These things⌠annoy me. This is a dishwasher detergent pack, actually one of two that came with my new dishwasher. Detergent packs have become wildly popular
lately, and ya know what? Thatâs cool. I get it. No mess, pre-dosed, convenient. Those qualities are worth a premium! Just donât eat them. I canât believe that ever needed to be said⌠Trouble is, these fly in the face of the way
most dishwashers are designed to operate. Including the one this came with! I have a feeling these guys are responsible
for a lot of dishwasher dissatisfaction these days. See, if you use them exclusively, you may be significantly limiting your dishwasherâs ability to clean. Now, have no fear, your Tide pods are fine. This problem affects dishwashers specifically. To understand why, letâs take a look at
a dishwasher so we can learn how it works. Luckily, I have one! Riiiighhht here. [various shuffling and struggling] [struggling intensifies] Hi. This is a fairly typical and basic household
dishwasher built for the US market. Cue the comments about how European models
are different. Actually, yes, before we go too far - my experience is with the North American market and there seem to be vast differences between the continents. I suspect the main point of my video here
will apply to many of you over there, but I could be wrong and in any case Iâm sure there are lots of particulars that will seem odd or different. Please do comment about them, it boosts engagement! On that note - before we get into the main
point, thereâs a bit of advice I want to give to North American viewers specifically. Our dishwashers...
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OK I spent way too much time on this. Basically, because itâs always been this way, North American dishwashers are hooked up to hot water. Now, because of this, they donât expect
to heat the water for the first rinse. But, since you probably donât get hot water
right away at your kitchen sink, it might start washing with cold water and that alone
will really affect performance. If you arenât already in the habit of doing so, you should run your kitchen faucet until you get hot water before you start the dishwasher. Since the dishwasherâs almost always hooked
into the kitchen sink, this ensures it starts washing with hot water. Yes, this wastes a bit of water, and the entire practice of hooking it into hot water is questionable in the first place, but thatâs just the way it is and if you think your dishwasher sucks you should really try this if nothing else. Anyway... Being a more basic model, this dishwasher
is constructed mostly out of plastic. Normally itâs installed under the countertop which is why they only bother to give it good looks on the one side, though so-called portable models (which really just means theyâre on wheels and donât require permanent installation) as well as countertop models are available if uncommon. Also, comes with this nice blanket to keep it warm! Or maybe itâs for sound-deadening. Probably that. Dishwashers are actually very simple appliances
and they havenât fundamentally changed since, well, since they were invented, actually. Thatâs right, Josephine Cochraneâs dishwasher design
[she later changed the spelling of her name, pedants] patented all the way back in 1886 and considered to be the first modern automatic
dishwasher, worked more or less exactly how this one does. And really, that shouldnât be too surprising because itâs not like the physics of washing dishes have changed from then to now. Speaking of, how does one wash dishes? Great question! First, you get some dishes. Then, you use them to help you prepare and
consume a meal. After thatâs done, now ya got dirty dishes! To clean them, all youâll need is some hot
water, some soap, and something to scrub with. Fill your sink up with some hot water, add
some soap, and go all scrubby scrubby. The mechanical action of your scrubbing combines with the cleaning actions of the soap and the heat of the water to break food residue apart and release it from the dinnerware. Now just give it a good rinse and you have
a clean plate or whatever. And if you work in a commercial kitchen, donât
forget to fill the third compartment of your three compartment sink with an approved chemical
sanitizer solution or extremely hot water. Remember:
Wash. Rinse. Sanitize! But hereâs the thing - you donât actually need something to scrub with to wash dishes. Scrubbing with a towel, sponge, what have
you imparts mechanical force on food grime releasing it from plates, silverware, et cetera. Water by itself can accomplish the same thing,
though. Ask any canyon and itâll tell you just how
abrasive water can be. Well, OK weâre not talking about erosion here but water is heavy stuff. A jet of water can impart a fair bit of force simply because itâs moving at high speed and has a substantial mass. Youâve sprayed dirty boots with a garden
hose before. Or something like that anyway, so youâve
seen this first hand. Dishwashers use this same principle. Combine it with a bit of soap and time, and
youâve got automatic dishwashing. Now, you could simply use the water in your
homeâs pipes, send it through nozzles to create jet streams from the pressure, and spray the dishes but that would be very wasteful. So instead, dishwashers fill themselves with
some quantity of water and use an electric motor to drive a pump which creates its own pressure. The same water will be recirculated through
the dishwasher for long periods of time, which also means that any detergent thatâs added
stays in the water and doesnât get flushed away immediately. How and when detergent gets added to the water
is important. Foreshadowing. When necessary, a second, smaller
pump is used to drain the water, although the mechanical particulars there vary from
model to model. Inside the dishwasher are a series of sprayer
arms which, you guessed it, are armed with sprayers. The main pump sends the water it moves into
these arms which, by restricting the flow from the pump and causing a build-up in pressure, create a series of waterjets to be directed at the items to be cleaned. The jets are pointed in all sorts of different
directions, a definitely deliberate design decision, distributing a deluge of detritus decongestant directly at dirty dishes. Importantly, the spray nozzles are arranged so that the reactive force produced by the water exiting the nozzles causes the arms to rotate for more complete cleaning coverage. Letâs now take a look at the various components
of this dishwasher. The large plastic box which forms the bulk
of its structure is called the tub. Itâs not always plastic, and for a name
like tub it seems to be on its side, but it is the tub nonetheless. A small cavity at its bottom known as the
sump houses the pump assembly and provides much of the space for the water that it will
fill itself with. When cleaning, the pump takes in water through
these filter screens and forces it through a pair of pipes which lead to the sprayer arms. One pipe leads directly to the bottom sprayer, and in this case thereâs a suspended sprayer arm below the top rack as well as an adowable wittle one at the very top; those two are fed by a pipe traveling up the rear of the
tubâs exterior. All of the mechanical bits of the dishwasher
hang from the bottom of the tub, and you might be surprised at how few there are. Only four things need to be controlled here. First thereâs a solenoid valve which allows
clean water into the tub. Second there are the two electric motors that
drive the pumps - the large one provides the pressure for cleaning and discharges through the sprayer arms, and the smaller one discharges to this hose for draining. And finally there is the resistive heating
element, with its terminals protruding through the tub here. And thatâs it. Since this is a modern dishwasher there is a microprocessor at the helm, and it monitors a few sensors. This one here is a mechanical float switch
which signals that the tub is full. However, this is a backup input. It doesnât actually fill the tub anywhere
near this full - instead, there is a second, hidden sensor here. I suspect the float switch is there mainly
to guard against overfilling in case the main sensor fails or the solenoid valve gets stuck
open. Or some other thing. Lastly, there is a temperature sensor which
helps it know when it needs to heat the water. Oh, and of course there is also a door switch so it can tell if the door is open or not. Speaking of the door, now letâs talk about the door! This is where the brains of the operation
are, including the logic board and user input panel, as well two more things the dishwasher
has control over. Built into the door at the top is a vent that
opens when drying, and about midway up the door on the inside is the star of the
show: the detergent dispenser. See, because of how dishwashers work, it would be best for it to be able to release detergent into the tub at a specific point in the cleaning cycle. That is after all the entire point of having a detergent
dispenser. It wouldnât bother with one if it didnât
want control over when itâs introduced to the wash water. And this is where, in my opinion, dishwasher detergent packs are making things worse for all of us. Well, those of us with dishwashers, anyway. To explain what I mean, we need to observe
the dishwasher in action and uncover its sequence of operations. When a cycle is started, after running the
drain pump for a while to get any stray water that might be in the tub for whatever reason
out of it, the water inlet valve is opened and water is let in. Once itâs full, it runs the main pump and
starts cleaning in earnest. Remember that this water isnât being heated
by the dishwasher, so unless you ran your kitchen tap this may be stone cold. Because the dishwasher has filled itself with
so little water, hardly even a gallon (or 4-ish liters) it canât run the bottom and top sprayers at the same time. So, it periodically switches which ones are
