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Those tablets are sized for a dishwasher that holds about 4 times as many dishes, though.

> I've never heard of liquid dishwasher detergent before, but

There are tons of brands. I use an eco-friendly brand when washing a full machine of lightly used dishes (no eggs, for example).

You can make your own from e.g. Dawn and baking soda. The reason you can't use pure Dawn is that it would fill your dishwasher with foam.

Why bother? Powder dish detergent is so damn cheap and works just as well as any other dish detergent product, and better than packs because those don't use the prewash cycle properly.