Thanks PPC. I've read the first link and started the second. LOL I was hoping for first hand knowledge of specific brand names but most of the information in those threads is inconclusive, so I thought I'd ask again. It'd be great to be able to find one OTC! I ordered some PH balanced soap used in laboratories but it's thin and barely foams.

I have the Simple human dish soap dispensers. I use them for dish soap and hand soap. They work perfectly well. There are two styles and I have both styles. Good luck!

Can anyone recommend a dispenser with a LONG spout? The one we have now (Price Pfister) has an utterly useless 2" spout. I have found a 3 7/8" spout, also 3 1/2", but am wondering if there are any that are longer. The new sink is 10" deep. We weren't going to get a new soap dispenser, but after reading this thread, I thought, "I don't want ugly bottles on my new granite!" I could do a rack mounted on the sink cabinet door, but I think the dispenser is neater :-) It just needs a long spout so it can actually squirt dish soap into the pots, instead of dribbling down the side of the sink. Will definitely get a NeverMT--so glad that I heard of it here!

There's nothing scary about tap water from a commercial or municipal source. Purity and safety monitoring are required to be ongoing. It's very rare for anyone to get sick from water freshly taken from such sources. The Grand Rapids situation is a major exception/aberration. Water from a private well, different story. Very many of these sources can be chemically or bacteriologically unhealthy, especially those near agricultural areas where commonly tapped aquifers frequently get contaminated with crop chemicals and runoff from animal waste. Distilled water is cheap but boiling tap water for several minutes will produce the same, nearly sterile result perfectly suitable for use for mixing in hand soap. Whether or not water is added, soap containers can often get moldy anyway and benefit from periodic cleaning.