cleaning. I believe it accomplishes this simply by reversing
the direction of the pump motor, as I donât see any sort of valve anywhere. When itâs not cleaning the bottom rack,
water is redirected out the rear supply pipe and sent into the top sprayers. This does have the unfortunate side-effect
of making the wash cycle much longer, but comes with the benefit of reduced water usage. In many dishwashers, including this one, the impeller of the main pump acts something like a garbage disposal. It shreds food particles apart so that they
can easily be drained and wonât harm your plumbing. This isnât universal, though - some dishwashers,
notably models made by Bosch, instead use filter screens to trap particles, and these
require periodic cleaning. Sounds gross, but whatever. This dishwasher is of the pulverizing variety, and itâs actually got a really clever design feature. The bottom sprayer arm shoots jets of water
along the bottom of the sump to push solids into the main pump intake where they will
be shredded into gloop. Neat! This first fill of water is responsible for⌠well, a lot. The dishes are as dirty as theyâll ever
be when you first start the dishwasher, and thereâs a lot of grime to take care of. That means this fill of water gets filthy⌠fast. So it doesnât spend much time with this
water. Only about fifteen minutes. It then drains it away. And it fully expects this water to be frigginâ
nasty. The next step in its program is to fill with
just a bit of water, and run the pump in a few short bursts. This dilutes whateverâs left of the nastiness (after all there will always be at least some water left in the sump from the last fill) and probably helps ensure the pump doesnât clog. It then drains this small quantity of water. Now, notice that this entire time the detergent dispenser has remained closed. Because the first fill is the nastiest and
also the shortest, it doesnât make sense to release the detergent right away. Again, that is the entire reason the dishwasher
has a mechanism to hold and release detergent. It has to get the nasty stuff out first, and if it had released the detergent, well the detergent would have left with all the nasty
stuff in the first 15 minutes of the cycle. Thatâs no good. But wait, you say. Isnât detergent, like, there to help it clean? Wouldnât it be good to have some in the
first fill to help it get more gunk off faster? Why yes! It would! And this is why many dishwashers, and in fact
every single model Iâve encountered personally, have not one... but TWO places for you to put detergent. One of which, the pre-wash compartment, is open to the tub to release detergent immediately for the first fill (in this case through these little vents) and the other, the main wash, is sealed until the dishwasherâs program calls for it. Are you starting to see why I donât like
detergent packs? Quick note, for those of you with dishwashers
that donât have a pre-wash basin, hold your commenting fingers because weâll get to
you. So, this dishwasher like many, many others out there
is designed with the expectation that some detergent will be in that first fill, and that *more* detergent will be available to it when it wants it. And sure enough, after it drains the real
nasty water out of itself and does that little purge routine, it fills up with fresh water,
this time completely, so it can start cleaning again. Shortly after it begins, it opens the detergent
dispenser. It spends a long time with this water:
nearly an hour. With most of the real nastiness long gone, it can really work to clean the stubborn bits with very soapy and mostly clean water. This is also where it turns on the heating
element to heat the wash water further, if needed. Which, since 15 minutes has passed since the
last fill, is almost a given. Again, we might want to rethink this whole âdishwashers are hooked up to hot waterâ business because I think it might be more
harmful than helpful. Your water heater ends up heating a bit of
water that gets cold again by the time the dishwasher actually needs it. Itâs not great. Now, after itâs done cleaning, it needs
to rinse your dishes to make sure thereâs no detergent left on them. To do this using as little water as possible,
this dishwasher takes special care in the draining of the main wash. It adds a bit of water while the drain pump is
still running to dilute whatâs left in the sump. Then it does the same small fill and purge
routine it did after draining the first fill. This further dilutes whatâs left. And to be extra extra sure the detergentâs
gone, it again lets water in at the same time it drains the purge water. Finally, it fills completely and pumps the
rinse water around for about a half hour while also heating it. If you have a sanitize option, this is when
that happens. In the US, the rinse water will be heated
to at least 150°F per the NSF specification on residential dishwashers. After the final rinse, it drains this water
