Rating of tablets for dishwashers
Tablets are rightfully considered the most expensive type of dishwasher detergent. Over the past five years, many tablet products have appeared on the market, advertisers praise their product, vying with each other to show that their product is the best. But in reality, which pills are better and which are worse? After all, if you don’t try the whole range, you won’t have enough money, you need to act differently. We propose to use the opinion of experts and make a rating of tablets, based on their invaluable experience.
Criterias of choice
Before choosing dishwasher tablets, experts suggest that you think carefully and evaluate the tasks that you set for them. You should not think that if you take pills for 100 rubles. pack, then they will perfectly wash all types of dirt, and also refresh and clean the machine. It is clear that this will not happen, but this does not mean that all cheap pills are bad, you just don’t need to demand too much from them. Let's look at the issue in more detail.
To understand what are the best dishwasher tablets?e, you need to understand the types of tablets, what kind of tablets there are. You also need to decide on the criteria for choosing tablets. Let's start with the varieties. Dishwasher tablets differ from each other in composition, or more precisely in the amount of substances contained in one compressed briquette. Tablets are classified according to the number of components:
- with three components (3 in 1);
- with four components;
- with five components;
- with six;
- with seven;
- with ten;
- multi-component (all in one).
For some reason, it is generally accepted that the more ingredients dishwasher tablets contain, the better they are. Advertisers actively use this, but in reality, this issue is more complicated.
Important! Manufacturers use various tricks to sell expensive all-in-one products to dishwasher users. They wash dishes no better than tablets, which cost half as much.
Take, for example, five-in-one tablets that contain dishwashing detergent, a detergent that protects dishes from destruction, a detergent that protects the dishwasher, rinse aid and salt. The list is complete, there is no need to buy tablets with a lot of ingredients, why pay almost twice as much for 10 in 1 tablets when these ones have everything you need.
We conclude that the selection criterion should not be the number of components in the tablet, but their properties. Don’t buy expensive ten-component tablets that don’t do anything special for either the dishwasher or your dishes, and don’t line the manufacturer’s pockets.
Another selection criterion is the environmental friendliness of the tablet. The aggressive chemistry used by tablet manufacturers makes the product cheaper and more effective, because dirt dissolves much faster. But the problem is that this chemical is not completely washed off from the dishes and eventually enters our body, causing damage to it. All sorts of parabens, phenols, phthalates, phosphates cause an irreparable blow to our health, so advertisers say, so that environmentally friendly tablets sell better, but what in reality?
Experts are more restrained in their assessment of the harm caused by the chemicals in detergent tablets.In their opinion, the air and water that we consume every day contain much more harmful substances. The chemistry of detergents is a “drop in the bucket” for an adult body, but a child’s growing body has no need to consume them. Children's dishes and toys should be washed separately, with environmentally friendly tablets or even by hand.
Another criterion is price. Well-known brands will always ask for more for their products than little-known ones, but this does not mean that they are better. Pay more attention to the products of little-known manufacturers; some of the tablets have very high quality and low prices.
Also, the selection criterion may be the presence or absence of self-dissolving packaging. When we are forced to unwrap the tablet, there is a risk of its components getting on the skin, which can cause allergies or irritation. If the tablet package dissolves, then it can be placed without unfolding, which is much simpler, faster and safer.
For your information! It must be remembered that self-dissolving packaging is an additional cost for the manufacturer, which means he will certainly include this in the cost of the tablets.
Let us summarize our above research. The best dishwasher tablets, with a certain degree of convention, should be selected according to the following criteria:
- quantity and composition of components;
- environmental friendliness;
- price;
- availability of dissolvable packaging.
Review of tablets
Now we will present some of the best tablet products that experts have chosen and tested with us. These are the pills.
Filtero 7 in 1 MegaPack. Excellent seven-component dishwasher tablets from Germany in a large economical package of 90 pcs.The tablets dissolve perfectly and wash dishes from almost any dirt. But at the same time, the components of the tablets also soften water, add shine to plates and glasses, protect glassware and stainless steel dishes, and also remove unpleasant odors.
We checked the properties of Filtero 7 in 1 tablets and fully confirm the manufacturer’s words. But there are nuances when using these tablets. Firstly, it is necessary that your dishwasher recognizes 3 in 1 products, and secondly, these tablets should be used along with salt, otherwise the ion exchanger will suffer. How much does this German product cost? The minimum price for a large package (90 tablets) of Filtero 7 in 1 is $9.
Be careful! No dishwasher tablets can replace dishwasher salt. You need to pour it into a separate compartment and make sure it is always there.
FeedBack All in 1 large package. French multi-component tablets for dishwashers are of very high quality and environmentally friendly raw materials. Such tablets will work effectively in any dishwasher that can recognize 3-in-1 products. The tablets perfectly wash heavily burnt fat, dried potatoes, and buckwheat from dishes. FeedBack All in 1 not only washes dishes, but also completely protects them, adds shine, protects the dishwasher, and eliminates unpleasant odors. How much does this product cost? The minimum price is 600 rubles. per pack of 60 tablets.
