Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

So I’ll preface this by saying that at the time of purchasing the affresh, I hadn’t cleaned my dishwasher for a year. The only reason I did actually think to clean it was that I started smelling an awful smell coming from my dishwasher, so I went to the internets and learned that I should have been cleaning my dishwasher all along. Ahh, me. Anyway, I came on to Amazon, found this particular brand online and decided to give it a shot, it was the right price and since I have a Prime membership I would get free shipping in the mail (by the way, if you don't have Prime, get it—you will start ordering everything online, the convenience is insane.) So I used the Affresh, and it really cleaned out my dishwasher. Like, gunk that I thought was permanent in the dishwasher, was cleared out of there. The only problem was, that the old funky gross smell was replaced by an insanely strong perfume-y scent from the affresh. It actually bothered me a bit because my coffee mugs were smelling like affresh and coffee. Bad combination. My sister recommended that I use a little bit of citric acid to naturally clean the machine, and get rid of the residue left by the affresh. She gave me some of her Citric Acid Powder - Ultra Fine Pure Powdered Crystals - Natural Preservative Food Grade Quality (16 oz), and it worked like a charm! After I ran my dishwasher just once, the machine was just as clean as before, but there wasn’t any scent! Update: So, I changed my review to four stars because I tried the affresh again, but this time I did a double wash back to back, once with affresh, and this cycle got rid of all of the gunk and leftover food, and then the second time with my citric acid which got rid of the residual smell and left my plates clean with no mineral residue. Sweet! Basically, I think you need the one two combo of using both, so it is my recommendation to buy both.