Electrasol Gelpacs

Pros: Disolves quickly. Leaves the dishes with a wonderful shine.
Cons: none

No one likes to wash dishes! I know I don’t. That is why I have a dishwasher and their names are…just kidding, I do have a regular dishwasher. Choosing the right type of dishwasher soap can sometimes be sort of hard to do. Do you choose the...

Pros: Convenient, smell great, clean dishes well, no risk of overflowing detergent cups
Cons: Can't adjust amount used, may be a bit more expensive per load than bottled gel

As you can tell by my di shwasher review from 2001… dish washing is one of my least favorite household chores. I can’t really explain why, but I abhor doing dishes … by hand or even to some extent with my ...

Pros: can't overload the washer
Cons: doesn't clean as well as I thought; leaves a slight film on dishes

The age of the dinosaurs is long gone, yet every so often, a product hits the market and hints of a ...

Pros: Orange Blossom smells nice; convenient to use; cleans okay
Cons: Need to use more than directions suggest; fails the "scrambled eggs" test

My wife and I have a deal. She does all the cooking, see, and I take care of the dishes. Everyone seems fairly happy that way -- I get fine meals out of the deal, and she doesn't have to mess with cleaning dishes after dinner (or, indeed, after breakfast...

Pros: Works, smells good
Cons: Kind of expensive, wasteful for small loads, be careful when storing

We have been using Electrasol brand dishwashing tabs for several years now. We liked the tabs ...

Pros: Convenient; premeasured detergent; does a fair job of cleaning; light fragrance.
Cons: Gums up dishwasher with frequent use; leaves light film on dishes; VERY water-soluble.

My family never had a dishwasher when I was growing up - I was it, and once I learned to wash dishes, that was my job. Thankfully, Mom didn't cook too much and so I never had much in the way of horribly nasty pots and pans to clean, but I still wished ...

Pros: Individually wrapped, interesting concept
Cons: They leave dishes nasty, they clump when wet, and you will hate them.

My family goes through a load of dishes every day, so it is absolutely vital that the dishes in the dishwasher be really clean when they're done, so that I can unload them the next morning and have plenty of room for the day's dishes. Unfortunately, ...

Pros: Pre measured
Cons: exp.ensive, left powder substance on plastic dishes

I had a .35 off coupon for these, so I thought I would give them a try. They were $2.62 for a pack of 20. I thought that this was a very trusted name in dishwasher detergents, so I thought this would be worth the extra money. DIRECTIONS: Hands ...

Pros: None
Cons: Gelpacs dont fully dissolve, EXPENSIVE, stinky

The GelPacs would not fully dissolve in my Dishwasher, leaving a rubbery mess behind. These things are overpriced, and clean no better than any other dish washer detergent.

Pros: convenient I guess
Cons: leaves the dishes dirty

We find our dishes are not coming as clean as they do with the other Electrasol dish washing products. It is not my dish washer as all others are excellent We would recommend the other ones but definitely not the Gelpacs.

Pros: None
Cons: Smell from sink

Several weeks ago, my kitchen sink began emitting a foul odor every time I activated the dishwasher. I mentioned the problem to a friend, indicating that I was about to call a plumber. Without prompting, my friend asked if I had been using Electrasol Gelpacs. She had been having the same problem and made the connection between the stench and the Electrasol gelpacs. I stopped using the Electrosol pacs and the smell is gone.

Pros: Convenient. Period.
Cons: Gums up the works resulting in costly repairs.

After using this product, I had to call out my local "lonely" Maytag repairman. He pulled several long strings of plastic out of the tubing and asked me what kind of dishwashing detergent I was using. I told him about the "gel" packs and he told me to throw them out NOW and go back to using the powders. Goodbye, Gelpacs. Hello, Cascade powder!

Pros: dishes come very clean and shiny. Leaves a great smell
Cons: Messy when the pacs stick together and break open when you try to separate them.

The Electrasol gelpacs work great at washing the dishes and left a great scent. Even the dish washer smelled great. There is a downside which will probably make me stick tablets instead of the gelpacs, they stick together when humdity is high. Once they touch it is difficult or impossible to separate them. They should be individually packed. I bought them a Walmart in a container which gave 75 for the price of 60 and packaging inside separated them into two bags. The gelpacs should be around for 75 loads but am losing quite a few to damage from sticking together. I bought the gelpacs because I thouoght being a gel they would dissolve more readily in the dishwasher and they do, but the storing them long term is a problem which could make them expensive because of loses due to damage.

Pros: none
Cons: Doesn't clean, streaks glasses and won't dissolve.

I've been around since before the first dishwasher came on the market. I have used many detergents and find this one to be by far the worst I have ever purchased. The dishes are not clean, the glasses are not clean and more than just spotted. The Gelpacs would not fully dissolve in my machine, leaving a rubbery mess behind. I am totally dissatisfied.

Pros: needs improvement or discontinue product the tabs work just fine
Cons: really aren't any

For the 1st time I purchased the Gelpacs, the store was out of the Electrasol 85 tab I usually buy. Boy, was disappointed when I opened my dishwasher; one they left and awful film on my  dishes two I'm stuck with a 60 pack of gelpacs that I won't be using, three I wasted $8 thinking it is an electrasol product, so what could go wrong...