Waste Not, Want Not: Soap Bank from DesigNoDoubt
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 02. 8.08
Getting every last bit of soap from a bar to do its job can be tricky; the smaller it gets, the harder it is to handle those slick little buggers. Instead of trying to mash them together, or into a new bar, the Korean design team DesigNoDoubt has a solution: just deposit it into the bank. Their "Soap Bank" is a slick little device that collects and helps you get your money's worth from the small remains of soap. When your bar gets too small to get a good grip on, just drop it in the slot and give the bag a rub when you need some soapy goodness. Cha-ching!
The Bank is designed to stick on any interior shower wall (it's a suction cup) and the top is a good place to keep you soap until it's small enough to fit in the bank. It might be the only time it's convenient to drop the soap. Get cleaned up with more pics below the fold. ::DesigNoDoubt via ::Yanko Design
Where could I buy here in the US??? & How much???
How much soap bits must you 'recycle' with it just to offset this product's environmental footprint ? My guess is, the succion cup will die way before that happens !
A simple & more environmentally friendly solution that costs nothing : If you use body wash lotion, just drop the soap bits in the bottle. They will disolve and mix ...
I'm sure one could easily build their own less extravagant version with some old pantyhose and a suction cup.
I actually do this, and wrap the pieces in ripped/"runned" pantyhose. Much greener, yes? Too many shiny products lately...
cha-ching? is that some sort of racist joke making fun of the korean designers? jk lol...
i like this idea...
Wow - you're really reaching for that one, thespyofcharles. I'm still trying to figure out if you were trying to appear effortlessly clever. If so, keep trying. Someday you might get it.
And this would only work on tiles of uniformly even surface or else it would fall off. After a couple times falling in the shower, a liquid soap in a squeeze bottle (like Dr. Bronner's) is looking mighty good.
this is really a cool idea.
...or, you could just adhere the sliver to the back of the new bar--nothing wasted, and no ridiculous-looking, petroleum-based plastic widget cluttering up your bathroom.
This is about as counter-intuitive as the plastic body scraper intended to get off the excess water after a shower (to save towels!) that was profiled here a while back, when you can use your hands just as well. What are people thinking? This is just another example of how we consume unnecessarily. Just think of how short our workweek could be if we all ditched these sorts of products!
Are you serious?
Too many wasteful products are being made. This is another one. It might seem cool and useful, but it's wasteful and not for the green crowd.
But since there are too many wasteful products out there, why single out this one?
Have fun soapers!
How about sewing a washcloth into a bag and dropping the soap pieces in there? No plastic, nothing to buy, nothing falling off the wall.
God, just open a new bar of soap....or mash the old bar into one of those scruffy shower puff things... People have way too much time on their hands.
I agree, try to curb the plastic out , I mean use it only when NECESSARY : ~V
Just hang a worn out nylon sock [pantyhose sounds cool also] from the shower head or existing soap dish. Doesn't take much imagination to replace the plastic part or recycle an existing suction cup. Liquid soap sounds ok too. Just keep in mind that wet bar soap sitting around to long can become a breading ground for pathogens. Remember where those hands have been?
ummmmm...did anyone think that having a soapy little bag dripping slippery liquid into your bath tub/shower might be a little dangerous? I know that the spray from the shower would wash away most of it but ive fallen in the shower just from using a regular bar...i dont know, mabey im just clumsy :P
Oh thank GOD, finally! How did we ever live without this!!!?
Just stick the little leftover chunk to a wet new bar of soap and hold it there for about 10 seconds. Sticks like glue, no plasic gadgets required. Ridiculous.