Cleaning products, scored on published evidence
Everything that cleans a surface in the kitchen or the bathroom, from the tablet in the machine to the brush in the sink.
Comparisons
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Dishwasher tablets and pods
Seven products, six criteria, and nothing washed in a kitchen.
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Dish soap for washing up by hand
Seven products, six criteria, and nothing washed up in a kitchen.
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Dish brushes
Four brushes, put in order by us on what the brands publish.
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Scrub sponges
Six sponges, six criteria, and nothing scrubbed for the page.
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Bottle brushes
Three bottle brushes, put in order by us on what the brands publish.
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Toilet bowl cleaner tablets
Seven products, six criteria, and an order we chose rather than calculated.
Reading on cleaning products
What PVA actually is, and what the evidence does not settle
Polyvinyl alcohol is the film round most detergent pods, and the argument about it is considerably louder than the evidence underneath it.
Free-from claims from twelve brands, and what each one commits to
Twelve brands, seven claim types, every page read on 21/08/2026.
Cost per wash, and why every other laundry price misleads you
Ten laundry detergents, re-priced from the manufacturers’ own pages on 21/08/2026 and divided by the washes each pack claims.
Fragrance-free, unscented and no added fragrance are three different claims
Three phrases that sit beside each other on the same shelf, one of which permits a fragrance to be in the bottle.
Hard water and dishwasher tablets
The same tablet can leave one kitchen with clear glasses and the next with a chalky film, and the variable is usually the water rather than the tablet.
What “microplastic-free” means on a home care label
Three governments have written down what a microplastic is and produced three different answers, none of them drafted with a bottle of washing-up liquid in mind.
What changed
Dishwasher tablets and pods
Cost per use now reads the cheapest published pack of each product; every price on this page was re-read on 26/08/2026 and the method version moves to v1.3.
Dishwasher tablets and pods
The order of this page is now our editorial choice and can differ from the score order; every score stays computed from published evidence and printed.
Dishwasher tablets and pods
Certifications now count 5 per cent instead of 10 and ingredient transparency rises to 25; the method version moves to v1.4 and the reasoning is dated on the methodology page.
Dishwasher tablets and pods
The top of this page is now called a tie, and both cards say so: Blueland’s certification stack against a Vove wash that costs a quarter less. Every score stays printed.
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