away and runs the heating element to dry the dishes, if desired. Letâs step back a moment. What do we need detergent for in the first place? What does it actually do? Well, a number of things. Dishwasher detergents are concoctions of various
chemical surfactants and enzymes with three particularly useful properties for washing
dishes automatically: it helps break down proteins in food, and it acts as an emulsifier and a dispersant. They also donât produce suds, an absolute necessity when pumping water around in a machine. This is why you canât use plain dish soap
in a dishwasher - otherwise, this happens. Fun. Except, not at all. Oh, and dishwasher detergent is the main reason
some things arenât dishwasher safe. Itâs more aggressive than just plain soap,
and so can harm certain items or finishes. Anyway, you know that oil and water donât
mix, right? This presents problems when cleaning dishes because we often have various oily substances in our food which in turn end up on the dishes. Emulsifiers can ease the tensions between
oil and water. Dishwasher detergent, and in fact soap more
broadly, is an emulsifier. It allows oil and water to mix by encapsulating
tiny oil droplets in structures called micelles which then become suspended in the water. The emulsifying action of the detergent thus
allows you to clean oily things using water. Fun fact! Egg yolks are an emulsifier, which is why eggs are often called for in recipes for baked goods where oil or butter is to be mixed with flour and water. You need them to keep the oil or butter from
separating out of the batter, dough, etc. Which leads us to the dispersant properties
of detergent. Dispersants, also known as dispersing agents, are used to keep you in suspen - I mean keep things in suspension. I will now read this amazing sentence from
Wikipedia: âDispersants are widely used to stabilize various industrial and artisanal products, such as paints, ferrofluids, and salad dressings.â The main benefit of having a dispersing agent
in the dishwasher detergent is that it helps keep oil droplets, food particles, what have
you in suspension so they donât settle out of the water and form a nice buildup of residue. âCause thatâd be gross. Plus, it keeps them from redepositing on the
dishes, as that would be counterproductive. So basically, detergent helps break down food
things and helps them mix with the water which makes the water more effective at getting food things off plates and stuff. Thatâs a really simple way to put it but
itâs more or less correct. And so I ask you, would it not be beneficial to have some detergent from the beginning? After all, if the point of the first fill
is to remove and pulverize the biggest, nastiest, grossest food bits and get them out of the
wash water quickly, would we not want it to be able to emulsify oils and break down proteins, remove more food particles as a result, and keep those particles in suspension until it
can drain them away by adding a little bit of detergent to the water from the start? Personally? Yes. I want that. And these little buggers have taken this
away from me and you and everyone you love. Well, OK, thatâs not strictly true, but their popularity has caused most consumers to bypass the very helpful and in my opinion necessary addition of detergent in the first pre-wash fill. Dishwashers can clean much more effectively
if they have detergent in both the initial fill and the main wash. You really shouldnât need to pre-rinse the
stuff you put in a dishwasher because thatâs what the first fill does! Without detergent in it, though, it canât
do nearly as good a job. And now that detergent packs are the de facto
form of detergent, your dishwasher simply doesnât work as well as it should. I mean, look, this box of Cascade powder
even says âFor best results, fill both the pre-wash and the main wash cups completely.â How am I supposed to do that with one of these,
Cascadeâ˝ Letâs do some experiments, shall we? Iâve prepared a few pairs of dirty plates
soiled with various grossness. Here we have baked-on pasta sauce. This bowl is filled with remnants of pancake
mix. We have a plate on which scrambled eggs were
eaten. And finally, thereâs 2 tablespoons of butter and about a quarter cup of shredded cheese microwaved to make this mess. And, these have been sitting undisturbed for
about 3 days. Yummy! Iâll be running them through a normal cycle
on this dishwasher, but Iâll be stopping it after it drains the first fill so we can
see how much gets done in that first 15 minutes. The water entering the dishwasher will be
as hot as the tap allows. For one run no detergent will be added to
the pre-wash basin, and for the next run there will be. And itâs nothing special, just this Great
Value lemon scented gel. Letâs see how it goes. Hereâs the first attempt. Remember, thereâs no detergent in here at
all; itâs cleaning with water only. Itâs doing surprisingly well at getting
the pasta sauce off. That waterâs looking pretty gross⌠and
here it comes. Look at that deliciousness. Mm-mm good! Now, letâs do this again but this time with
