Comments on: I Take Back Anything Nice I Have Ever Said About 7th Generation Cleaning Products

By: Seventh Generation Drawstring Tall Kitchen Bags…Pure Trash | Organic Needle

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:59:21 +0000

[...] a whole new level of suck. I know…I know…I always say their products suck. Well..their dishwasher detergent and their laundry detergent do in fact suck. But…up until now, in all fairness, I have been [...]

By: Whirlpool Customer Service Rep

Whirlpool Customer Service Rep — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:10:13 +0000

I am a Whirlpool Customer Service Rep and the other day I received a call from a very unhappy dishwasher owner. She said she purchased and used 7th Generation automatic dishwasher detergent, followed usage instructions and had so many suds that her dishwasher would’nt drain. She said she removed the bottom rack and scooped out all the suds she could. She then turned washer back on for a couple of minutes then opened the door to see if she still had suds which she did. Again, she scooped out all of the suds she could scoop, this lady was literally in tears since she had just recently purchased this new dishwasher and was only the second time washing dishes in it. She was advised to pour a little vegetable oil inside the unit to get rid of the suds but that didn’t work so she called Whirlpool back and spoke with me. I advised her to dump 1 cup of vinager into the dishwasher, run a rinse cycle, then run the rinse cycle a second time with nothing in the dishwasher. She agreed to do what I said, the call ended there. I hope everything worked out for her. I also advised her to call 7th Generation and speak to a representive and let them know what happened.

By: organicneedle

organicneedle — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:56:47 +0000

I do appreciate their packaging efforts. I use their TP and their garbage bags. They just can’t clean worth a toot.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:38:43 +0000

Use less! I love 7Gen because they actually use recyled packaging.

By: organicneedle

organicneedle — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:50:58 +0000

I picked up Palmolive’s new phosphate free liquid yesterday. The first run went pretty well. No residue at all. After a few more washes I will do a little review. As you all know…the first wash can be deceiving. The Palmolive being a liquid means it comes in a plastic bottle…but I guess we have to take what we can get that actually works.

By: CT

CT — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:14:24 +0000

I had the same experience with the Seventh Generation detergent back when I actually had a dishwasher, so I was surprised (and pleased) to hear that you had a good experience. I have no problems with their hand dishwashing liquid, though.

I tried the homemade stuff. It actually worked okay, but it was kind of rough on the glasses and silverware. I wouldn’t use it on any of your finest silver or crystal. I think I ended up compromising and buying the lowest phosphate evil dishwasher detergent that I could find.

By: N.

N. — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:17:13 +0000

We didn’t have great luck with 7th dishwasher detergent, I found that putting about half as much in actually worked better but we too preferred the Ecover dishwasher tabs. I found a “recipe” for homemade dishwasher detergent that is just 1 tbs baking soda and 1 tbs borax. Has anyone tried this??

By: Allie

Allie — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:13:42 +0000

I really like Ecover’s dishwasher tablets. Every few months I have to run the dishwasher empty with some vinegar to clear out the crud, but as long as I’ve done that, the tablets work really well.

It is such a let down when green products cause more work, so I can totally understand the need for profanity.

By: Carolina

Carolina — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:58:50 +0000

I agree! I haven’t been happy with anything made by Seventh Generation. Try the Trader Joe’s dishwasher detergent. The big claim is “Next to Godliness”. I used to use it about 8 years ago and was happy, but stopped using powder because I fell in love with tablets. TJ’s now has a liquid version which I plan on trying once I run out of my stash of 5,000 Palmolive tablets. I believe Consumer Reports gave TJs brand the highest rating out of all the natural detergents. I also like the TJ’s hand dishwashing liquid.

By: Heather @ SGF

Heather @ SGF — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:44:16 +0000

That’s strange. It works great for us.