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Some people will buy anything if you call it “Green”.
^ this… knowing your customer WIN… if they’ll pay more for less product, take the suckers for all they’re worth!
It is for hippies. They don’t require as much soap for the OWS protests, they bathe in the urinals.
rofl
They use these in the showers at Yellowstone. We asked and they said there’s less waste since people will traditionally only use a lilte bit of the bar over the course of a 1-2 day stay but the shape is easier to scrub with than the tiny little bars.
They achieve the same amount of waste because this POS will crumble after two uses and people will just flush it.
was smaller soap out of the question?
At first I laughed, but the I realized that this actually makes sense for hotel soap.
Assuming it’s cheaper. If they think you’re already paying $2 for soap with a middle you don’t use and consequently charge the same price assuming it’s all the same to you, then they are simply bastards.
It seems like a cool idea in concept. Execution ruins everything
*then. My kingdom for a “that’s not the correctly spelled word you really wanted check.”
You clearly need one.
Can’t tell if trolling or only semi-literate.
Pretty much every possible definition of “greenwashing” simultaneously…
I had to use one of those once when I was on a business trip. The hotel provided these types of soap bars in the bathroom. They suck. You can’t hold on to them for crap, and they don’t last but a couple of days. They go straight away to nothing after just a couple of showers.
After that, I vowed that they could keep their hippie soap. If I’m ever sent back to that hotel, I’m bringing a bar of Dial with me.
So instead of throwing away the centers, they’ll throw away the center crescents when they get too small to use.
I agree with “knowing some people are dumb enough to fall for it”, win. At least they were courteous enough to accurately place “waste reducing” in quotes.
The part that got me was the ‘no animal fat’ part. Tallow (from beef fat) is used in some soaps, but also commonly used are palm oil, coconut oil, olive oil, and laurel oil. Canola oil is also used. So even with normal everyday soap with centers you can completely avoid animal fats if you are so inclined.
Frankly, I care more about how well my soap works, and that it doesn’t contain nasty stuff. (I’m looking at you, China.)
And about the shape: Anybody have kids here? Anybody have said kids soak the soap and then mash it into a mushy heap or mushy bits? That kind of thing makes the shape rather academic. (We’re working on why not to mash up the soap… including that the bits are a pain to clean up.)
Some people are weird about animal fats in their soap (though I think most don’t know or care what’s in soap until they watch Fight Club). To an extent, I can understand the aversion. If the tallow or lard isn’t rendered well enough, an unpleasant odor could remain, depending on the lye discount.
When it comes to hand crafted soap, I find that most people that buy it do prefer non-animal fat, and I cater to that attitude by using mostly palm kernel, palm, olive, and smaller amounts of oils known for their moisturizing properties. I also avoid unnatural colorants and fragrances. It’s a fairly lucrative hobby as a side business.
Regarding this weird soap, I’ve seen many a strange gimmick in soaps, but they’re usually functional or aesthetic. This donut hole soap is neither. Seems like it would crumble pretty easily after a few uses.
Not made with animal fat. I hope they are all vegetarians because we get a lot of it from meat packing plants. It’s greener to use it than throw it away.
Any guy who ever uses this soap will attempt to put his junk in it. Regardless of age and maturity.
I attempted to put my junk on my screen when I saw this.
Liquid soap for the win, Alex. I haven’t used bar soap in years and years. I find it nasty.
Same here. And if I have to share soap, I prefer it be in liquid form. I don’t want to have to pick off foreign pubes before I can use the soap.
I can’t help but think they are selling tons of these to teenagers for… “easier showering”
I’ve always used bar soap without any waste. That last little sliver of the bar can easily adhere to the new bar.
that, or you can put the last sliver at the sink. lathers just fine for hand washing, and when you drop it 12 times, it’s only got a few inches to run.
They make a liquid soap looking dispenser that you put the slivers in and it turns them into liquid soap…OR you can put the leftover slivers into an old sock or pantyhose and wash with them….OR you can mix old soap slivers with glycerin and make new soap.
I actually think this is a good idea. They have handles! If you pay for what you get instead of extra so they can put a “GREEN!” sticker on it, that is.