include a basic set of ingredients: cleaning powder, salt and rinse aid.More expensive options contain additional additives, so they are classified as "premium" and higher.

For composition. The safety of the tablet for humans depends on the substances included in the composition. They are listed on the back of the package. It is good if the product contains non-onogenic components, sodium derivatives.

to the release form. The optimal choice is a polymer soluble capsule. It is easy to use, safe for human skin.

Check with the manufacturer. Popular brands are Finish, Clean & Fresh, Eared Nyan.

No. 6 - Eared Nian All in 1

Price: 320 rubles

On the sixth line of the top tablets for dishwashers, a product called Eared Nyan stopped. Despite its affordable cost, this is an extremely good tool. Most often in the reviews, users note the fact that the tablets easily break in half. This allows you to use the product in order to put in order both small and large volumes of dishes.

The product well protects metal products, including dishwasher elements from corrosion and rust. In this regard, inexpensive tablets are able to withstand comparison with more expensive competitors. Of the disadvantages - low efficiency in hard water.

Eared Nian All in 1

Comparison with closest competitors

What is in the assortment of domestic and Russian manufacturers? Each of them is trying to distinguish itself from competitors by some know-how.

Some offer a low price, others offer auxiliary functionality, others build marketing on packaging and appearance. Let's take for comparison the 3 most popular products on the Russian market: Finish, Fairy, Frosch.

Competitor #1 - High Potency Finish Tablets

Finish leads in positive reviews. But sometimes it does not cope with tea and coffee raid.

With these tablets you can wash silver and glass items without fear that this will lead to corrosion. Fragrances, components for glass, metal, antimicrobial additives are added to their composition.

With most positive reviews, some users still complain about streaks after washing with Finish tablets. Another downside is the high price.

A powerful selection of components allows you to get an excellent result - the dishes are mostly washed clean and do not cause any complaints during visual inspection. We reviewed more information about the tablets of this brand here.

But the manufacturer invests a lot of money in advertising, so the tool has recently risen in price and users have begun to look for a replacement.

As an inexpensive alternative, Somat can be used, which, quite possibly, will eliminate some of the shortcomings of the promoted product.

Competitor #2 - Easy-to-Use Fairy Pods

Funds from Fairy do not resemble a pill, but a pillow. According to the manufacturer’s idea, such powerdrops wash dishes with high quality and care without leaving streaks, remove old dirt, and cope with grease. The composition also includes components that protect the dishwasher.

Fairy is larger than Somat, so it can get stuck in the small compartment of the machine and not dissolve. Another drawback - do not cut the capsule in half

The shell of the capsules is self-dissolving, so they do not need to be opened before use, but should be stored in a dry place. We talked more about the features of Fairy tablets in this publication.

The instructions say that Fairy is placed in the compartment of the machine, but if it is small, you can throw a tablet into the cutlery compartment. In the latter case, you must select a program without prewash.

Fairies are easier to use, but the best washing quality with their help has not been proven, special comparative testing with Somat dishwasher tablets has not been carried out.

Competitor #3 - Frosch skin-friendly tablets

Frosch combines a relatively high price with excellent wash quality. Ingredients: Surfactants of plant origin, no phosphates, formaldehydes, borates.

The formulas are skin-friendly and dermatologically tested. Frosch can safely wash children's dishes, rubber, plastic, silicone toys of good quality.

Natural substitutes for the chemical components in these tablets affect the quality of the "work" - the dishes are clean, but as after hand washing. More cons: rough packaging that needs to be cut, plus the product often crumbles

Users note flawless washing even when using half a tablet. But with such a load, the product may not wash very dirty dishes. The only negative is the high cost, but it is also the lowest when compared with other tablets of the eco series.

Somat is cheaper, but filled with chemicals - the buyer chooses what he considers safer.

A comparative table of products by form, manufacturers, cost of one tablet, expiration dates, the presence of a soluble film and other parameters will help you make the right choice.

The table shows that Frosch is the most expensive and environmentally friendly product, and Finish has taken care of ease of use by providing customers with a choice of cardboard packaging or bags, as well as a soluble tablet shell.

