• We should now be fully online following an overnight outage. Apologies for any inconvenience, we do not expect there to be any further issues.

What is your favorite bar soap?

Page 2 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

BeeBoop

Golden Member
Feb 5, 2013
1,677
0
0
All soaps are not made equal! When I was younger, my parents use to buy the cheap kind and just one of those bars lasted an entire month with 4 people using it. Obviously, the soap wasn't doing it's job.

My favorite right now is Zest but I might try Irish since so many people seem to love it.
 

MongGrel

Lifer
Dec 3, 2013
38,466
3,067
121
I'm a bit partial to Irish Spring myself to be honest.

The only disadvantage I've seen was when I was dating a hot red head Irish woman who saw I had that in the shopping bag from the store and thought I bought it because of her.

I guess I just let it pass at the time, but I'd been using it years before that.

Maybe it worked :p
 

thedarkwolf

Diamond Member
Oct 13, 1999
9,032
125
106
Ralphies-soap.jpg

anything but lifebuoy
 

chitwood

Golden Member
Aug 21, 2008
1,208
59
91
I got tired of the bar soap turning into mush at the end of its life cycle so I switched to body wash.
 

mvbighead

Diamond Member
Apr 20, 2009
3,793
1
81
prod-menpw-extra-fresh-body-bar-B.jpg


Cheaper than body wash, and very... soapy? No terrible aroma either. My skin seems less dry, but that could just be the humid spring weather.
 

Dirigible

Diamond Member
Apr 26, 2006
5,961
32
91
I wash with a bar of Ivory soap. Cheap. None of that moisturizing crap I hate because it makes me feel greasy after washing. Basic soap.
 

notposting

Diamond Member
Jul 22, 2005
3,498
33
91
Irish Spring...with Aloe. But the wife usually forgets and gets me the regular kind.

Old Spice 3-in-1 body wash/shampoo/conditioner for hair.
 

qliveur

Diamond Member
Mar 25, 2007
4,090
74
91
Dial Basics Hypo-Allergenic; aka Pure & Natural.

I have yet to find a body wash that doesn't break me out.
 

MongGrel

Lifer
Dec 3, 2013
38,466
3,067
121
Kirks I've used in the past also, and the plain old Ivory soap or Dove.

I still like Irish Spring.

I don't like the runny body wash things, I did that about 20 years ago a short while whe they became popular, the wife still has a few things.

I might try Kirks out again.
 

sportage

Lifer
Feb 1, 2008
11,492
3,163
136
What is a good bar soap for use with water softener systems?
I've heard the simpler the better, like Ivory?
Something non perfumed and basic?
 

Crono

Lifer
Aug 8, 2001
23,720
1,502
136
Nubian Heritage. I usually get Whole Foods 365 or Clearly Natural, though, because they are cheaper.
 
Last edited: