Am I the only one who dislikes foam soap?

It used to be in a bar, but then I guess people got lazy and then it turned into liquid soap, which was totally fine. Sometimes I preferred the liquid soap as opposed to the bar because it was more thorough. Now in the past few years, its turned into foam soap. I complain about foam soap because it does almost nothing. You eat, for example, fried chicken and wash with foam soap, your hands will still smell like fried chicken guaranteed. It accomplishes nothing.

I fly NW's business class product and they turned to foam soap a few years ago as well. Certain airports also turned to foam soap that I went through. And all I'm thinking is, this really saves money and REALLY aggravates me because it does nothing for my hands.

The kicker happened to be in a UK chain of hotels I stayed at which had a dispenser of foam soap near their wash basin Just amazing.

I'd hate to have to start collecting as much bar soap at hotels (that haven't caught on with foam soap) just so I can avoid using foam soap while travelling.

I LOVE foam soap for washing hands!

It does the job well, and rinses off quicker and easier than regular liquid soap. I'm always pleased to find it in restrooms!

You keep claiming that foam soap "does almost nothing." Well, you DO have to use enough of it! Perhaps if your hands are coated with grease (from fried chicken or whatever), you will need to use more than one "pump" of the stuff.

Personally, I haven't encountered any problems with it. Vastly superior to regular liquid soap, IMO. ^

I also love foam soap. No residue.

I love the foam soap and being a dad, it seems to makes the kids more adapt to wash their hands and do a better job. I know the school uses it.

I think foam soap is quite capable of doing an excellent job of degreasing your hands. As to why hotels use it -- I wonder if the economics kick in. It seems to me that liquid soap is an immense waste, the way most people use it, they dispense three squirts, most of which misses their hands, and then wash for 3 seconds. I don't think the soap is that expensive, but not having to pay for personnel to refill the containers mid-day might be a worthwhile saving?

OK, I'm a hater. I can't stand that stuff, maybe for the same reason that people like it. Because there's no residue, it doesn't feel like it's cleaning my hands. It doesn't make suds like liquid soap, and it's so light that I can't tell if it's doing anything. A pet store near my house has both a foam and regular soap dispenser in their men's bathroom. I always go for the regular liquid soap.

No foam soap for ME, thank you!!

It usually works fine and usually rinses off fine. Most liquid soaps are more concentrated than necessary. In this case air is a cheap readily available diluent.

MisterNice

goalie no like foam soap
goalie-like <insert boston accent> bah soap

I love foam soap and even have it in all my bathrooms and the kitchen at home. I actually find the ones I have really do the trick. Especially in the kitchen, when I'm cooking with garlic or something with odor. As soon as I'm done chopping up the garlic, a quick wash with foam soap and no smell.

Lazy? How does preferring liquid soap equate to being lazy?

Because they rig the system to give you so little.

At home I use one squirt, it does the job fine. Outside I always go for two because I know that one won't be enough. They think that cutting back on the amount delivered will save money but people will compensate.

Add me to the foam soap love train. I think it's great, and much less messy than liquid soap! Most of the bathrooms at ORD have it and I love it.

I'm gonna say "yes you are". I like it.

My 12 year old daughter loves foam soap. Sometimes I have to wait a long time for her to come out of the restroom. I ask her why it took her so long and she replies, "They had foam soap."

Absolutely not! I'm totally with you in the anti-foam soap camp!

I can see the advantage of liquid over a bar (the bar slips and slides everywhere and can easily end up on the floor or in the toilet), but foam soap just does nothing for me either.

Every toilet in Heathrow seems to have foam soap (even T5!) and thus every time I visit, I have to wash my hands about three times to get them clean.