What soap do you use?

[Class2010AT]

i have use doc bonner's peperment b4 and it worked great but i smelled like a hooker at christmas. So i swapped to sea to summit body wash concentrate, you can clean up completly with 3mL or so of it, i like it but its kinda hard to find. Anyother suggestion?

[mweinstone]

dr bronners baby soap. same soap. no smell. us it for all my life. like,.....3 times at least!i shave with it when hiking. and wash my dishes and clothes.

[Mountain Wildman]

I bought the Dr. Bronners Peppermint, Used it on my hiking clothes so far.

Basegear has your Body Wash http://www.basegear.com/sea-to-summi...id-soaps1.html

[lunchbx]

soap? lol
rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer 4 me

[dmax]

I use this: http://www.grandtrunkgoods.com/ProdD...aspx?prodId=69

[Tinker]

Camp suds.

[fiddlehead]

small bar from hotel.
any kind.
just smaller is better.

[Class2010AT]

I bought the Dr. Bronners Peppermint, Used it on my hiking clothes so far.

Basegear has your Body Wash http://www.basegear.com/sea-to-summi...id-soaps1.html

I should have said its hard to find on trail

[garlic08]

small bar from hotel.
any kind.
just smaller is better.

Ditto this, if any at all. Sometimes I forget, and that's OK too. I often just scrub with a bandanna. I heard from a health pro that most of hand washing is mechanical, not chemical, anyway.

I agree on the odors--after a few days out there, every time I pass a day hiker I wonder why even the guys smell like French whores. Then I realize it's all the perfumed shaving cream, deodorant, shampoo, soaps, etc. in our daily lives. It's good to get away from all that. And then I wonder what I smell like to them....

In desert country, I look for a handful of sage and scrub with that. In higher terrain, some fir needles. Can't beat that for smelling good.

[Jonnycat]

A few drops of campsuds when I need to take a pot bath. I fill up a visine bottle with the stuff and it lasts me a few months.

[leaftye]

Doctor Bronners

[Blissful]

I may bring a little unscented castile soap. That's it

[Username75]

and Dr Bronners.
although the shampo is cheaper.
cheaper than joy dishwashing detergent
all 3 are biodegradeable.

[daddytwosticks]

I stopped carrying soap. I do ensure I have hand sanitizer and some adult-sized babby/butt wipes to clean up every now and then.

[Hawkwind61]

Dr Bronner's in lavender scent. (Lavender helps repel some bugs.) Hand sanitizer and wipes. If you let the wipes air dry just adding a bit of water will make the wet/moist again for use.

[Hikes in Rain]

Since I wear contacts, I look for a soap that doesn't have oils or perfumes, just soap. Ivory is one of my favorites, but the bar tends to get mushy in a plastic bag. Recently I got the bright idea (remembered something, actually) of a liquid Ivory that was out way back when. Even came in a pump bottle that looked like a cake of soap. Sadly, now that I'm looking for it, it doesn't seem to be available. My optomitrist recommends one of the clear liquid disinfection soaps, which doesn't seem to leave residues. On my next trip, I think I'll take a little bottle of that (with an Ivory sliver as a backup).

Did I just propose soap redundancy? Really?

[K2]

Have you looked on Ivory.com?

[Panzer1]

I start off with a liquid soap but if I'm on the trail long enough to run out of that I replace it with small bars of soap that I get when I zero in motels.

Panzer

[Quoddy]

Dr Bronner's. Use it sparingly. A couple of ounces should last a month.

[Pacific Tortuga]

what ever someone has left on top of a shower door or ?