JasonC
The Soap Spreadsheet King
A few months ago I finished a tub of A&E Asian Plum and although I know this is a “love it, or hate it” scent, I am very much in the LOVE IT camp. For me the scent and the performance were simply incredible.
The downside was that I felt like I got very few shaves out of the tub. I definitely feel like I got considerably less than 30 shaves and as a tub of this costs more than $40 delivered, it got me thinking about the cost per shave for my other favourites.
So I selected 15 soaps that I have in my current rotation and over the last 90 days, I weighed each soap before and after each daily shave and recorded the results over 6 shaves with each soap to get an accurate average usage.
Below are my results…
This is the gear used in the trial…
Notes:
Observations
I feel that Blue DeVil and Noble Otter are the closest in performance to A&E, so it was unsurprising that these 2 had the highest usage per shave. However, I still feel like these are lasting much longer than A&E and with the lower price, they both represent better value. I estimate that I was using 4+gms per shave of A&E.
I would have expected both of he Proraso scents in the trial to have similar usage to each other, but my tub of White is considerably firmer that my tub of Green. So I used less than half of the White than I did of the Green. Either way though, they are both exceptional value.
Buy Price
This is the current replacement price for each soap. I have taken into account delivery costs (if applicable), P&C member and multi-buy discounts, etc.
Full Tub Weight
This is the manufacture’s claimed net weight.
Starting Weight
Gross weight (including the tub), at the start of the trial.
Disclaimer
*These are my results and it goes without saying that YMMV based on your technique, lather preference, the brush used and perhaps a thousand other variables…
The downside was that I felt like I got very few shaves out of the tub. I definitely feel like I got considerably less than 30 shaves and as a tub of this costs more than $40 delivered, it got me thinking about the cost per shave for my other favourites.
So I selected 15 soaps that I have in my current rotation and over the last 90 days, I weighed each soap before and after each daily shave and recorded the results over 6 shaves with each soap to get an accurate average usage.
Below are my results…
This is the gear used in the trial…
Notes:
Observations
I feel that Blue DeVil and Noble Otter are the closest in performance to A&E, so it was unsurprising that these 2 had the highest usage per shave. However, I still feel like these are lasting much longer than A&E and with the lower price, they both represent better value. I estimate that I was using 4+gms per shave of A&E.
I would have expected both of he Proraso scents in the trial to have similar usage to each other, but my tub of White is considerably firmer that my tub of Green. So I used less than half of the White than I did of the Green. Either way though, they are both exceptional value.
Buy Price
This is the current replacement price for each soap. I have taken into account delivery costs (if applicable), P&C member and multi-buy discounts, etc.
Full Tub Weight
This is the manufacture’s claimed net weight.
Starting Weight
Gross weight (including the tub), at the start of the trial.
Disclaimer
*These are my results and it goes without saying that YMMV based on your technique, lather preference, the brush used and perhaps a thousand other variables…