But Somat remained optimal in terms of the classic consumer price-quality ratio.

Do you want to use pills that are safe for health, the cost of which would be minimal? In this case, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the recipes for home-made dishwasher tablets, for the manufacture of which you will need inexpensive tools that are available to almost every housewife.

What means for PMM are better according to the editors of Zuzako

In addition to detergent components, salts, conditioners and rinse aids are additionally used in the production of detergents. With the right choice of a drug for PMM, it will definitely serve you for many years, and the quality of its work will work steadily for you.

salt

Multifunctional complex products always contain salts. If the composition already has a softening component, you do not have to buy additional products to resist hard water.

Do not underestimate the role of salts in the operation of the dishwasher. After all, scale is the main enemy of such equipment.Gradually, it covers the heating elements and internal blocks, which complicates the process of heating water. As a result, the technique begins to consume more energy than usual, and its work becomes less efficient. It is salt that will help you prevent such problems from occurring.

Detergents and rinse aids

Many housewives are thinking about whether it is worth buying additional rinse aids for the dishwasher. Of course, detergents do an excellent job with grease, and with plaque, and with other contaminants. But if they still do not contain rinse aid, then it should be added separately. If you use a universal multi-component tool, you can avoid additional expenses, but you are unlikely to be able to do without this substance at all.

The thing is that after a washing cycle, particles of cleaning agents may remain on the dishes. They are very poorly washed off with ordinary water. Rinse aids also contain tensides, which greatly simplify the process of rolling off foreign drops from dishes and make them really shiny.

Top five tablets

Descriptions and characteristics of the best tablets are presented. Now it's time to bring our rating of the best pills. Let's just say that it was very difficult to make a rating because all tablets have many advantages, but nevertheless we managed.

1. The first place in our rating is occupied by French FeedBack All in 1 tablets. They have a minimum of harmful components, they take good care of the dishes, and besides, they are quite cheap, it turns out 10 rubles. 1 tablet.
2. We gave the second place to the Russian tablets Fairy Citron All in Mainly because of their high efficiency. Their cost is on average 11 rubles. 1 tablet.
3. The third place is rightfully occupied by Filtero 7 tablets in 1 MegaPack. They are basically as good as all-in-one products, but their price is high, so only 3rd place. Price 10.6 rubles. 1 tablet.
4. The fourth place is occupied by the German Frosch All in. They are expensive, but versatile, you do not need to buy separate tablets for children's dishes and toys, because the Frosch components are environmentally friendly. The cost of 1 tablet Frosh is 21.33 rubles.
5. The Italian TopHOUSE 6 in 1 completes our rating, taking only the fifth place. These tablets are slightly worse in quality than Fairy or Frosch, but you can and should still use them, you will not feel the difference. The average cost of 1 tablet is 14 rubles.

As you can see, the hyped Finish didn’t even touch our rating, although we didn’t try to move it

All conclusions of experts are based on objective data, and you yourself drew attention to this. And besides Finish, there are enough good products at an affordable price, not 27 rubles per 1 tablet.

In conclusion, we note that tablets are currently actively replacing other dishwasher detergents, since they are effective and very convenient to use. They have only one minus - the price, but manufacturers will try to level this minus over time. Our analysis of the tablet market showed that French FeedBack All in 1 tablets are currently the best, but we assume that the situation may change very soon.

Reasons for a PMM overhaul

Dishwasher manufacturers recommend that maintenance procedures be carried out once a month.

Mistresses do not always adhere to the schedule and clean the equipment as needed.This approach is fully justified, because in many respects the degree of pollution depends on the features of use and compliance with the rules for operating dishwashers.

