[a_wild_dandan]

His specific thesis is that pods fundamentally clean worse than powder because they're inherently single-stage releases of detergent in machines designed for two-stage releases. Despite this, he still explicitly says that pods have their uses. So I'm unclear on how his goal is "proving that everyone is wrong." Did we watch different videos?

[Rebelgecko]

I think the main advantage of pods is accessibility

[tguvot]

Is there list of machines that designed for two stage releases?

[stephen_g]

Even if it doesn't have a specific prewash section you can literally just toss a bit of powder in to the machine, since the prewash happens first.

[SAI_Peregrinus]

More interesting would be a list of machines not designed for two-stage release. They probably exist, but it'll be a much smaller list.

[TiredOfLife]

All of them

[Yizahi]

Out of 5 machines I've used at different apartments, none had a separate pre-wash dispenser. And I've saved manual for my current one, it says nothing about adding detergent additionally to the dishes. And all of them washed just fine with powder, without any additional mumbo-jumbo.

[tguvot]

i have dishwasher that is loaded with cartridge that has 400g of powder. ideal scenario for dispensing detergent at will. yet, never mind what cycle I am using, it dispensed only during main wash cycle.

i also had in past machines from 5 different manufacturers. none of them had mechanisms that facilitate 2 releases or pre-wash compartments

[TiredOfLife]

> i also had in past machines from 5 different manufacturers. none of them had mechanisms that facilitate 2 releases or pre-wash compartments

did you check the manual? I think in a previous video he mentioned that for machines like that it was stated in manual to add powder for prewash directly in the machine.

[tguvot]

they all washed dishes just fine without any prewash powder added. somebody "here" even quoted bosch manual that there is no need in prewash powder. i most of the time use cycle that doesn't even has prewash