No-pour pellets

August 5, 2008 at 5:46PM

No-pour pellets The new "Smarty Dish" dishwasher soap pellets bring to mind those old Jetsons cartoons where George swallowed an entire meal in a single pill: no work required. Method Home's premeasured dish soap "doses," one per load, are made without phosphates or bleach. Four test loads proved the soap as clean-worthy as the bargain brand that usually fuels our washer, but the Pink Grapefruit scent was slim and didn't linger. The pellets, 20 for $6, also come in Go Naked, which is scent- and dye-free. Available in Target stores midmonth.

KIM YEAGER

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