TopHOUSE 6 in 1. Italian six-component automatic dishwashing detergent that does not contain harmful components.Even without soaking, the tablets do an excellent job on plates on which dried remains of cakes, food paint, buckwheat, and goose fat have stuck. TopHOUSE 6 in 1 contains substances that help protect glass, ceramics, and stainless steel from harmful influences. It also contains components that add shine to dishes, protect the machine and remove odors. The largest packs of the product are 32 tablets, which is what experts recommend buying. The minimum price for a box of 32 tablets is $4.
Frosch All in 1. Environmentally friendly multi-component dishwasher tablets made in Germany. They will also remove grease from the dishes and give them shine and freshness. The strong point of Frosch All in 1 tablets is the ability to wash children's dishes, toys and other things. The tablets protect the inside of the dishwasher from scale and grease and remove bad odors. How much do these tablets cost? The lowest price for a package of Frosch All in 1 30 tablets is $6,400.
For your information! Frosch dishwasher tablets are very popular in Germany and Austria, where every third family knows and appreciates them.
Somat All in 1. Quite high-quality multi-component dishwasher tablets made in Russia. They do an excellent job of removing grease, dried mashed potatoes, tea and coffee stains, and food coloring. Somat All in 1 gives glassware a shine and leaves pans simply refreshed. How much does a package of Russian product cost? The lowest prices for Somat All in 1 56 tablets range from $6800-7300.
Finish All in 1 Morgan. One of the most famous dishwasher products in the world. It is for this reason that many eminent experts put these tablets in first place in the rating.We will find out later whether they are worthy of being included in our rating, but for now the characteristics of Finish All in 1 Morgan. All-in-one Finish tablets contain everything you need for a dishwasher: rinse aid, detergent, various protective agents, as well as a freshener. Choosing Finish means choosing quality! But how much will this quality cost? An economical package of Finish All in 1 Morgan 65 tablets costs at least $17.
Fairy Citron All in 1. Multi-component tablet product for dishwashers in soft packaging with lemon aroma, made in Russia. The properties of Fairy tablets are in no way inferior to Finish All in 1. They cope well even with heavy soiling, provided that the dishes are correctly placed in the baskets and the appropriate washing mode is set in the dishwasher. The minimum price for a package of 110 tablets is $12.
Five of the best tablets
Descriptions and characteristics of the best tablets are presented. Now it's time to give our rating of the best tablet products. Let’s just say right away that it was very difficult to compile a rating because all the tablets have many advantages, but we still managed to do it.
- The first place in our ranking is occupied by the French tablets FeedBack All in 1. They contain a minimum of harmful components, they take good care of the dishes, and besides, they are quite cheap, it turns out to be 10 rubles. 1 tablet.
- We gave second place to Russian tablets Fairy Citron All in Mainly due to their high efficiency. Their cost is on average 11 rubles. 1 tablet.
- Third place is rightfully occupied by Filtero 7 in 1 MegaPack tablets. They are basically no worse than all-in-one products, but their price is high, so only 3rd place. Price 10.6 rub.1 tablet.
- The fourth place is occupied by the German Frosch All in. They are a little expensive, but they are versatile; you don’t need to buy separate tablets for children’s dishes and toys, because the components of Frosch are environmentally friendly. The cost of 1 tablet Frosh is 21.33 rubles.
- Our rating is completed by the Italian product TopHOUSE 6 in 1, taking only fifth place. These tablets are a little worse in quality than Fairy or Frosh, but you can and should still use them, you won’t feel the difference. The average cost of 1 tablet is 0.1 $.
As you can see, the much-hyped Finish didn’t even catch our rating, although we didn’t try to move it up. All expert conclusions are based on objective data, and you yourself have noticed this. And besides Finish, there are quite a lot of good products at a reasonable price, not $0.3 per 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 disadvantage - the price, but manufacturers will try to level out this disadvantage over time. Our analysis of the tablet market showed that the best today are the French tablet briquettes FeedBack All in 1, but we admit that the situation may change very soon.
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6 reader comments
Thank you very much for such a detailed description, and even comparison.Because I was simply “lost”, choosing pills in the store. By the way, thanks to you, I will know that salt is needed in any case, but I came across on the packs that the tablet will replace it. Thanks again!
I have used many of these tablets, I do not like the quality and price, or rather their ratio. There were 2 dishwashers: LG and now Indesit. I tried Fairy. Afterwards, the dishes are slippery and streaky. This is very noticeable on transparent expensive plates. Top House and Fash don't wash dishes at all. Especially pots, you have to wash everything by hand. Both dishwashers are from a fairly expensive segment and they all washed the same way with these tablets. Somat left dried pieces of food and also did not wash well. During all this time I tried a bunch of tablets, settled on 2 brands - Frau Martha (Germany) and Klenok (Italy, Turkey, Russia). Cost: Frau 320 RUR for 30 tablets. Klenok 220 for 28 tablets. Quality and price are on par. And this rating of yours is an ordinary advertising company paid for by manufacturers in order to make money from buyers for a product that does not cost that much. The price in the store is ten times higher. Consumables must be cheap, like all over the world, otherwise they are simply not needed? And here we are trying to squeeze the maximum out of everything. There are crooks all around and they are trying to come up with something else to rip off even more money.
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I bought Finish powder once and was extremely dissatisfied. Same thing as baking soda, just a huge difference in price.
There is such wisdom - not all that glitters is gold! Previously, the FINISH was on par, but now it sucks.
Fitback is made in Italy, not France... your rating is incorrect