tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831069796474316133.post-69758078494631025632007-08-10T11:40:00.000-07:002007-08-10T11:49:35.314-07:00When I first moved into my house, I was excited to have a dishwasher for the very first time since I moved out of my parents' house 10 years ago. I got a box of Cascade, and started using that, but at some point my anti-big-brand bias took hold, and I thought, it's probably awful stuff, made with ground up bones and dreams or something. I got some of the Mrs. Meyer's stuff from Central Market, a brand that at least <i>looks</i> smaller and more independent, and started using that.<br /><br />A while ago I realized that my dishes come out of my dishwasher just filthy. I routinely have to re-wash plates, silverware is covered in gunk, and I thought, man, I guess my dishwasher is just no good. That's too bad. I started washing things by hand more and more.<br /><br />On a whim, I tried using the Cascade again, thinking, "This won't work, there's no way the difference is the detergent. Obviously it's just a bad dishwasher."<br /><br />My dishes are spotless now.<br /><br />I actually Googled, just now, to find the name "Cascade" -- it had slipped my mind -- and came across a review of detergents by Consumer Reports. I've been meaning to subscribe to them forever, and at $26 a year, you can't really go wrong, so I did. Turns out Mrs. Meyer's scored a 54, and the powdered Cascade got an 85. Now I'm going to go try their top scorer, the Cascade packets.<br /><br />I'm just excited I don't have to hand-wash things anymore. It was a sad day when I realized it wasn't getting things clean.brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16427702387286733536noreply@blogger.com