For comparison, this is my experience: 1. Easily available at every grocery store for half the price of pods 2. I just leave the spout open and it's fine 3.

For comparison, this is my experience: 1. Easily available at every grocery store for half the price of pods 2. I just leave the spout open and it's fine 3. It doesn't clump 4. Occasionally the door does fail to close but I quickly brush it off The dishes are perfectly clean after a normal program, whereas the pods required me to use a three hour power wash program for the same result.