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Post by rst on Feb 25, 2022 0:28:59 GMT
We have a small detail to decided in our kitchen remodel. We've moved our sink to a position where it will be on the peninsula counter adjoining our family room, so it's more visible than before. We have the option of putting in under-counter soap dispensers, so just the little nozzle things showing, as opposed to having a soap dispenser and dishsoap container sitting by the sink. Pros and cons? I'm leaning toward having them installed, as it will keep the counter uncluttered. DH thinks it will be a hassle to fill them and that we will regret it. I'm interested to hear what people who have had them think.
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Post by Basket1lady on Feb 25, 2022 0:38:57 GMT
We had it in the house 2 hours ago and I liked it. It was easy to keep clean and kept the counter from looking cluttered, although I still had a lotion dispenser and a crock for my scraper/scrubbie on the counter. You just reached under the sink and unscrewed a bottle to refill it. It was basically just a soap dispenser with the counter between the nozzle and the bottle. I will say that I just wash my hands with dish soap--I've never had an issue. If it can clean a greasy pan, it can clean my hands. I use Mrs. Meyer's dish soap and I don't find it overly harsh. And I'm allergic to everything!
I know that you didn't ask, but this is the Peas after all... I haven't had a peninsula with a sink in it, but I have had an island with and without the stove in it. I HATED having the stove in the island. It was in the center and I only had about 2 feet of counter on either side. It was a pain to prep in that small space and I couldn't use the island as a serving station for large group meals. Also, when the stove was hot I always worried about little hands. Just my 2 cents...
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Post by garcia5050 on Feb 25, 2022 0:46:26 GMT
I love my dish soap dispenser. We redid our kitchen like 16 years ago and got one then. The first one broke after about 10 years. The replacement version has a much bigger chamber. It fits a whole medium sized bottle of detergent - so I'm refilling less often.
But now I'm thinking that I'm refilling it wrong. I merely pop the top off and refill from the top. I've NEVER had to crawl under the sink to refill.
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Post by basketdiva on Feb 25, 2022 1:00:01 GMT
I love my dish soap dispenser. We redid our kitchen like 16 years ago and got one then. The first one broke after about 10 years. The replacement version has a much bigger chamber. It fits a whole medium sized bottle of detergent - so I'm refilling less often. But now I'm thinking that I'm refilling it wrong. I merely pop the top off and refill from the top. I've NEVER had to crawl under the sink to refill. I've always popped the top off- I'm not laying on the floor to unscrew the bottle. Besides I've a deep cabinet and my arms are too short to reach the bottle.
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Post by whipea on Feb 25, 2022 1:08:08 GMT
Do not like things on my counters so have had them for years. In my current house I wanted to replace the old in counter dispenser so took it out. Found out the hole is too small and have not been able to find a replacement. When putting the old one back together I dropped the bottle inside the back of the cabinet - gone forever. Don't have one now and so sad.
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Post by hmp on Feb 25, 2022 1:15:02 GMT
I love the concept. Be careful what kind you get. My aunt has one that always overflows when it is refilled. Definitely get one with the bigger reservoir. I think you will really like it.
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Post by amom23 on Feb 25, 2022 1:17:44 GMT
I love my soap dispenser so much. I just fill it from the top as there is no way to reach the bottle under the sink.
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Post by CarolinaGirl71 on Feb 25, 2022 1:36:49 GMT
I love my dish soap dispenser. We redid our kitchen like 16 years ago and got one then. The first one broke after about 10 years. The replacement version has a much bigger chamber. It fits a whole medium sized bottle of detergent - so I'm refilling less often. But now I'm thinking that I'm refilling it wrong. I merely pop the top off and refill from the top. I've NEVER had to crawl under the sink to refill. That’s how we refill ours! I also use dish soap in it for hand washing and scrubbing pots. |
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Post by cropduster on Feb 25, 2022 1:49:43 GMT
We had one in a previous house that we remodeled 10 years ago. I wasn’t impressed. The dispenser broke after about a year and I did not bother replacing it. I could have had one installed in my current home, but declined. It does not bother me to have a bottle of hand soap or dish soap on the counter.
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Post by AmandaA on Feb 25, 2022 2:00:14 GMT
For everyone complaining about refilling the in-counter dispenser, there is a cheap hack using the bulk refill bottle of soap and some inexpensive pvc tubing from the hardware and doing away with the small screw-on reservoir all together. I think I saw it on IG.
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Post by tenacious on Feb 25, 2022 2:03:51 GMT
So, I am weird. I like to be able to squirt the dish soap all over my sink, as opposed to pumping it in one spot. I have a large farmhouse sink, and I like to soak dishes, so, being able to squirt the soap in a precise spot is important to me.
So, I have one. I don’t use it at all. I buy a small dish soap container from the dollar store and keep that by my sink and just refill that.
I also have a pretty glass bottle with a pump that I use for hand soap.
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Post by lavawalker1 on Feb 25, 2022 2:14:07 GMT
We had one in our last house and loved it. Easy to refill.
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Post by katlady on Feb 25, 2022 2:24:05 GMT
Both our houses had them. We never used it. When we remodeled the kitchen of our current house, we did not put it back in.
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Post by tincin on Feb 25, 2022 2:45:50 GMT
Had one, hated it. Replaced it, hated the new one too. No thanks.
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Post by papersilly on Feb 25, 2022 2:47:30 GMT
I have two on my sink. One for dish soap, the other for hand soap. I love them. Two less things on the counter itself. Very easy to refill. Kohler brand.
