Cuisipro 83758000 Foam Pump, Plastic, Chrome

I like foam pumps. They are certainly a much more economical use of liquid soap, especially if you have young children around the house. Since the liquid soap is mixed with water at a 1:9 ratio, you should use soap at perhaps only 10% of the rate you used to use it. Plus, children tend to pump liquid soap twice (at least at my house), and one pump of foam seems to be sufficient for them--another savings. Still, it would take a LOT of hand washing to justify the cost of a foam pump if saving money were the only concern.But there is another issue: QUALITY of washing. Soap, as I understand it, works by allowing oils to mix with water so the oils are broken down and washed away along with the things that more naturally dissolve in water. So the more the soap is able to mix with the water, the better it works.So what normally happens when you wash your hands? You put a glob of liquid soap on your hands, add water and perhaps a significant portion of the soap plops off and is wasted. Then you rub your hands together to mix the soap and water and grime together. But if the soap and water do not get mixed together well, the soap cannot do its job, creating another opportunity for waste. However, if you rub your hands together hard enough and long enough, the job gets done. With liquid soap, the problem is never that there is not enough soap to do the job well; instead, the problem is that there is insufficient mechanical action (rubbing the hands together) of combining soap, water and grime to remove the grime. The liquid soap works, but you have to work hard to accomplish the task.Foam that has been pumped has already taken care of a lot of the effort. Not only does the water and soap mix together much better, but the foam coats the hand much better, allowing the soap-water-grime to combine much more easily and efficiently. Most of the effort of mixing the soap and water together has already been done. Now when you rub your hands together, you no longer have to mix the soap and water, you only have to spread the combination over the hands. Especially for kids, this would seem a much easier and more intuitive methodology.So it seems to me that foam is just a quicker, easier and possibly, for most people, a more effective way to wash your hands. That said, there is still the problem of which foam pump to use.Last year, i bought two brands: the Cuisipro and one that is shaped somewhat like a duck, which I thought kids would like to use better than the Cuisipro. After a year of use (and both models being used about the same--even by children), the duck-shaped model gummed up and no longer worked, while the Cuisipro still pumps like a champ, although it occasionally does have to be prodded by manually pulling up on the pump--a technique that could not be done on the duck-shaped model. In fact, the duck-shaped model, despite cleaning efforts, just stopped working.Long story short: I replaced the duck-shaped model with another Cuisipro, and now after at least a month of use, both of the Cuisipros are working well. To me, this is the model to purchase.

I still can't believe how well this little guy works.I put dishwashing soap in it. Before, I went through a ton - a little drop here, a little drop there of straight liquid Dawn.Now, I've got this pump right next to my sink and a well placed squish of foam (that's been watered down tremendously - I don't even fill it up to the line at the bottom) will clean tons of dishes - I'm actually still on the Dawn bottle I had bought before I got it in March. I'm sure it will have paid for itself in a year, or less!I love the fact that it sticks to the counter - but if I need to- I can quickly grab it and shoot it anywhere - and just pop it back on the holder.Guaranteed, the first time you use it you will put way more soap in than needed, if you're using it with a dishwashing liquid. You'll see the fill line way, way down at the bottom, and go past it, and - it will clog, you will curse. I need to make the Dawn so watered down it's a light turquoise - really- not even TO the line. Great gadget!January 2014: So, ten months later. . .It still works like a champ, but the orange color for the suction pad bottom looks very washed out- and the lines on the pump were cleaned off long ago. My son came in after working on the car one day and got grease all over the top of it, and while that was a challenge to clean (after I dealt with him!) it came out okay. This pump is used multiple times daily- for a period this year we didn't even have a dishwasher. I was right about saving money with the dishwashing detergent- I just bought another of the big bottles of Dawn at Costco to replace the one I had gotten almost a year ago!

===Update 9-8-16====The new product I received from the company by using the 25 year warranty is already really hard to push the top down and get soap out. It works, no chips, discoloration so far or cracks. But its definitely gotten harder and harder to push down, I feel its not very easy to do one handed anymore -- puts a lot of strain on thumb to do that. Its better to use the other hand to push and one hand to catch the soap. I'd rather have one that is easier to use one-handed now that one of my arms is uaually holding a baby!==============Update after receiving new product via 25 year warranty noted on Amazon page:I updated this to 4 stars. I contacted the company via the website and asked how the 25 year warranty worked. It was quick as a breeze, a person emailed me and asked that I send a photo of the product and damage. I sent the ones I had attached here. I also sent my amazon order form (though that was not asked for, I thought it would be helpful). She asked for my name and address and shipped another product out to me the next day. It is so nice when a company will honor a warranty!===================================Update after 1 year of use (purchased April 5 2015, update review April 10 2016)The top part has cracked, right at the part where it clicks to lock the top on -- so that's frustrating. As well, it's much harder to push down now than it was before. Most annoying is the bottom red part is discolored and the suction part has curled upwards so it doesn't stick in place as well. It does still stick, just tends to slide. It just slid out from under my husband trying to get soap, and spilled the entire bottle on the counter because the lid doesn't stay on anymore..I see there is a 25 year warranty, which is ridiculous given that this lasted less than 1 year. The red fading and curl on the bottom happened about 6mo in, and the crack just happened a few days ago. Its likely (as our case) too much of a hassle to redeem a warranty. I'm not sure if we'll purchase another.. I like the look (before the bottom faded and curled) and it saved us a lot of soap. I understand things don't last forever, and this was in use multiple times a day. Still, I expected more than 1 year.=========Initial Review ==========We love this. Saved tons of dish soap. Looks great. I saw it at a national park bathroom, and coveted it ever since. We'll be buying another soon.