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Foaming soap refill tablets (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by pageflight@piefed.social to c/zerowaste@slrpnk.net

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I recently found out you can get foaming soap refills as tablets. I hadn't previously found a way to refill hand soap pump style dispensers without more plastic. These are from Meliora.

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[–] xploit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Any recommendations for a foaming soap dispenser that isn't completely shit though?

Tried a couple; random one in UK few years back (worked fine, should have taken it with us), random one in Canada (was shit from start) and re-used from foaming soap (essentially stopped making foam after 3-4 refills).

[–] budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They have a thin plastic mesh in the pump mechanism that does the foaming. If you refill it with a mixture that is to viscous, the mesh can break and the pump won't foam anymore.

Also, putting too much water in will temporarily stop the pump from working. The device needs a reservoir of air inside as well. If the pump mechanism gets flooded it may need to be left to dry out before it is usable again. Trying to force the pump when its flooded can also break it.

[–] pageflight@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

The one I have has been through a half dozen refills at least, it says "JR Watkins" on it.

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Invest in an electric one, which are ~10USD online. Electric ones have the foam mechanism near the electric motor, which is much further away from the actual soap, and hence avoids the design flaws in manual dispensers the other comments have already explained.

All the manual dispensers I've had, no matter how fancy, have consistently died before 10 or so refills.