Dish Soap- Concentrated VS Non concentrated

[TheatreMama]

I will have to try adding water to my concentrated soap after hubby goes to sleep. I think it irritates him when I "water down" products, but I keep trying to explain to him he needs less because it is concentrated, but he too uses the same amount either way!

[JulieDB]

I haven't really compared the two but I know with Laundry Soap the concentrated stuff just seems like a waste to me.

I LOVE the concentrated laundry soap. I buy the Method. 4 pumps is all it takes.

[JulieDB]

I bought some horrible dish soap. I normally buy the Mrs. Meyers Basil. I LOVE the smell! But I had a couple of 7th generation unscented that I had been using to clean my C-PAP equipment. And I quit using the machine. So they were just sitting there. I have used most of one bottle but I really don't like the stuff for dishes. I miss the scent and it doesn't seem to do well on greasy dishes.

I was placing an order at drugstore.com and decided to buy a scented soap called Grab-Green. As it turns out the scent is just barely there. I really wouldn't even know it was scented if it didn't say so on the bottle. It doesn't say it is concentrated but it is super thick. And when you try to get one squeeze, you get a ton! So much that it takes next to forever to rinse it off. I will never buy that stuff again.

I did once have some that was even worse. It was Palmolive that I bought at Big Lots. I used it a few times and I noticed that the food always tasted of soap. Someone told me jokingly that it must be the Palmolive! And sure enough, it was. The stuff just wouldn't rinse off. It was some weird kind I had never seen in the stores before and it was cheap. I won't buy dish soap there any more.

[SkydivingParrot]

I think it also depends on the brand in question. We used to use Ajax, because it was readily available for free, every other month at my local grocery store (buy 10 for $10, get 11th free)... but I noticed when I got some freebies of Dawn and Palmolive, they last longer (using less). I'd say I use about 1/4 of the amount of the latter two (both concentrated), as compared to the non concentrated Ajax... so even watered down they'd be a better buy, imo.

[ScrappyDoo]

I agree. Ajax is a very watery dish soap in my opinion.

[MsSweetCheeks]

I find Dawn with the bleach agent works the best.