i have one on both.
Looks fine to me! my faucets are single hole.

I have a single hole faucet, air switch for garbage disposal, and soap dispenser at both sinks.

This view shows both my sinks (further down from the sink on the left is a mocket, which is a pop electrical outlet).

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And this shows the prep sink, which is the Blancoprecis with a width of 20 3/4" and a length of 18"

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I don't have a soap dispenser at the prep sink. It would've been handy. It would be way better than having a separate soap dispenser, keeping it under the sink, or having to get soap from the other sink, like we do.

I have a soap dispenser in my current kitchen and do not like it a bit. I like the look of one but as far as function goes.... I found myself constantly having to refill it, the soap turned a funny color (not sure what was the deal with that!), and eventually the hole where the soap comes out disintegrated. I know, I know, probably cheap. But I just stopped using it. My new kitchen will not have one.

I prep food at the prep sink, including raw meat and poultry. You bet I have a soap dispenser there, and I use it all the time.

Cj

We have the exact same set up as Doonie at the prep sink (same holes, same placement of items).

We set up a hole for a soap dispenser at the main sink but right now it's filled with an air gap in order to pass final inspection - it passed, and we haven't changed it out yet, and we may not. It's extra work and also sometimes I wonder if the air gap really is required by law here for good reason! Maybe taking it out would be a regretful mistake....

There have been many instances where I have been at the main sink and needed to wash my hands and all that is involved is 4 extra steps to the prep sink. I wouldn't say it's a PIA to have soap only at the prep sink, but it would be ultra convenient to have it at both - and I think it looks totally and completely fine at both.

I'm having one at both sinks too. Looks be damned, I don't want to look at that stupid plastic bottle any more.

OK...now I gotta ask the dumb question I've been wondering about: does anyone have TWO soap dispensers at the same sink? I'm thinking one for dishwashing liquid and one for liquid hand soap....

All you folks with just one: which kind of soap is it for?

Soap dispensers at both sinks here. Filled with dish soap with lotion so they are used as both dish soap and hand soap. Clean dishes, soft hands - best of both worlds.

I have one at the prep sink but not at the main sink. I have a Never Empty under the counter so I don't have the hassle of filling it through the hole on top of the sink.

We put it at the prep sink because that sink is on the island and we prefer to have most of the island top open. A soap dispenser takes up less room than having a bottle on the counter there. It is really nice to have it always in the same place (not wandering around on the counter top) and near the faucet so that most of the area is always clear for use and I always know where to go to for it.

Our prep sink is also near where people tend to enter the kitchen so it is the best location for washing hands before working in the kitchen and it is near the table for cleaning up our grand children's hands before or after eating. As someone mentioned above, it is convenient for washing hands immediately after handling items like raw meat since those are prepared at the prep sink.

We didn't put one at the main sink. That has the filtered hot and cool water dispenser and the air gap so we didn't want one more item there. Also, it is near the corner of an L so that a bottle of dish soap next to it isn't in the way of anything. I like being able to pick up the bottle to squirt it in an item I'm working on no matter where in the sink the item is. For the way we use that sink a soap bottle is more convenient there than a soap dispenser.

Single-hole faucet and soap dispenser at both the prep and main/cleanup sinks; air switch for garbage disposer at the main/cleanup sink.

We have hand soap in both sinks and b/c we have a Never-MT at both, we rarely have to refill it (it's been several months now and we wash our hands a lot!)

Two? We debated this as well as putting dish soap in the lone ones. However, based on how we use dish soap, putting it in a stationary location would be counter-productive for us. We like to be able to add dish soap anywhere in or out of the sink. Plus, with two bowls (70/30 split), which one would we put it at? It would then be an issue when we needed dish soap in the other bowl.

What I do wish I had done, is put a garbage disposer (and air switch) at the prep sink in addition to the main/cleanup sink. I let my DH talk me out of it when we were trying to trim costs. If we had to have only one, it should have been at the prep sink...I wouldn't have to walk across the kitchen w/dripping peelings to get to the GD on the main/cleanup sink. It went against all the advice given here...I should have stood my ground (but I was also "negotiating" to keep other things...)

Prep Sink:

Main/Cleanup Sink:

Instead of one for hand soap and one for dish soap, i just use a soap that smells good and not that sickening Palmolive or Dawn smell (sorry to those who like it, it makes me feel ill - also feel ill walking down the soap aisle at the grocery store).

I'm using Mrs. Meyers lavender something at the moment.

I wondered about this recently and after research decided to put a dispenser at both sinks.

How well do you like looking at a detergent bottle? I decided I'd rather look at a dispenser at each of two sinks. Have had them for a couple months and am pleased, although as a right-hander, I'd rather that they were positioned at left so that other items were on right, esp. the spray unit. I have my dishpan on left of double sink and wish the dispenser were right over it. Our secondary sink is on a peninsula that has sitters or mail or newspaper or plunked stuff very close. I especially didn't want the detergent bottle sitting at that place.

We have soap dispensers at both sinks. Both sinks also have single hole pull down faucets. I didn't think about the position of the dispensers ahead of time and holes got drilled on the right for one sink and on the left for the other--one doesn't seem easier than the other. We put hand soap in ours (both with Never MT's) since we wash our hands multiple times a day and only use the dish soap occasionally (dish soap is stored under the sink.) I really think that a lot more hand washing happens in our house because of the dispensers.

So now I'm confused. Do a lot of people use the same soap for dishes and hands? Marcydc: Is Mrs Meyer's a dual-purpose?

Now I understand the logic of hand soap in the dispenser and being able to aim/squirt dish soap where you need it. But no one ever shows pictures with the detergent bottle.

Buehl: what's the little gizmo inside your sinks that looks like it holds a sponge or bar of soap? Was it made by the sink manufacturer? Or something that you bought later? Looks like it sticks on with suction cups?

Seaduck...I bought the "gizmos" at Target. They have suction cups to stick them to the sink. They're stainless steel. I use them to hold scrubbies since we don't use sponges.

I don't like using dish detergent to wash hands. I find that even the mildest dries out my hands in the winter, so we use separate soaps.

As to the detergent bottles, we keep ours under the sinks since it's only needed during cleanup at the main sink and only very occasionally during prep & cooking at the prep sink. In fact, the detergent bottle under the prep sink has been there for over a year. Part of the issue with it, though, is that I really don't like the scent (lavender); neither does my DH so I couldn't convince him to use it at the main sink! I think I'm just going to throw it out.

Hmm. Sometimes I think I am so behind the times. We use hand-made bar soap for hand cleaning. The pottery soap dishes are much more attractive than a bottle.