Bi-O-Kleen Automatic Dish Soap

Last year (2007) near Earth Day, I was trying to be more environmentally aware. I was out of my normal gel dishwasher liquid and was scouring the aisles of the supermarket for a new eco-friendly product. As it was near Earth Day, this product was on sale, so I decided to try it. I was skeptical because I have a pre-teen son who's idea of rinsing the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher is shaking them over the garbage bin. Also, I had had unpleasant experiences with powder cleaners in the past.

This product exceeded my expectations. Every once in a while there is a little residue, but I think it's when the dishwasher just needs a plain rinse cycle. Another great sales feature was that the product lasted for months.The jar says 64 loads; I bought one jar in April and didn't need another one until November. On average we have 1-2 loads of dishes per week.

Have been doing dishes by hand for years...always thought it was better for enviroment etc. We bought our house and it came with a high end dishwasher over a year ago. So our dilemma is finding a phosphorus free dish soap....we had been using Method, but I now question their "branding". So we bought this over a month ago....6 weeks or so and do about 2-3 loads of dishes a week. Our water is ultra-soft as we have a super reverse osmosis/charcoal house water pump and system....great water. Anyway...it works great with our machine...and we understand it uses less water too. So we are happy except when we run out of dishes...

In any case this stuff works great....like a tablespoon and its fantastic. Of course I dont have anything to compare it to...but our stuff comes out clean and pretty spotless....I am looking at getting a big box of this so I dont have to get it online via 13 bucks a whack. Looks like this two pounds will last at least 6 and maybe 8 months though.

I usually don't use powders, I have had lots of residue and really not too clean using a powder. This is the best powder I have used. It does clean the dishes and only once in a while leaves a residue. It does last a long time considering we only use the dishwasher 1 or 2 times a week, usually only after the weekend.

Overall its a good product but I really prefer liquids.

I've tried most of the leading brands of green automatic dish powder and I think this is the best. One small container takes up hardly any room in your cabinets & lasts forever. It cleans well and doesn't leave any residue or any fake lemon scent.