The great dishwasher tablet rip off
gregrichards
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Does anyone else think dishwasher tablets are a complete rip off? I saw a bag of Finish tablets today in Tesco for £16 which is extortionate. They probably cost about 2p a tablet to make. It is ridiculous there are people out there getting £57 a week job seekers allowance to live on. It's about time the public said enough is enough to being ripped off. I realize though that this is definitely a first world problem.
Does anyone have any recommendations for good tablets that are reasonably priced?
Does anyone have any recommendations for good tablets that are reasonably priced?
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You can get big boxes of finish tabs cheaper in places like farmfoods or the factory shop.
If you are on jobseekers, then you probably shouldn't be running a dishwasher at all, and doing your washing up by hand, a bottle of own-brand washing up liquid costs £1 max! I'm not saying dishwasher tablets aren't expensive, but they aren't exactly an essential. A good tip though is to look for offers - a quick search tells me that a box of 56 finish dishwasher tablets is currently £6.97 in Asda
Which is it that you are wanting to discuss? The title suggests it's tablets in which case the answer is easy, don't buy those ones. Buy ones that are offer or a supermarkets own brand. I buy Lidl's W5 ones, they are about £4 I think for a large box and produce perfectly acceptable results.
Are people on JSA forced to buy Finish Tablets? I don't think JSA payments should include an allowance Finish Dishwasher tablets, the paperwork required to remove it from those without dishwashers would be very time consuming.
A wind-up surely
Hey, I've seen this so many times.
The big supermarkets overcharge for Finish tabs.
Go to Lidle's and you get twice the amount for half the price.
Also, there are the farm Shops who charge around £8-9 for 110 Finish tabs. And the store that used to be called Poundworld but has changed it's name (can't remember) sells Finish tabs for around the same price as the Farm Shops. 100-110 Finish tabs for about £8-9.
You could always lick everything clean....saves a fortune....
Personally I favour the Fortum and Mason's prestige ones, made from ground-up Panda bones and they're £16 EACH.
I was always under the impression that running your dishwasher, say, once a day, was cheaper than a number of sessions of hand washing?? Detergents aside, I thought it was the cost of heating the water? Dishwashers use less water than 4 or 5 bowls?
That there are people who spend sixteen quid a pop on dishwasher tablets is an indisputable fact, if that's what they cost where you shop. Because if no one was buying them at that price, they'd not be at that price.
Simple economics - all shops charge what the customers will pay.
Using a dishwasher actually uses less water and energy than doing it by hand. If you get the low cost tablet too it might be less all round.
You probably use more in electricity/gas (And water) to do it by hand than in a dishwasher...
We use Aldi tablets at about £4 for 40.
A person 57 quid a week shouldnt have a dishwasher in the first place tbh - sounds rather an unneccessary luxury ?
Branded tablets doesnt mean theyre the best - like a branded pretty well anything. The cost of expensive advertising has to be included in the price plus a healthy profit margin and thats why theyre more expensive .Between me and you a lot of brands are pure guff bought by some fairly gullible people .
Maybe we should be taking somebody off JSA to wash our dishes for us?
But just a word on the jobless person living on £57 a week and has recently lost their job but still owns their dishwasher of course. It seems a bit harsh that in addition to lifestyle changes they've got to start washing up by hand.
Perhaps we should have a whip round and donate some magnum tablets.
I mostly use the LIDL budget tablets, something like 30 for less than 2 quid. I find them very good in terms of price, performance and treatment of delicate glassware. Also had good results with Wiko's budget brand. So yeah, these cheaper products are more than good enough for my needs. Spending more would just be a waste.
I also periodically use dishwasher salt and rinse aid simply to ensure the machine is working under optimal conditions.
If you're interested here's a reference to a recent WHICH report:
http://money.aol.co.uk/2014/02/24/dishes-done-best-by-lidl-and-aldi-which/
I use fairy tablets at the moment I get a bag of 56 for £7.99 out of a store called discountUK. I might give the Aldi ones a go when I next need them.
Have a great weekend everyone.
I really doubt it.
I use a dishwasher as a labour saving device as I'm lazy but I don't kid myself that it's cheaper than doing the dishes myself.
As for the tablets I just stock up when they are on half price sale or BOGOFF. Since I live alone and I'm out at work all day I only run my machine once every few days.