... The one good thing that came out of all this was my kitchen ended up sparkling clean (floor was a bit slippery though, so would not reccommend using washing liquid on floors either)
So you see, I now use 'proper' dishwashing products, and although expensive, have not yet found a better ... Read review
Finish All in 1 tablet: formulation combines 10 Power Actions that delivers removal of the ... more
toughest stains:. Tough stain removal. Grease cutting power. Soaking Action. Tea stain removal. Super shine function. Stainless steel shine. Machine lime-scale protection. Glass protection. Silver protection. PowerBoost action. No need for rinse aid or dishwasher salt. Salt and Rinse Aid functions are included as well for your convenience. Recommended by leading dishwashers manufacturers. Box of 60. Lemon
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Finish Dishwasher Tablets All In 1 Lemon Ref N06262 [Pack 60]Finish All in 1 tablet: ... more
formulation combines 10 Power Actions that delivers removal of the toughest stains: Tough stain removal Grease cutting power Soaking Action Tea stain removal Super shine function Stainless steel shine Machine lime-scale protection Glass protection Silver protection PowerBoost action No need for rinse aid or dishwasher salt. Salt and Rinse Aid functions are included as well for your convenience Recommended by leading dishwashers manufacturers Lemon Box of 60
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...new 4 in 1 'Protector Finish Powerball', this comes in a box of 15 tablets, however with this pack I got 33% free, so 20 tablets in all. The box is a clean looking 'blue and white', with the brand name splashed in big letters across the front, a picture of a sparkling clean glass and a picture of one of the tablets in the corner. This product is an irritant and this warning (black cross orange background) is clearly visible on the side of the box.Easy ... ...foil covered tablets are very easy to open with a black tear strip.The tablet itself smells quite strongly of lemon and consists of 2 layers...white with blue flecks and blue with red and white fleck, with a pearlised ball inset in the top of the tablet.
Apparently the red specks are stain soakers (i.e no need to soak beforehand), the white layer has integrated salt function (so no need for added salt), the powerball contains a rinse ... more
One of my least favourite jobs, next to ironing, has to be washing up !!!! So when we moved out of our pokey little flat into our new, bigger house, the first thing we bought was a dishwasher. This has been a godsend, I load it up throughout the day and it gets switched on at the end of the day. It takes a few minutes to unload and put away in the morning and I wouldn't be without it,it's time saving and far more hygenic than washing at the sink, however I do find the washing tabs expensive, which brings to mind a funny story.........................
One Friday, early evening, I went to turn on the dishwasher, only to find I had run out of washing tabs, now being the lazy so and so that I am, I could not be bothered to go round the corner and buy some more...no that could wait until the morning, I had an idea !! Why not use washing up liquid, after all I hardly ever use it now so had plenty. So I poured a little of the washing up liquid into the compartment, switched on my machine and sat down in the lounge with a coffee. An hour later, my cat came in and started hussling for food (well, biting me actually, as is his way !), so, happy to oblige, I got up and went to the kitchen.......and opened the door......the cat, in his haste for food, shot into the kitchen ahead of me...and ..........dissappeared into a mountain of.....FOAM !!!!!! Seriously, I could not see anything in my kitchen from the waste down....just foam, said cat suddenly reappeared, made a funny gurgling noise and promptly vanished again through the cat flap, leaving white fluffy clouds of said foam in his wake. You see, the problem was I had never, ever bothered reading through the instructions for my dishwasher properly, especially the 'Warning do not use any products other than prepared dishwasher products', I had to spend the next hour cleaning out all the foam, gradually all my appliances, cooker, fridge, freezer e.t.c. started reappearing, and then there was the washer itself to clean out, took an absolute age. The one good thing that came out of all this was my kitchen ended up sparkling clean (floor was a bit slippery though, so would not reccommend using washing liquid on floors either)
So you see, I now use 'proper' dishwashing products, and although expensive, have not yet found a better product to do the job other than 'Finish'
ABOUT THE BRAND
'Finish' were the first developers and producers of automatic brands of washing powder and they have been developing and improving their products for over 50 years. They claim to be world leaders and are reccommended by many well known names i.e Siemens, Ariston, Zanussi, Bosch and AEG to name but a few.
THE PRODUCT
I have just purchased their new 4 in 1 'Protector Finish Powerball', this comes in a box of 15 tablets, however with this pack I got 33% free, so 20 tablets in all. The box is a clean looking 'blue and white', with the brand name splashed in big letters across the front, a picture of a sparkling clean glass and a picture of one of the tablets in the corner. This product is an irritant and this warning (black cross orange background) is clearly visible on the side of the box.Easy to open box, with a tear back lid. Inside, the foil covered tablets are very easy to open with a black tear strip.The tablet itself smells quite strongly of lemon and consists of 2 layers...white with blue flecks and blue with red and white fleck, with a pearlised ball inset in the top of the tablet.
Apparently the red specks are stain soakers (i.e no need to soak beforehand), the white layer has integrated salt function (so no need for added salt), the powerball contains a rinse aid (so no need for separate rinse aid), the tablets also contain a new protector action which is designed to help prevent permanent glass erosion (in other words no more cloudy glasses)
Ok this all sounds good so far, but now to see if they can deliver......
