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The Truth About Loofahs

October 20th, 2010 - Uncategorized - 13 Comments »

For the past six months or so, Bryan Allain and I have been deeply engaged in the age-old bar soap vs. loofah argument. He whipped up one of his glorious The Truth About videos to visually and audibly showcase the email war that’s been taking place between us (and has nearly cost us our friendship).

[Click here to see embedded video]

Which side of the fence do you fall on? And, more importantly, why?

And for the best possible way to spend your next hour, click here to watch more in Bryan’s The Truth About series.

  • http://bryanallain.com bryan

    Also on my blog is a special treat* for you guys. A 15-second video of Tyler getting his drive-thru on using the back window of his car. You can see that by clicking here.

    *it is neither special, nor a treat.

  • http://jaredtaft.wordpress.com Jared

    i'm a loofah guy for 3 reasons: first, there's no disgusting, filthy soap residue left on my body; second, it's cost effective – you get so many more washes out of a container of Old Spice body wash than you do a bar of Dove; third, you don't share a loofah….therefore nobody's dirt or hair gets stuck to my loofah like it frequently does to a bar of soap. *** thank you, tyler, for converting me to the loofah some 10 years ago. ***

  • brandonclements

    Loofah, no doubt. It just feels right. My manliness needs no bar of soap to bolster it…

  • nate

    if you also need to drive a hummer, wear sunglasses indoors, and wear sleeveless shirts at the gym- then by all means- continue to use a bar of soap to smear the filth around your body to further drive home the point of your frail masculinity.

    but…if you are a secure male who can melt things with your withering gaze, then join the revolution my friend, and lather up with a loofah.

  • http://www.pofgblog.com joerob577

    I use both. Does that make me a flip-flopper? Really, which one I use comes down to circumstances.

    Am I running late? Soap.
    Am I going on a date with my wife? Loofah.
    Am I feeling lazy? Soap (rinsing out the loofa after using it is annoying).
    Am I showering for cleanliness AND relaxation? Loofah.
    Do I want to be scent-neutral? Soap.
    Am I trying to smell like The Most Interesting Man in the World? Loofah, then cologne.

    It's all about the circumstances…

  • dtdorrin

    I was totally distracted the whole time by the loofah guy's nipples (am I allowed to say that on here?).

    I'm a woman, so loofah all the way, with a nice girly-scented body wash FTW.

    • Kira

      you are not the only one…couldn't tell if they were decorative buttons at first.

  • Abby

    Anyone on the loofah team is gross and bacteria ridden.
    http://science.discovery.com/top-ten/2009/gross-t…

    Use a washcloth and throw it in the laundry after each use. If

  • mrimperial

    Soap + loofah = pure clean. Rub the soap on the loofah to make the lather, then go to town.

    And none of that crappy non-soap, either. I'm talking good soap, where they don't take the glycerin out and add it back in later. So say what you will, but I'll keep my French triple-milled soaps and my loofahs any day.

  • http://fbcracineyouth.blogspot.com Jesse

    Holy crap, "why do you think they call them loofahs and sell them next to the tampons"….lol, priceless. I'm a loofah guy myself..Just tried it once and never looked back. Plus, better soap smell choices if you ask me.

  • Samantha

    I'm personally in shock of the comments above me. As a female I was watching this thinking about how it didn't even seem a debate, bar of soap all the way. I use a good bar of soap, give the body a rub down straight from the bar, then rub rinse clean with my hands and water. Never failed me before. I think it might actually rub me the wrong way if I were to see a loofah in a man's shower….I agree with all the femininity remarks.

  • brent

    Bar of soap. Do you wash your hands with a loofah? No, you wash your hands with your hands. If your hands can wash your hands, why not the rest of your body?

    I tried a loofah for a short while and it was a pain. And I didn't feel any more clean.

  • samantha

    loofah girl all the way … but i still use bar soap instead of body wash on it. much cheaper :) but scented loofahs? especially for a man … no-go.

    and to the person talking about germy loofahs: you can wash those too, you know …. it goes in the lingerie bag with the whites and boom boom pow- clean loofah.