BaldBear_13 t1_jdwdnau wrote on March 27, 2023 at 6:01 PM

Nope. You can tell if dishes are clean by looking at them.

A liquid detergent can spill if you close the lid, e.g. to make room in the kitchen,

A pod will melt if even one drop of water falls on it.

vendetta2115 OP t1_jdzzkz0 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:03 PM

Spill…into the dishwasher? Oh no, what a tragedy.

Why does it matter if a pod melts? It’s designed to melt. I really don’t understand what you are struggling with here. None of what you listed is a negative outcome.

I’ve been doing this for a decade and never had any issues.

And no, you can’t always tell by looking at them. Lots of dishes aren’t visibly dirty after using them. And why would I I go root around in the dishwasher looking at every dish (and still running the risk of putting away dirty dishes or adding a dirty dish to clean ones) when I could just glance at the detergent reservoir?

This takes no more time than not doing it, and gives you a 100% reliable way of knowing if dishes are dirty.