One hundred percent sign that the dishwasher urgently needs cleaning and disinfection is the appearance of a persistent heavy smell in the tank. This means that pathogenic bacteria multiply in the layer of dirt. They should be destroyed immediately

The frequency of brushing can be affected by the following factors:

• Dishwasher mode. Some housewives turn on the car every day. Others wash the dishes by hand, and only when it becomes too large, they use the technique.
• Dirty cutlery. Fat, leftover dough, burnt food is much more difficult to wash than rinsing plates after vegetable salads. Different amounts of dirt accumulate under the rubber bands and in hard-to-reach places.
• Dishwashing temperature. The machine can work in different cycles. If its owner often uses low-temperature conditions, the equipment becomes clogged faster.
• composition of detergents. The more aggressive the chemistry, the less dirt accumulates on the internal parts of the PMM. On the other hand, such drugs are potentially hazardous to health. Eco-friendly compounds often dissolve fats poorly, which contributes to the rapid contamination of the machine. We have reviewed the most effective means here.

You should focus on the quality of the work of technology. If the dishes shine and creak after washing, everything is in order. But when there are stains from dried water, traces of dirt on the surfaces of plates and glasses, it's time to think about car care.

In order for the dishwasher to serve for many years without repairs and replacement of parts, it is put in order every 1-3 months. First, this is done manually with a brush, soft sponge, and then the automatic cleaning mode is started.

The procedure begins with manual cleaning of the filters, the impeller, the space under the rubber seals. Be sure to check if mold has appeared on the dish basket, the walls of the chamber, under the rubber. If necessary, immediately rinse with a detergent composition.

After that, you can start automatic cleaning with a special chemical preparation. We have provided more tips on self-cleaning the dishwasher in this material.

The best dishwasher tablets

Finish All in 1 Max tablets (original)

One of the most favorite tablets of modern housewives. The universal product consists of three layers containing salts, a good rinse aid and a special component that fights limescale. Therefore, Finish tablets not only wash various dishes with high quality, but also soften water well, protect surfaces from unwanted scale. After use, even on the glass there are no unaesthetic stains, so glasses and glasses do not have to be rubbed additionally. The tablet completely dissolves in water, effectively working throughout the entire washing cycle. At the same time, after washing, the chemical smell of the product does not remain on the dishes. Therefore, using the universal tablets from Finish is a pleasure.

Advantages:

• universality;
• combination of cleansing and caring properties;
• washing without streaks;
• high-quality rinsing;
• beautiful shine after use;
• additional protection of the dishwasher from plaque;
• softening tap water;
• unobtrusive light fragrance that is completely washed out with water.

Flaws:

missing.

Clean & Fresh All in 1

German-made tablets confidently passed a test drive from buyers. A special universal formula allows the product to clean any materials: glass, silver, porcelain, stainless steel. The tablet is multi-layered:

• the blue part effectively removes greasy contaminants;
• white eliminates the likelihood of scale and other unwanted deposits inside the machine;
• green flavors dishes, protects glass from damage.

Thanks to the special enzymes included in the composition, the natural shine of the utensils is enhanced. Housewives who prepare dishes with an abundance of fat and wash dishes from a variety of materials should choose this product.

Advantages:

• incredibly high-quality cleaning;
• versatility of application;
• pleasant lemon fragrance;
• complete dissolution;
• spectacular shine;
• an abundance of positive reviews;
• versatility - cleansing, rinsing, protection.

Flaws:

not always available for sale.

BioMio Bio-total

The winner of the review in the niche of environmentally friendly products that do not harm nature and humans

The packaging of each unit is biodegradable, which is especially important in conditions of constant environmental pollution with polyethylene. The tablets have an absolutely safe composition without phosphates, complemented by excellent quality

Appears in the form of a perfume eucalyptus essential oil, which not only gives the water a pleasant smell, but is also famous for its bactericidal properties. Therefore, bio-class tablets additionally disinfect dishes, which is especially important for families with small children. Another nice bonus is the extremely economical consumption per liter of water used.Some customers even split the tablet further, reducing the amount of detergent needed for a full wash cycle.

Advantages:

• versatility of use;
• belong to the eco class;
• formula with safe ingredients;
• suitable for allergy sufferers;
• biodegradable packaging;
• additional softening;
• rinsing properties;
• thorough washing;
• additional protection of the PMM.

Flaws:

may not be able to cope with ingrained dirt.