Finish Quantum Ultimate All In One Dishwasher Tablets 100 Tabs
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Verdict
The 'I won't pre-rinse anything' choice. If you load roast trays straight into the dishwasher, this is the only tab on the list that consistently handles it.
Pros
- Strongest tab on this list. Handles burnt residue without pre-rinse
- Finish's flagship formula, repeatedly highest rated in UK tests
- Subscribe & Save is genuinely competitive vs supermarket
- Reliable on hard water
Cons
- Almost three times the cost of Sun All-in-1
- Overkill for typical everyday loads
Full review
Finish Quantum Ultimate is the dishwasher tab for the “I refuse to pre-rinse” household. That’s it, that’s the pitch. If you load roasting trays with burnt cheese and gravy residue directly from the table, Quantum is the only mainstream UK tab that consistently shifts it.
The formula is Finish’s flagship. Multi-action, the strongest enzyme cocktail in their lineup, plus the same calcium-handling additives that make Fairy Platinum Plus work on hard water. It’s been Which?’s top-tested tab in dishwasher comparisons for several years running.
At 22p per tab (19.8p on Subscribe & Save), it’s nearly three times the price of Sun All-in-1. For households that pre-rinse, run lightly-soiled cycles, or mostly wash plates and cutlery, Quantum is overkill, you’re paying for cleaning capacity you don’t use.
Where Quantum genuinely earns its premium:
- Households with one cycle a day, where dishes go in straight from the table without pre-rinsing
- Households that entertain regularly and run heavily-mixed loads
- Households with hard water AND heavy-grease cooking (the cumulative case Fairy alone wouldn’t fix)
- People who specifically hate dishwasher residue and want zero compromises
The Subscribe & Save discount is one of the more generous on this list, about 10%. Bringing the per-tab cost into the same range as Fairy Platinum Plus at standard pricing.
Buy this if: you genuinely won’t pre-rinse and have been getting poor results from cheaper tabs, you have a mixed hard-water + heavy-grease problem, or you entertain and want zero compromises.
Skip this if: you pre-rinse, run mostly average cycles, or are happy with Finish Powerball Max, the upgrade isn’t worth the cost.
For the full ranking of how this product compares with the alternatives, see our guide to the best dishwasher tablets.
