These remind me of hamsters, so I call them my hamster buddies. Bought to (hopefully) reduce the waste of the plastic shower scrubbie normally used, both my husband and I find these effective. The bristles give a gentle but effective scrub. Perhaps a bit like combining the ‘skin brushing’ trend along with a good clean - 2 for 1? We left the sponges inside the hamster and then slide the soap bar in the sleeve as well, so you get a nice chunk to hold onto when scrubbing. Right now I’m finishing off my liquid soap and find that it works quite well just squirting on some soap and scrubbing away. We also hung 3M hooks in the shower so the hamsters can drip dry between uses.

It's a great item to have along with the bar soap. I hang it in my shower and it's easy to use. The soap cleans while the sleeve exfoliates.

Can't figure how this thing works. Bar soap too big and liquid soap washes out to quick. Looks like it would be useful but doesn't pan out. Buy more soap instead.