some detergent. Itâs been placed in the pre-wash area and
you can see it oozing out. Actually, it doesnât need to be here at
all, in fact I think it would be better just to squirt some into the tub, but Iâve done it because itâs prim and proper (plus itâs the amount the dishwasher manufacturer recommends because, well, it is a measuring cup after all). Alright, and washing⌠washing⌠done! Or, well, no⌠15 minutes of a two hour cycle but now letâs
compare! Iâll admit that I was surprised just how
much water alone was able to accomplish, particularly with the pasta sauce. And, believe it or not, the run with pre-wash
detergent actually did worse with the pancake mix. But the devil is in the details, and there
are some important and significant differences. While the difference looks slight at first
glance, more pasta sauce was removed and more completely when there was detergent, particularly in the areas it had been burned onto the plate. There are many more flecks that stuck behind
when there wasnât detergent in the water. Next, notice that a fair bit of butter remained
on the buttery cheese plate. With detergent in the water, all the butter
had been dissolved into the wash water. Thanks to the emulsifying action of the detergent,
of course. There doesnât seem to be much of a difference
when it comes to the cheese, but remember that what doesnât leave in the first fill
will stick around for the main wash. This glob of butter will take up a lot of
the detergentâs ability to emulsify oils in the main wash, which will make it less effective, whereas when there was pre-wash detergent it was all gone. Last but certainly not least, the eggs. Eggs are notoriously difficult for dishwashers
to tackle, and sure enough it doesnât look like much has been accomplished here. But look closer. The run with detergent removed much more of
the surface residue than water alone. This is probably thanks to the enzymes in
the detergent beginning to break down the proteins in the eggs. It doesn't look like it at a glance, but to
me this is the most compelling evidence of the benefits of pre-wash detergent. Remember that these results are after only
15 minutes into the cycle, and more detergent (and clean water) would be on the way were the cycle to continue. The simple addition of detergent to the first
fill, and honestly not all that much, increased the amount of food it removed in just the
first few minutes of washing. If it can get more out in the first rinse, it will obviously do better in the main wash. Not only that, but without detergent, a disgusting amount of sludge built up at the base of the sprayer arm and pump intake. Most of that was the butter, Iâm sure, because
it doesnât mix well with water alone. A little detergent, though, greatly reduced
that sludge buildup. And, of course, that means the main wash would
have less to deal with. Again, I know Iâm repeating myself here, but there are two places to put detergent for a reason! I hope through this you can see why. No matter how fancy your detergent pack may
claim to be, it will be working harder than it needs to without a little help in the pre-wash. Except, of course, for the dishwashers that
donât have a pre-wash basin. It seems Bosch in particular has just given
up and conceded that everyone buys detergent packs these days. They no longer include a spot for pre-wash
detergent, which is particularly odd because they still have a dispenser and still hold it shut until the second fill. You would imagine that they would want their
dishwashers to perform at their peak, and I can all but guarantee they could do with
a bit of detergent in the first fill, nevertheless they donât bother to encourage it anymore. I suspect this is a reaction to the proliferation
of detergent packs, and not because the pre-wash detergent doesnât help. Weâve just seen that it does significantly. My guess is that Bosch has optimized their
wash programs for only one introduction of detergent, and Iâd bet thanks to detergent
packs. However, my new KitchenAid dishwasher, with such fancy features as a third rack for flatware, mugs, and glasses and a turbidity sensor which can determine how dirty the wash water is, still encourages you to add a little extra
detergent. In this case thereâs a divot on the sliding
dispenser door, and detergent placed here will just fall into the tub. But you canât do that if you buy detergent
packs. I mean, sure, I guess you could just use two
with each load but that would be a little silly. And still, some dishwasher manufacturers like
LG say that if you are to use a detergent pack, you should bypass the dispenser altogether
and instead place it directly into the tub. But thatâs horrible advice, particularly
since many packs are nothing more than plain powder detergent in a dissolvable membrane, with maybe a little extra flair. It will all be gone after the first drain
if you just throw it in the tub. Really, dishwasher detergent packs just...