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Post by bc2ca on Feb 25, 2022 2:51:44 GMT
So, I am weird. I like to be able to squirt the dish soap all over my sink, as opposed to pumping it in one spot. I have a large farmhouse sink, and I like to soak dishes, so, being able to squirt the soap in a precise spot is important to me. So, I have one. I don’t use it at all. I buy a small dish soap container from the dollar store and keep that by my sink and just refill that. I also have a pretty glass bottle with a pump that I use for hand soap.  You are not weird. This was my big complaint, so it really didn't get used and we didn't put a new one in when we remodeled. |
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Post by CardBoxer on Feb 25, 2022 3:04:43 GMT
We have them and they were a royal pain to fill, so we stopped using them within a year or two. Eventually we pulled them out ;and put a cap over the holes. Maybe they make them better now - ours were installed about 17-18 years ago during a big kitchen remodel.
Oh, and they were one more thing to clean around since there was a small lip. That wasn’t the deal breaker though.
I bought two no-touch battery operated soap dispensers.
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Post by jenjie on Feb 25, 2022 3:09:55 GMT
Use a funnel to refill. Such a simple fix. I made a mess with mine before I thought of that.
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Post by worrywart on Feb 25, 2022 3:49:45 GMT
I only have one, on the right which I have hand soap in. It's great!
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Post by Basket1lady on Feb 25, 2022 9:37:47 GMT
I love my dish soap dispenser. We redid our kitchen like 16 years ago and got one then. The first one broke after about 10 years. The replacement version has a much bigger chamber. It fits a whole medium sized bottle of detergent - so I'm refilling less often. But now I'm thinking that I'm refilling it wrong. I merely pop the top off and refill from the top. I've NEVER had to crawl under the sink to refill. Now I’m rethinking how I filled it. Maybe I did fill it from the top! It’s been 5+ years since we lived there and we didn’t refill it that often. The kids still lived at home then and sometimes I ran the dishwasher twice a day, so there wasn’t a lot to hand wash. |
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Post by Katie on Feb 25, 2022 11:52:52 GMT
We have one and I like it. But ai also can’t live without my Dawn Power Spray, so I have that on the counter too.
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Post by peaname on Feb 25, 2022 11:53:47 GMT
I fill mine from the top. It’s not perfect it’s harder to clean but I prefer it to having the bottle out.
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Post by littlemama on Feb 25, 2022 11:59:19 GMT
HATE it. Filling it is a pain because of how small the hole is, you cant tell how much youve put in so overflows are common. I regret putting it in.
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Post by paigepea on Feb 25, 2022 12:23:21 GMT
I love mine. I pop the top off and fill it that way. I’ve never had a problem. Maybe it occasionally fills over the top when i refill but it’s soap so super easy to wash away with water. I don’t fill it all that often. It lasts 2-3 months. I also have a large farm house sink and the dispenser works perfectly. I can home my pots and platters and what not up to the dispenser easily. I wouldn’t keep the dish soap dispenser on the counter. I do have a small, pretty hand soap on the counter but it’s more decorative as we all use the dish soap mostly.
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Post by janeinbama on Feb 25, 2022 14:11:31 GMT
I love my dish soap dispenser. We redid our kitchen like 16 years ago and got one then. The first one broke after about 10 years. The replacement version has a much bigger chamber. It fits a whole medium sized bottle of detergent - so I'm refilling less often. But now I'm thinking that I'm refilling it wrong. I merely pop the top off and refill from the top. I've NEVER had to crawl under the sink to refill. There was one installed on our counter when we moved in. I crawled under the sink the first time and then someone showed me you just pick up pump Much easier!!!!! |
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Post by keriwest on Feb 25, 2022 14:27:02 GMT
I love my installed soap dispenser. Game changer y'all....Never MT! $12ish on Amazon. Long tube contraption that connects to your soap dispenser and then into a large bottle of soap. I buy the giant soap bottle at Costco and am good to go for a loooong time.
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Post by garcia5050 on Feb 25, 2022 14:41:51 GMT
HATE it. Filling it is a pain because of how small the hole is, you cant tell how much youve put in so overflows are common. I regret putting it in. I periodically stick the pump back in while I’m refilling, to gauge the soap level. Kind of like the oil dip thing in the car. When it’s close enough, I stop. |
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Post by MZF on Feb 25, 2022 14:48:48 GMT
It's kind of a pain to unscrew the bottle from the bottom, so like previous posters I refill from the top. I do prefer the look as it's one less bottle on the countertop.
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Post by Susie_Homemaker on Feb 25, 2022 14:50:28 GMT
DH thinks it will be a hassle to fill them and that we will regret it. Nope, all you do is take the pump thingy out and squirt the new detergent in. I was a slow learner with this and my first time tried to refill it by taking the bottle off that is way under the sink. Not a great idea. THEN I figured out I can just pour it straight into it from the opening on the sink. duh! Makes my life much easier. And yes, I do love mine. I love not having a bottle or container on the sink. |
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Post by kibblesandbits on Feb 25, 2022 15:02:44 GMT
Had it and didn't like it. A fixed soap dispenser does not serve me well in my general sink usage. Plus, if it breaks you are tied to the same type/size. PLUS it requires drilling a hole into your surface.
Nah.
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You are not weird. This was my big complaint, so it really didn't get used and we didn't put a new one in when we remodeled.
