My daughter and I both use this dishwasher powder and will not go back to anything else. We use this along with wave jet agent and everything sparkles. We also feel very good about no harsh chemicals and have gone over to many seventh generation and green products. Very happy.
Works well for me: Minneapolis city water:
The large pack of 7th Gen. dishwashing detergent lasts quite a while for me. Works fine in my dishwasher using city water. The only products I can compare it to are Cascade, which seems to leave more spots, and the Costco detergent, which does exactly the same as this one. I'll leave it to others to debate the environmental impacts of different dishwasher powders, but this one works fine for me.
Awesome:
Works as well as Cascade or store brand dishwasher detergent for us, yet is non-toxic and without phosphates and chlorine. We have city water. We get spots on soft plastics like Gerber sippy cups, but we did with Cascade and store brand, too. Using a rinse aid and adjusting the detergent amount per the instructions helps.
Works great:
I have used this for several years now & am happy with how it cleans. I have well water with no water softener & a low amount of minerals. I use around 1 tablespoon (no less) in each detergent cup in the dishwasher. I split the case with a friend who has city water with a higher amount of minerals & she has to use more to effectively clean the dishes, but she is happy with it as well. I keep my detergent in a plasic container rather than the original box (so there is no worry of the box getting... more info
