YES! I love this. A secret that a dishwasher repairman shared with us recently: if your dishes don't get clean with just the cute little packet, it's because that's not how dishwashers work. The door with the packet only opens after the first rinse, which means you're just spraying water at the dishes instead of getting all the gunk off like you could. So powder may actually be better, because you can put the prewash portion on the outside of the little door and the wash portion on the inside. We've solved this problem by putting some powder in the bottom and a packet inside the door.
Another secret is that some dishwashers don't actually have the heating element in the bottom, so you might get cleaner dishes if you heat up the water at your faucet before you start your dishwasher.
YES! I love this. A secret that a dishwasher repairman shared with us recently: if your dishes don't get clean with just the cute little packet, it's because that's not how dishwashers work. The door with the packet only opens after the first rinse, which means you're just spraying water at the dishes instead of getting all the gunk off like you could. So powder may actually be better, because you can put the prewash portion on the outside of the little door and the wash portion on the inside. We've solved this problem by putting some powder in the bottom and a packet inside the door.
Another secret is that some dishwashers don't actually have the heating element in the bottom, so you might get cleaner dishes if you heat up the water at your faucet before you start your dishwasher.