Best dishwasher tablets?

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I am about to lose my mind with my dishwasher. No matter what I do, my dishes are still dirty when they come out. And now so is my cutlery. I pre rinse everything, the filter is clean, rinse aid and salt topped up, tried the fairy power soak stuff too. It’s always properly dried on too, so it’s not just a case of re rinsing - I have to actually wash up stuff that comes out.

Is there a trick I’m missing? Is there some amazing dishwasher tablets on the market I simply must have? Please help before I rip the thing out and buy a new one

How often are you putting your dishwasher on ? I only use mine approx twice a week and never have these issues .
I use fairy platinum plus for ref.
Is your dishwasher old & need replacing ?

Every night - there’s 5 of us so we produce a lot of dishes. I only put plates/cups/mugs/cutlery in there, all actual cooking vessels get hand washed.

It’s only two years old and had great reviews when we bought it, so I must be doing something wrong. I’ll try fairy platinum plus!

I use Fairy Platinum Plus. The only time I used Finish, I thought my machine was broken as it left dried up bits of food all over the dishes. It's odd because dishwashers generally have a 'Finish recommended' sticker on them, but they're terrible.

Also Fairy Platinum here. My machine goes on twice a week as well. No issues. Machine is over 7yrs old.

I use Fairy Platinum and if it’s been a few days waiting for it to be fully loaded, I spray with Fairy Skip the Soak.

Run the DW empty, with a cleaner in. There are a few but I use the Pink Crystal one, costs £1.50 a go. It’s worth doing once a month and clean the filter at the bottom too, that helps a lot.

Is it definitely getting hot?

I use aldi or lidl premium dishwasher tablets that look similar to the fairy ones. I scrape but dont rinse as the detergent needs something to work on.
Have you checked the spray arms dont have anything stuck in them?

I just use Sainsbury’s own brand and have no issues. It sounds like there's an issue with your machine. What brand is it? Is it still under warranty?

What cycle are you using?

Are you stacking it effectively so that water can reach all surfaces?

Yep, if I open it as soon as it’s done everything is boiling

Are you using a short or long cycle? I find the short one is less effective at cleaning

I use budget dishwasher tablets, but always use rinse aid and salt and use a 70 degree cycle except when it is a lightly soiled load. I always keep filters and arms clean and scrubbed of grease and build up.

Yes! I even tested it today with just 4 or 6 bits in plus 3 forks and things still came out dirty

Long! It takes easily 2+ hours

That will be because there is a drying cycle at the end of most programs
If you open it mid wash is the water hot?

I will investigate the arms shortly

Mine was like this - I dismantled everything that was removable and noticed that one of the spray arms was damaged. When I tried it under the tap I could see water wasn’t coming out of the little holes. I ordered a new arm, cleaned the other arm and it worked perfectly.

Ooo, okay - right you’ll have to bear with me to get a load on and I’ll check!

The make and model is Miele G 5651 SCVi Active, its intergrated so will be a pain if it needs replacing

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Wo46KNUFM

This should be a video about cleaning miele spray arms

We have a 5 ish yr old Bosch , use an hour cycle , scrape but don’t rinse , fairy platinum tabs , put a cleaner through once a month on the hottest cycle and everything comes out clean

Definintely remove the spray arms and test for blockages in the little holes.

Keep the salt and rinse aid topped up and use 3 in 1 tablets.

Lovely thank you!