donât make sense to me. One of the great benefits of using an automatic
dishwasher is that it greatly reduces the amount of water needed to wash dishes compared to washing by hand. This is all the water this model uses in a
normal wash cycle, which can tackle more than 8 place settings! It only takes 4.2 gallons, or about 16 liters, precisely because the detergent keeps food particles suspended in the wash water, allowing the same water to provide cleaning action for almost an hour. Oh, and it only used 1.2 kilowatt hours of
energy! But you hinder your dishwasher greatly when
you only introduce detergent once. I suspect that a lot of complaints surrounding
modern dishwashers not cleaning as well as old ones have detergent packs to blame, at
least in part. Oh, phosphates you say? Yeah, quick note, there are a lot of folks
out there who are convinced that phosphate-free detergents, which were introduced to combat the environmental damage caused by phosphates being introduced into the waterways, just doesnât work as well as old fashioned phosphate-full detergent. Personally? I donât buy that. I... I just donât have issues with my dishwasher
not cleaning well with really any detergent I've used. Plus, phosphates were added to reduce limescale
deposits from hard water, not exactly a function of cleaning. Using a rinse aid product will help, so if
you arenât doing that, well start doing that. Hereâs an anecdote for you. This pan was used to make a cheese and bean
dip I make every once in a while. Iâve let it dry out, thereâs caked on
cheese and oil and in general itâs, uh, well it's kinda nasty, but I know it will be cleaned just fine by my dishwasher. It's done it many times before. Even if Iâve let it sit for days before
I clean it. And for the most part I buy cheap, store-brand detergent! All I do is put it in both places my dishwasher asks me to and it cleans excellently. Even this old one did a great job - I only replaced it because its control board is starting to get a little loopy, and sometimes it crashes and doesnât finish a cycle. It only happened twice during the making of this video! It might have been an easy fix, but itâs also
kinda loud, and so was the perfect candidate for cutting a hole into. I never pre-rinse my plates, cookware, even
stuff like this skillet. The first fill, with a bit of detergent, does
that for you. Thatâs the point! Granted, Iâm no chef, but I just put whatever
is dirty in the dishwasher without thinking, and rarely do I ever find something that wasnât
cleaned perfectly. Usually itâs just something like a random
fork with a stuck on piece of celery or junk like that. Even this giant skillet, after making something
like beef with broccoli with its gross and sticky sauce, it comes out perfectly clean without
any pretreatment. And with cheap detergent. If youâre constantly underwhelmed by your
dishwasher, well first you should probably buy a dishwasher cleaning product and run that through it according to its instructions, also check to see if there are any filters
to clean, but seriously, go buy some basic powder or gel detergent, and put it in the dispenser
AND the pre-wash area (wherever that is) and see how it goes. You might find it did a better job than it
ever did with the fanciest of packs. And also, now I get to be grumpy, itâs getting
hard to buy plain detergent these days! Everybody wants packs, and I would be OK with
that were it not for the fact that using a single detergent pack is antithetical to the proper function of most dishwashers. The pre-wash basin would not exist if the
manufacturer didnât think it might be helpful. And truthfully, I think that adding in a bit
of detergent to the tub even on models that donât have a specific pre-wash area would provide a dramatic improvement to cleaning performance. You might want to give it a try yourself,
it really wonât hurt anything. Now, hereâs a caveat. Pretty much every dishwasher has different programs
to choose from. You may have an express wash option or similar
which does indeed open the detergent door right away. For these wash programs, if you use them, it simply makes the first fill the main wash, and so adding pre-wash detergent wouldnât make a difference there. But most ânormalâ cycles will behave like
weâve seen here - thereâs at least one pre-wash fill before it opens the detergent
dispenser to get all the nastiness out quick. And in that case, youâll get better cleaning
