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Question about soap dispenser

10 years ago

I was just about ready to order a soap dispenser with my faucet and sink. I read a few reviews on it, some good some bad. I am a bit afraid to instal one in my granite to have it not work. If it doesn't work then I have drilled a hole in my granite for nothing. Please tell me what the real story is!

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kudzu9
10 years ago
a. Pick a soap dispenser with good reviews.
b. Pick the one you are thinking about, and, if you aren't happy, pick another one.
westsider40
10 years ago
Dilute the soap with water to prevent clogging. I love mine. Don't like soap bottles.
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Okay, stupid question. Where do you mount the soap dispenser?
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Do you have a single sink, or a double? I have a double and I put in on the side where I would soak dishes. It all depends on where you would use it most. Left or right? Some people have their dishwashers on the left, some on the right, and have different ways of washing their dishes, so it's more which side YOU would use. Also depends on where it would fit. Remember the bottle sits below the counter, so there has to be enough room for that. You wouldn't want to drill the hole and not be able to fit the bottle underneath because it hits the side of the cabinet or the sink or something! That said, there's also something called Never MT. It's a tube/contraption that goes from your dispenser and is attached to a Costco sized soap bottle under your sink. If you're going that route, make sure you have room to place that big bottle underneath. (P.S., I have the Never MT and love it! It's there since end of September and haven't thought about it since.)
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I can't believe that no on gave you the obligatory NeverMT link The NeverMT is a conversion kit for soap dispensers. Basically, it's a plastic tube that leads from the underside of the soap dispenser down to the jumbo-size bottle of dishwashing liquid you bought at Sam's Club. It comes w/ four (or so; can't remember) caps w/ predrilled holes for the tube to fit snugly in. The caps are in every standard size that soap bottles come in, so you can use the little wimpy bottles, too, if the jumbo size is too big to fit in the underside of your sink. It also comes w/ a Velcro strap you can screw to the back or side of you cabinet; the strap will wrap around the soap bottle to keep it from tipping over or getting scooched around. However, the predrilled holes in the caps fit so snugly that if you tipped the bottle over, it would take a while for soap to seep out. It's pretty cheap--$8. The shipping is almost as much, so..... buy 3, get 1 free, and give the extras to your friends who are also redoing their kitchen (or as Christmas presents). You'll still have to get under the sink when the bottle runs out, but if you can fit a jumbo size, it make take you a year or more to use it up. And you don't have to do anything other than unscrew the cap and switch it to the new bottle (well, unless you change bottle sizes and need a different-size cap--but you store the caps right ON the hose, so you won't even have to remember where you stashed them). This is the world's greatest gadget.
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My Kohler one seems pretty tough. It works really smoothly and well. (it lost some of its finish though; not sure why). I've only had it about 5 years, but I expect it to work for a long, long time. They're very easy to replace--they just slide through the hole in the countertop, and you screw the bolt on from underneath. I like that the soap doesn't move around, doesn't wobble when I push on it, etc. But I've found that it's not that easy to clean, actually--a freestanding dispenser can be washed like a dish, and I can just wipe the countertop where it sat. Here is a link that might be useful: the NeverMT tubing kit that lets you hook up to the store-bought jumbo soap bottle
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I have two soap dispensers in my kitchen. We use hand soap in the one on the prep sink and dish soap in the other. We are using two different soaps, because dish soap is too harsh for my BF's skin. I bought the NeverMT, but we haven't hooked it up yet. We're just one month into the new kitchen and we really like having the soap dispensers. We've had to refill the dish soap dispenser once already, so I think that the one that will get the NeverMT.
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maid_o_cliff
10 years ago
The lone dissenter, no soap dispenser, one hole one faucet and hand soap from bath and body!
Even though I am old, I can still reach under the sink for dish detergent.
I would rather my countertop look uncluttered, and an easy swipe for faucet and sink, and I am done.

Red
foodonastump
10 years ago
You're not alone, Red, I've had too many fail in my lifetime to drill a hole in my counter. Perhaps watering down the soap would help but I'm fine without.
francoise47
10 years ago
Installing a dispenser for dish soap was a last minute decision. I'm glad we installed one.

If you decide you don't like using it for dish detergent, down the road, you could use the hole to install a filtered water tap or a hand lotion dispenser.

I highly recommend using the clever Never MT so that you don't have to refill the soap.
cevamal
10 years ago
I love mine and can't imagine going back. It's not about reaching under the sink for dish detergent, it's about being up to your elbows in raw chicken and being able to wash your hands without contaminating anything.

(Ok, "elbows" is a bit of an exageration. I use a clean section (like the back, or just above my wrist) of my left hand to squirt soap into my right and bump the water on with my arm.
sjhockeyfan325
10 years ago
The Never MT is genius (although ours did stop working after awhile and we never did get around to replacing it).
northcarolina
10 years ago
I agree about the raw chicken. But instead of built-in soap dispensers, I use motion-sensor soap pumps (mine are by Simple Human). I already had one for my main chicken-prepping sink, but when I saw how much less water was getting dripped on the wood countertop, I got one for our second sink as well (frequently used by DH and the kids). I have mild dish detergent in them so they can be used both for dishes and handwashing.
gabbythecat
10 years ago
We had a built in soap dispenser at our last house. I didn't like it. It was just one more thing to clean - the part of it that was above the counter and the actual dispenser itself. In our new house I'll just have one disposable dispenser for dish/hand soap on the counter. Easier to clean and easy to toss when it's empty...
Holly- Kay
10 years ago
I love mine. I wasn't going to get one because I don't like the one we have in our other home but the plumbing house sales lady said they are simple to refill by pouring the detergent in the top. Well I knew that didn't work very well with my other one so I still nixed the idea. Then I read here about the NeverMT and at the last minute decided to go with it. I am very glad I did. I use dawn and also use it to wash my hands.

Love my soap dispenser and love my NeverMT.
Kim
Original Author
10 years ago
Does the NeverMT work with any dispenser? Those that have it where did you get it? Thanks everyone for the responses. I think we will get one.
charlesmprice
10 years ago
I think online reviews are not that genuine because many are posting fake ones. I have bought one online which was recommended by many of my friends, the reviews i found online was neutral as not that good or not too bad. Then i looked into some online shopping sites, discussed with my friends and found liquid soap dispensers in Instock supplies. Bought it and worth the money.

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