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Bob Eager wrote:

We went through all of this a little while ago after I raised the same
point. The conclusion was that it isn't actually salt, but a replacement
water softening agent.

Indeed. Although they seem to say on the side that in hard water areas (I;d
guess we count) salt maybe needed as well.

We fill our miele up with salt every now and again and it's set to the correct
hardness for our area (from the water company) - no problem (and salt is
cheap!).

these fancy things claim to make our stainless steel shiny (I don't care -
dull'n'cheap will do me) and to stop our glasses going cloudy - again,
don't care as glasses never last long enough in this house for that to be
a worry.

I don't use tablets at all - I use powder from 10kg tubs. Even Adsa are
probably relatively expensive!

Powder is ok but is a pain (gets damps, gets spilled on the floor etc etc).
I'm happy to pay for the convenience of the tablets - just not the 30p a
go that some of them are now!

Still, it seems that Tescos are now doing dual action ones again. Under 10p
a go isnt quite as bad (and yeah, I know they can be found a lot less than
that).

Darren