Cuisipro 13.2-Ounce Foam Pump, Black, One Size (83758002)

I like foam pumps. They are certainly a much more economical use of liquid soap, especially if you have young children around the house. Since the liquid soap is mixed with water at a 1:9 ratio, you should use soap at perhaps only 10% of the rate you used to use it. Plus, children tend to pump liquid soap twice (at least at my house), and one pump of foam seems to be sufficient for them--another savings. Still, it would take a LOT of hand washing to justify the cost of a foam pump if saving money were the only concern.But there is another issue: QUALITY of washing. Soap, as I understand it, works by allowing oils to mix with water so the oils are broken down and washed away along with the things that more naturally dissolve in water. So the more the soap is able to mix with the water, the better it works.So what normally happens when you wash your hands? You put a glob of liquid soap on your hands, add water and perhaps a significant portion of the soap plops off and is wasted. Then you rub your hands together to mix the soap and water and grime together. But if the soap and water do not get mixed together well, the soap cannot do its job, creating another opportunity for waste. However, if you rub your hands together hard enough and long enough, the job gets done. With liquid soap, the problem is never that there is not enough soap to do the job well; instead, the problem is that there is insufficient mechanical action (rubbing the hands together) of combining soap, water and grime to remove the grime. The liquid soap works, but you have to work hard to accomplish the task.Foam that has been pumped has already taken care of a lot of the effort. Not only does the water and soap mix together much better, but the foam coats the hand much better, allowing the soap-water-grime to combine much more easily and efficiently. Most of the effort of mixing the soap and water together has already been done. Now when you rub your hands together, you no longer have to mix the soap and water, you only have to spread the combination over the hands. Especially for kids, this would seem a much easier and more intuitive methodology.So it seems to me that foam is just a quicker, easier and possibly, for most people, a more effective way to wash your hands. That said, there is still the problem of which foam pump to use.Last year, i bought two brands: the Cuisipro and one that is shaped somewhat like a duck, which I thought kids would like to use better than the Cuisipro. After a year of use (and both models being used about the same--even by children), the duck-shaped model gummed up and no longer worked, while the Cuisipro still pumps like a champ, although it occasionally does have to be prodded by manually pulling up on the pump--a technique that could not be done on the duck-shaped model. In fact, the duck-shaped model, despite cleaning efforts, just stopped working.Long story short: I replaced the duck-shaped model with another Cuisipro, and now after at least a month of use, both of the Cuisipros are working well. To me, this is the model to purchase.

Easy to use, and the suction cup keeps it from slipping around on the counter. These work with both liquid foaming soap and dissolvable soap tablets, as long as you get the dilution right. I bought this one for the powder room and another one in the kitchen, and they both work great!

I bought the green version for the kitchen and bought a white for the master bath a little over a year ago. The reason I am online right now is to shop for replacements for both bottles.The kitchen is on a common stainless steel sink. It worked great for the first 6 months. It stayed in place when being used and was easy to dispense and fill. The foam depended on the quality of soap used but I found it rich and creamy with most soaps and sufficiently foamy with common brand antibacterial soaps. At some point the rubber pad became warped and will not stick down. I clean it often with vinegar to remove the soap scum and wipe it down regularly when cleaning the sink. At this point the rubber ring has started to change color and the green on the top is now a different color.The white version in the master bath is the one I use often. I tried to keep it white as long as possible but that only lasted about 8 months and now looks dingy no matter what I clean it with. The bottom rubber ring lost the nice white look about 3 months in then started to have darker areas. I changed the side of the sink it was on thinking it was negatively impacted by mouthwash, toothpaste, etc. and no change to the degrading condition which continued but I made it work since the suction still kept it in place. Well at this point the rubber ring has a tear in it for some reason and now will not stick down.The major selling point for me was that it would stay in place. I also wanted to find a reuseable bottle so I could stop throwing away so much plastic. While that did solve the problem for about 6 solid months then about 6 months of making due because you don't want to throw yet another plastic bottle. If you are looking for a long term solution, please look elsewhere.

These are not only great for small hands, but a huge money saver since I can use concentrated soap and water to refill them! I have one at every wash station in our home. The suction is strong and the bottle is easy to clean on the outside when needed. The black is muted and looks clean, slick and great with all our sink areas. I've added essential oils, but have also avoided during winter months as they can dry out our hands with the constant washing. The pump is great, consistent and you get a good amount of soap foam in your hand with one or two pumps worth. The great thing is they don't tip over like most soap pumps can with small hands learning how to push down on pumps, so the suction cup is genius!