Hinari Table-top dishwasher

[kitty1950]

Hi, I have a table-top dishwasher, it is just a small one with room for four place settings. The problem I have is that it doesn't have a separate dispenser for the all in one tablets, it just has three separate dispensers for salt, rinse-aid and detergent (which is a channel on the drop down door). Has anyone any ideas as to where I can put a tablet to get the best performance, If I put it in the cutlery tray then the whole tablet is used up in the wash cycle and there is nothing left for the rinse cycle. Thanks, Kath.

[markja]

in my dishwasher i put rinse aid in the rinse aid bit and turned it right down to number one, this assists the tablets to keep stuff sparkly. the salt i just lob in when i notice it's low. wash looks a bit rough as well sometimes. and the tablets i just lob into the machine just before closing the door, it usually falls to the bottom.
mine always seems to come out ok.
as yours is a table top one it will obviously be a bit different but the principles would be similar, i would have thought.

[blackcat77]

I've got a table top/under counter dishwasher and I just put the tablet in the bottom of the machine as the tablets I'm using are too big for the dispenser, which has never worked properly in any case and my plates etc come out clean from this. Also surely the tablet should should be used up in the wash cycle?

[kitty1950]

Thanks for your answers markja and blackcat77, I seem to be doing the same as you two are and my dishes come out ok too. The point I was trying to make about the tablets is that as they are 4 in 1 I would have thought that they would dissolve in stages as in the salt and detergent part would dissolve in the wash cycle and then the rinse aid and glass protection part would dissolve in the rinse cycle. I find that I have to keep the rinse aid dispenser filled up as well as using tablets because if I don't the dishes do not dry properly. I only use tablets when I have a really full load or if there is anything like a roasting dish or a chip pan. Sorry to go on a bit but you have really put my mind at ease now, how boring is my life when all I have to think about is dishwasher tablets. Thanks again. Kath.