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Dishwasher tablet dispenser

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  • mogadon
    mogadon Posts: 312 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    This is the dispenser thing
    http://www.finish.co.uk/finish-quantumatic.php
    Tesco have the starter pack for £10 and 2 pack refill for £8, each one does 12 washes, so £8 for 24 washes. A pack of regular tablets is £6.76 for 20, I suppose it's roughly comparable. Except there's always offers available on tabs if you shop around, especially if you buy the big packs.
  • Mutton_Geoff
    Mutton_Geoff Posts: 4,066 Forumite
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    As this is a moneysaving website, my tip is to use dishwasher powder if you have a water softener or live in a soft water area. It's a lot cheaper than the tablets which are mostly salt (to aid softening) in any case.
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  • keith969
    keith969 Posts: 1,575 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    As this is a moneysaving website, my tip is to use dishwasher powder if you have a water softener or live in a soft water area. It's a lot cheaper than the tablets which are mostly salt (to aid softening) in any case.

    Not sure which tablets you are referring to but ones like Finish Powerball don't contain salt.
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