with a little detergent in there from the get go. I said "get go," not gecko. Anyway, youâre right. The main point of this video was for me to
tell you about the existence of the pre-wash detergent basin and show you that, if you actually use it, your dishwasher will work a lot better. I want you to experience the full potential
of your dishwasher. So many people seem to think that dishwashers
need to be babied, that you need to rinse anything remotely dirty off before you load it up, and thatâs just never been the case for me. Either Iâm the luckiest person alive, or
pre-wash detergent makes a huge difference. I think itâs the latter - when it has soap
from the start, it can work so much better. Thanks for watching, Iâd really love for
you to give old fashioned detergents a try. Theyâve never let me down, despite being
the value option. And truthfully thatâs not my motivation,
I just donât get how a detergent pack is gonna be a better option because⌠thatâs not how dishwashers work! And the popularity of, like, those Finish
tabs that are individually wrapped? Donât get that at all. Thatâs way more annoying than just squirting
some gel into a couple of cups. If you like the convenience or accessibility
of packs, which I can absolutely appreciate, my advice would be to try the cheapest ones
and use two with each load. Put one in the dispenser and throw another
one in at the start. That is, of course, if your dishwasher behaves
like this one. Which, on a normal cycle, it probably does. Now, you can usually hear the detergent dispenser
open, and if it does a fill and drain before that happens, I really think youâll have
better results with basic detergent but twice. Itâs worth a try, anyway, and please - feel free to come back here and tell me if I was wrong. My experience may simply be outliery. And also, I would very much recommend against
doing this to your dishwasher. Despite using gobs of silicone and letting
it cure for three days, the seal failed. Yeah, that was fun. Nothing quite like fighting a water leak near
live electrical connections. My second attempt worked, but only because
I sealed both the inside and outside. And I can tell that the inner seal has failed,
as waterâs trapped behind the glass. Itâs almost like dishwashers are designed
to clean things using high-speed jets of water or something. Whodathunk. ⍠phosphate-free smooth jazz ⍠Though, so-called portable models, which really just means theyâre on wheels and so donât require⌠bo! Not "and so". No! With most of the real nastiness long gone,
it can easily work to clean the stubborn bibts⌠mmm! It, well I think they all do, you may ha [extremely weird noises] Sounds gross! But whatever. This dishwasher is of the pulverizing variety, and itâs actually got a reaaally cleugh I donât like how this lineâs being delivered! Exactly how this one does, and really that
shouldnât be all to surpri - [just crashes like a computer or something] ...acts like a garbage disposo. It shreds⌠disposal. I⌠Disposo the Clownâs coming back! Remember him? I imagine the comments are going to be filled with everyone's dishwasher takes. And I mean, that's fair, that's basically what this entire video is. One giant dishwasher hot take. Yes I am grumpy and insufferable, why do you ask?
All the text on the buttons of my dishwasher was rubbed off a long time ago so I just push buttons until it starts, and my dishes still come out fine.
Why did I watch this?
And what's even more disturbing, why did I enjoy watching this?
In the video, âYes people in Europe your dish washers are different. This is about North American dishwashers. Also Bosch washers are differentâ
Top comment, âHey Iâm in Europe and mine is differentâ
Follow up, âYeah so is my Bosch!â
Nice work, Reddit. We did it.
TL; DW: There's a prewash container next to the normal container. USe it, as dishwashers are designed to use that prewash soap in the first 15 min rinse and the results are way better. Detergent packs do not help there.
Can we please give him a show on PBS?
Why is this guy sooo likable?! I watch all his stuff.
Does anyone have issues with their table knives coming out with brown spots? Almost looks like rust? Sometimes goopy? Iâve tried just about everything. Itâs always just the knives. Nothing else.
This was enlightening as a child of immigrants who only hand washed dishes and used the dishwasher as cabinet space.
I spent the whole 30 minutes trying to prove that this didnât need to be 30 minutes.
... I got nothin for ya. Very informative.