Never MT - Large Soap Container Alternatives

9 years ago

I've never had any good success with the Never MT - Large Soap Container style setups. It sucked with the Groher dispenser. Changed it to the Kohler - it worked better, but not perfect.

As a matter of fact, the Moen soap dispenser with factory bottle performs much better than the Never-MT style.

I'm inclined to remove the hose and revert back to a bottle in the kitchen.

I've tried it. I've made the hose as *short* as possible between the jug of soap to the pickup tube. I've primed it well on the intial draw, etc. This system just doesn't work for me.

Before I do the bottle swap, let me reach out to some fellow GW who have been in a similar boat and see if you guys have some miraculos advice.

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miclee15

9 years ago

I just installed a Kohler and all that was needed was a length of vinyl tubing from HD. Get one which is slightly smaller then the tube from the pump, pour boiling water over it and push it as far up the tube as possible, use a zip tie to hold it tight and prevent air leaks. Stick the other end into what ever soap you use, dawn works great. Not sure why people buy the never MT, the vinyl tubing works great and is cheap.

This post was edited by trivan on Wed, Dec 24, 14 at 23:05

Comments (9)

carolmka
9 years ago
We have the Kohler and added the never mt. Never had a problem. I will say we are using a large jug of the Soft soap that we got at Costco. Before we added the never mt, we had a tough time filling the bottle of the kohler soap dispenser. It may be the type of soap you have chosen.
suzanne_sl
9 years ago
Our kitchen was finished 3 years ago with a Kraus dispenser and a Never MT. It's never worked. Sorry.
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a1an
Original Author
9 years ago
Hi Carol -

I'd like to avoid the bottle if I can

The Grohe is a piss poor design. It does not even screw it. It's held in rentention with plastic clips that *rentent* on the inside of the bottle.

The Kohler is at least a screw on design...
And yes, it's a chore to fill up the bottle.
The top fill is too small to dispense soap ....
So in order to do the bottle refill, I need to empty out the kitchen sink base, get on my back and remove bottle.
The reverse - get on my back, grab the filled bottle and put it back in. I have a deep/deepish sink, so it's a small cavity of space between the sink/cabinet where there bottle sits in between
Gracie
9 years ago
The top fill is too small to dispense soap.

Do you mean the opening is too small to pour the soap in? Use a funnel?

We installed the Kohler pump in our remodel, and I never bothered with the NeverMT because the dish soap lasted two months. I could handle refilling a few times a year. However, I was washing my hands multiple times a day with dish soap but only washing dishes once a day, so I switched to hand soap in my dispenser. Target sells Method hand soap in a large pouch that has a small pour spout for refilling bottles.
a1an
Original Author
9 years ago
Hand soap is for the dispenser.

The opening is not the issue. The viscosity (thickness) is the soap - either you pour in a extremely slow fashion so it's silky and goes down the bottle, or even with a funnel, the viscosity will just pool in the small *hole* until it makes it way through.
peytonroad
9 years ago
Brilliant Trivan!
oldbat2be
9 years ago
We have an Never MT at both sinks, with the Costco detergent jugs. Love them. Three years of use and not an issue. DH built a shelf in the island cabinet to hold the jug.

P.S. - these are really pretty cheap! Not quite as cheap as trivan's solution though:)
Maine Susan
8 years ago
Well I can't get mine to work, the soap comes right up to the faucet pump but won't come through... Dawn blue... been reading lots of posts here but still... I did notice that there are:

12,080 how to prime never mt Discussions

geesh!!!