THE TEST
I put the tablet into the compartment, now because of the ball in the tablet, I had to press the lid quite hard as is a tight fit and switched on and waited, well I didn't actually stand there and wait, I went and sat down in front of the telly with a bottle of wine (at this point I must add that the bottle was not all for me, so half a bottle of wine) Later I opened the machine, the lemon smell had faded somewhat, but the washing really was sparkling, no grease marks, no stains on anything (including the roasting tray, which by the way you are not supposed to put in the dishwasher). One of the saucepans I had put in did actually have burn't scrambled egg on it orignally (I don't cook very well or often) and yet now it really was spotless !! The glasses shone with no streaks and the cutlery gleamed.So there it was , proof that this stuff really did do what it says, however I should think that really burnt on stains may still need a pre soak. As far as the protector action in the tablets goes,I will have to wait a while to see if it actually does prevent permanent glass erosion !!
TECHNICAL INFO
Apparently this contains no animal by products, no chlorine and the PH level is between 10 and 11.This is an irritant and contains Protease which may cause an allergic reaction.
The salt action is effective in soft, medium and hard water up to 26e (95% households.
This should be stored away from extreme temperatures and of course children !
I paid 3.49 gbp for this pack of 20 (inc 33% free) this is expensive when you compare it to supermarket own brands (approx 2.50 gbp) but I do feel the results are worth it. I have tried many other brands and this is the one that produces the best results.
DID YOU KNOW
A used damp tea towel can harbour 30,000,000,000,000 (30 trillion) colonies of bacteria !!!
In favourable conditions i.e lukewarm water, a single germ can multiply up to 4 million times in 8 hours !!
More info on their website www.Finish.co.uk
AND FINALLY
The cat.............well he returned after about 24 hours and do you know, he was the softest, fluffiest, cleanest cat in the neighbourhood and he smelt mmmmmmmmmmm lovely !!
Advantages: Cleaning Disadvantages: lack of orange smell
...use? Well it is usually finish or if not available we’ll use fairy or at a push anything.
But why is finish our first choice? Simply because it is best in cleaning that we have experienced. It brings up glasses clean and shiny, it cleans plates and cutlery to a restaurant standard, and of course it’s more hygienic.
Load your dishwasher and place your tablet in the compartment available, press button for the programme required and sit back and wait ... ...the programme has finished.
Finish has a range of products available for the dishwasher, from cleaners to fresheners and of course the washing products.
THIS OP IS ABOUT THEIR ¨NEW¨ ORANGE 3 IN 1 TABLETS…
We picked up our new orange smelling tablets at our local Sainsbury’s and paid about £6.00 for the 48 tablets.
The box is typical of a finish product – blue with the word ‘finish’ as large as it can get on the front. In the left hand corner ...
dabmim 03.12.2003
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Advantages: Clean dishes and NOsalt or rinse aid Disadvantages: None except maybe a LITTLE pricier than others
...paid the full prices, as Finish are running offers about every other month on these tabs. I usually buy 2 boxes when on offer, and wait until the next offer before purchasing again. In fact, I usually pay no more than £6 for a box of 48's. It should also be noted that if they are on offer in one store, you will usually find them on offer in other stores as well, and the offers will NOT be the same. Find out which one usually has the best offers. ... ...joy! And although finish makes other products that probably work just as well, such as rinse aids, and dishwasher cleaners, I don't find them one bit necessary. Even my dishwasher literally SHINES at the end of a cycle. I am pleased as punch with these little beauties. ...
mrsxopher 02.09.2004
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Advantages: handy individual packets Disadvantages: they don't always clean the dishes
...with my machine (which are Finish tablets) do not fit in the tablet holder!! However, I use these tablets everyday in my machine and I suppose 5 out of 10 washes come out perfectly clean, the items that do not come out clean go in with the next wash and generally then come out clean.
Oil is the worst thing to clean off of items, I find that unless the dishwasher is on its highest setting and I have washed off all residue oil, it just covers the ...
sarah_stitch 14.08.2000
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...my testing I found that finish tablets were the best.
A common misconseption of the dishwasher tablets are that they are mearly compressed washing up liquid but the truth is that the tablets have multipurposes that enable a quality of cleaning that the liquid cannot achieve. Dishwasher tablets clean easily all the grease off my cutlery and crockery and the finish tablets do this the best out of all of them and they don't leava any smudges on the ...
dbenfi 23.08.2000
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Advantages: First Class Cleaning adn Shine! Disadvantages: Not every shop has them.
FINISH Professional double action tablets are THE BEST - I have used every type available and none come even close to these. These have a very similar appearance to the other Finish tablet but boy the results are something else. We live in an area where the water is particularly hard and I was fed up with the often milky,smudged appearance of glasses and china after being 'dish-washed' These particular ones were on offer at Makro @ £20.00 for 300 ... ...cost per dishwashing cycle is 6.5 pence!! and the cleaning really is powerful- I put everything in there! Finish Professional ARE better than the normal ones the cleaning results are unbeatable and definitely A1!
Once you start using these you won't change to anything else - believe me! ...
whitewiner 14.06.2002
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THE HYPE:
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