[neilfrndes]

For me, moving away from pods to a dishwasher liquid (cascade 3x from Costco) made the most difference. I add some liquid in the prewash and some in the main compartment. I had to figure out the right amount to add in each via trial and error. I don't pre rinse or run the hot water beforehand, my dishes come out clean.

[Loughla]

We had to switch from pods to liquid because the pods make way too many suds, so the emergency float shut off was getting stuck.

Source; that time I replaced my fucking dishwasher because I couldn't figure out why it kept leaking so much everywhere.

[al_borland]

I had the opposite problem. I used the gel and the dishwasher wouldn’t completely drain. I had someone out to look at it and they couldn’t figure out what was wrong. I tried a pod as a last ditch effort and it worked.

I’ve since moved and use the powder with my current one, as recommended by Technology Connections, and have had good luck.

[nonchalantsui]

I'm surprised you made the switch to liquid and not to powder. It's so much cheaper and not as fussy as liquid. That plus a tiny bottle of rinse aid that lasts forever winds up giving me the cleanest dishes.

[neilfrndes]

I tried using powder as well, but the dishes weren't coming out as clean. I will give powder another shot when my current liquid runs out

[rblatz]

We use pods, don’t mess with pre-rinse, dishes come out clean. Don’t worry about water temp. We do use jet dry otherwise the dishes come out wet.