Best deals on dishwasher detergent (name brand vs. store brand)

[auntiewoo]

Hello fellow SC'ers, I have a question and I'm hoping someone will have an answer for me. DH and I are 'finally' getting a dishwasher this year (it's our Christmas present to each other). I'm curious to know whether there are better deals to be had by simply buying a store brand detergent or go with a name brand, matching sales and coupons. What are some good quality name brands, and what are some good quality store brands that you can recommend? Thank you for any suggestions!

[Zonny]

DH and I do the same thing at Christmas, we'll generally buy a major household thing for ourselves.

In dishwasher detergent, I've found that the name brand ones more often go on sale and have coupons. And when it goes on sale for a really good deal and I have coupons, I buy a bunch to do us for a few months.

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[miztia]

My dishwasher doesnt clean as well with some brands of soap. I gave all my electrosol away to my mom. Too bad...as I was getting that free/nearly free.
Now I stick to Cascade or almost any brand of powder detergent. Even the no-name stuff works in mine, but I recieved some Cascade freebies, and coupons so its cheaper to use that right now. Have about 2 months supply.
The gel pacs dont work well in my mom's dishwasher.