Miele 60cm G5000 and Choice of Tablet

lookgg on 18/02/2025 - 11:06
Last edited 18/02/2025 - 17:04

I recently replaced old dishlex with Miele G5000 dishwasher. They gave a box of example tablet, Ultra Tab, it works really well.
However, I have been using the cheapest Finish Classic (now discontinued). Question is that after wash, on area where there is some water residual on dishes or plastic boxes, it feels very slippery. I tried different washing mode, only the 75c mode works better but the slippery water residual still there. My old dishlex uses lot of water comparing to Miele, but it was not picky and worked with most tablets.
I am just wondering if anyone sees the same issue? or the cheapest Finish Classic is not compatible with Miele?
Remarks: I buy tablets based on discounts, so I also tried Finish Powerball Ultimate, it works really well with the Miele.

** Correction, I mentioned Finish Powerball Classic, but it is actually just Finish Classic

Home & Garden Dishwashing Tablets Miele

Comments

  • MS Paint on 18/02/2025 - 11:15
    +1

    Try powder instead. The Aldi one is excellent and cheap enough to try and experiment.

    I'm guessing the tablet does not breakdown quick enough in the new dishwasher leaving you with some residual slime.

    • lookgg on 18/02/2025 - 17:02

      it could be, and the next trial will be break the tablet into half to see if it improves or not…

  • StingyBritches on 18/02/2025 - 11:32
    +1

    We use Finish Classic (non-powerball) and have nil issues with our Miele dishwasher using the automatic sensing mode.

    • lookgg on 18/02/2025 - 17:05

      I looked at the package again, sorry mine is also Finish Classic… I also tried the automatic mode, so I am wondering why I face the issue oops.
      Just wonder do you use rinse aid?

  • JimB on 18/02/2025 - 12:27
    +1

    "on area where there is some water residual on dishes or plastic boxes, it feels very slippery. I tried different washing mode"

    I'm going to bet that you pre-rinse your dishes and therefore the detergent has nothing to dissolve = too much detergent.

    • lookgg on 18/02/2025 - 17:09

      ah! I do a little bit… as I don't want to block the water outlet… yet other tablets have no issue for my way to "pre treat" the dishes…

      • JimB on 18/02/2025 - 21:05

        Just scrap the food. No need to rinse.

        If you rinse, use powder.

        1 teaspoon in prewash. 1 teaspoon in main wash. Sounds insufficient but more detergent doesn’t make for a better clean.

  • Embaloo on 18/02/2025 - 12:54
    +1

    Hey, good to hear your specifics. We also buy based on cheapest 110pk deals and have stocks of the classic. Have a fisher and paykel, and previously dishlex. Using a mix of the classic lemon with and without the powerball.

    I wonder if its is the amount of tablet ratio, if the miele uses as you say lots less water.

    Best practice with the tabs (or powder) is actually to have a small amount of detergent in the pre-rinse (whivh would get removed with tbe first draining), so our current practice is: when unwrapping, to break off a third of the tab (doesnt really matter between a quarter and almost a half) by pressing it against the inside of the door to snap/crumble some off (can almost always do this without touching the tab itself if careful), then putting the larger remainder in the tab compartment.

    May be worth a trial? This does the trick for us with no suds and a reasonable wash. Can't help out with the miele difference soz.

    And yeah as above, we don't pre-rinse, only remove everything that is 3D (particularly the biggest crevice blockers including rice, oats, grated veg and any thick oil of course), but leave small sauce, etc. Don't need to do the job of an automatic machine by pre-rinsing and it actually works against you because of the cycle design. Are you pre-rinsing?

    Give these things a go if so.

    • lookgg on 18/02/2025 - 17:21

      very good tips! I will try and report back later :)

      • lookgg on 24/02/2025 - 08:34
        +1

        Hi Embaloo, I did some experiments and it works! At first, I split the tablet and placed only half of it on a quick run 65'c for ~50 min, it didn't clean out fat, some fat remained in all over the machines. Then I tried put half inside the tablet cabinet and half to the bottom, it worked perfectly on both the quick 65'c and the "auto" cycle. Although the 65'c quick cycle is better, in term of residuals, on the auto cycle, it is like 99% great but it still has a bit slippery feel on plastics like plastic box or plastic spatula; and on 65'c quick cycle, I don't feel slippery on area on everything washed… I am very happy.

        To all, thanks so much for your help and comments!

        • Embaloo on 03/03/2025 - 16:54

          Hey thats great news, came here to follow up, woo hoo!! No wastage at least 👍👍👍

    • JimB on 18/02/2025 - 22:20
      +1

      I use to do something similar.

      These days I just use Shine powder including in the pre rinse, and also rinse aid.

      Everything comes out spotless.

      Save the hassle of breaking the tablet

      • Embaloo on 03/03/2025 - 16:56
        +1

        GTK. I tried shine as well as the other homebrand powder for the F&P , got OK results but not as good a clean as rhe finish. Pretty annoying that it can come down to the machine type and that they can be so finnicky. But it is good when you find what works cheaply.

        • JimB on 04/03/2025 - 08:38

          That’s surprising for me because it usually gets good reviews. I’m still a big fan of it.

          Anyway at least you tried.

          Oh yeah, just double checking you used rinse aid?

  • sumyungguy on 18/02/2025 - 14:01

    Are you sure that slippery water vibe isn't rinse aid?

    • lookgg on 18/02/2025 - 17:25

      Indeed.. I don't use rinse aid… actually next step would be adding rinse aid to try out. In the past, the old machine didn't need rinse aid and worked just fine. So I used the classic tablet without rinse aid, and swap with premium tablet in every 5-6 washes, since those "better" tablet has rinse aid in all-in-one package… so I didn't need to add extra

      • sumyungguy on 18/02/2025 - 17:32

        Rinse aid gets dispensed in the final rinse; I'm not sure how a tablet can do this. It's an inexpensive product, just start on the lowest dispensing volume and see if you have spotty knives and/or wine glasses. But as you're not using it yet I don't know what's going on with the slippery sensation. Unlikely it's the tablets as I've tried plenty of different brands. The only discernable difference is washing performance, in my case tannin rings on white teacups.

  • Stewardo on 18/02/2025 - 15:53

    Buy the finish products off the importers. The Aussie stock you get from Coles etc is very expensive.
    Quality rinse aid also helps with this.

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