Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I will agree with the other reviews here about the appearance of this item. I guess I expect too much and its $13+ price tag should have sent me elsewhere, but this item is cheap-cheap-cheap. I wondered how the manufacturer had managed such a thin coating of nickel over a thin plastic shell and discovered it was actually spray paint or something close. The mild castile soap we use in these and other pumps began eating through this coating the first few days we had it. The other two we have in bathrooms are still intact. We've just been lucky the soap hasn't dripped off the nozzle onto the shell yet. I'll update on their fate if they also fail. Alcohol (70% rubbing) will remove the coating instantly, so I imagine other solvents/chemicals may do the same. You'll have to keep your hair sprays, deodorant, skin cleansing pads, etc. away from it. Overspray from these toiletries will most likely be the end of the Penguin, as you know it. I was attempting to salvage the ruined pump and the first touch of alcohol removed the coating, not something you want in a bathroom or kitchen environment (or any other for that matter). Cute, but more of today's disposable junk driven by greed. Next stop - a good German manufacturer. Wonder if Audi makes soap dispensers? Ha! 5-28-2011 As promised, here's a follow-up for failures. Both of the other pumps (nickel) coating failed. I removed all the coating with nothing more than alcohol and now have two chrome plated looking units. Not too cool with brushed nickel everywhere else. Audi doesn't make soap dispensers.