Why are we still using pump bottles for lotion when we all know the last quarter just sits there, unreachable? Why not switch to squeeze tubes with flat caps, like toothpaste, so we can actually use it all?
Why are we still using pump bottles for lotion when we all know the last quarter just sits there, unreachable? Why not switch to squeeze tubes with flat caps, like toothpaste, so we can actually use it all?
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Corporate greed. But it’s a good question to address just like the bitch ass packaging used for bacon.
Lotion exists outside of pump bottles…
I’ll save three of them, get halfway through a fourth one, cut open the three and put the lotion in a baggy to squeeze into the fourth bottle. Kind of an annoying process, but it’s literally half a bottle of lotion.
I think the pump bottles are better for accessibility than the tubes, if people don’t have great motion, strength, etc.
The tubes don’t 100% get everything out either. Get a spatula to scrape that last part out.
Cost. It is much easier, cheaper and faster to fill a bottle with a viscous liquid than doing so in a smaller tube. You can also control the amount the consumer dispenses for higher revenue.
To add to what others have said: Lotion tubes are not recyclable. The pump bottles usually are(if you rinse them).
They want you to buy more, more.
People will sacrifice a few dollars of lotion for that convenience
Squeeze tube suck too. My wife squeezes from the top, I always have to work it back up to the top. Plastic tubes are easier than metal ones. The metal ones leave a lot more in the tube. I prefer tubs, you get every bit.
Buy the big refill jugs and refill the pump bottles. I have some that are 20 years old.
Because the ease of use is great
I think we should forget all that and just place the lotion in the basket.
Because a squeeze tube isn’t an appropriate container for a lotion. Lotions are generally too thin for a tube. A toothpaste or ointment is very thick, so it squeezes out of a tube better.
If you’re looking for a better type of container, try a tottle or Malibu, the kind shampoo comes in, where the opening is the cap on which the bottle normally sits. That’s much better for a thinner
Or an airless pump, which pushes the bottom of the bottle up like a piston. The problem id that these are way more expensive than other bottles – easily 2 or 3 times.
Source: I teach cosmetic chemistry.
There’s these new airless pump thingies for makeups where the product is vaccum sealed and the bottom lifts in as the product is being used.
The sheer amount of people calling then scams because once they’re empty, the bottom is completely pulled up, therefore oMg lOoK hOw tHeY gIvE yOu nO pRoDucT.
People are just dumb and there’s no winning, so why change it up
Lotion and pumping are forever combined in the minds of men.
Add a little water, shake it up, pour in another bottle.
You only need one hand free to use the pump
bottles. Patriarchy!
This is why I don’t use pump bottles.
> get refillable dispenser
> refill dispenser
Cutting those bottles can be dangerous. The plastic isn’t consistent and you could stab your self. Try propping one bottle on top of another and leave over night so it can drain out. There’s still going to be some lotion left inside but not much.