Caldrea Dish Soap Liquid, Ginger Pomelo, 16-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 6)
From Caldrea
Caldrea Dish Soap Liquid is truly liquid loveliness. It's rich, concentrated and hard working. We added Soap Bark Extract, one of nature's best degreasers, to tackle nasty pots and pans. Use just a squirt or two in a sink full of warm water to cut grease and to keep dishes clean and bright.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #324294 in Health and Beauty
- Brand: Caldrea
- Released on: 2008-10-09
- Number of items: 3
- Dimensions: 4.00" h x 5.00" w x 6.00" l, 1.33 pounds
Best dish soap ever from a "former" Dawn user!!
I absolutely love, love, LOVE this dish soap! Sounds silly to be so happy about dish soap, but I hate walking away from the sink smelling 'lemon fresh' or some equally kitcheny sink smell. This smells like something I could buy at the mall at the Body Shop or Bath & Body Works, so when I am done with a heap of dishes I walk away smelling good and feeling better. I was really happy with its grease cutting power, and I was happy with how my dishes came out at the end. I never thought I would find anything that I liked as well as Dawn (I've tried so many others over the years that just didn't cut it.) ... but I will definitely be buying this again in the future!
Nice, but not great...
Caldrea liquid dish soap is a refreshingly new product in an established field. Packaged in a round squeeze bottle, it's easier to grip at any angle than the traditional "flat" squeeze bottles, but then again it takes up more space when sitting against the sink back splash. It's "ginger pomelo" fragrance is very pleasant and smells more "real" than the artificially scented competition. It's so pleasant and mild that I often find myself using it as a hand soap. Along those same lines, it just isn't as strong a grease cutter as the traditional soaps such as Dawn. I like it more, because of its refreshing scent and better packaging, but for tough jobs I find myself using the competition. It won't replace my traditional strong grease cutting soaps, but I think I'll keep buying both because of Caldera's other fine attributes.
Cuts grease, smells great, and it's easy on your hands!
The bottom line is that this dish soap is awesome. As soon as I can use up what I've got left of my other stuff, I'll be switching to this permanently. Other details follow.
PACKAGING:
The bottle is easy to hold and squeeze. The top is a little difficult to pull open with wet hands, but very few dish soap tops aren't. The bottle itself looks nice on your counter, and the round shape minimizes the space it takes up. However, if you have a narrow sinkwell area, it may not fit as well as an oval-shaped "standard" dish soap bottle. I do think a more grippy design would be useful, but it wouldn't be as pretty. It's a trade-off I'm willing to make.
SCENT:
The scent is what makes this awesome. It smells sweet and fresh without being cloying. It's not immediately associated with dish soap (yet), so your guests won't guess that you just did a washing session when they walk in. I found it relaxing and pleasant, to the point that I kind of WANTED to do dishes just to smell it!
EFFECTIVENESS:
I tried this on scrambled egg remains, and it did better than either of my previous brands. I also tried it on days-old hot cocoa mugs and a cake dish. It took very little soap to cut the grease and release the particles. I've used several brands of natural/organic dish soaps, and they often just do not do the job. This one does.
ABRASIVENESS:
This leaves my hands feeling soft. I never use dish gloves, but my other soaps often leave me a little chapped or irritated. I don't recommend using it as hand soap, but I bet you could...it leaves your hands that soft!
