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We had the Oxo dispensing dish brush... meh... it is clunky and large, and I prefer a narrower brush that gets into tall glasses and such. A bit of a gimmick...

I use the Oxo palm brush - tho I don't fill it with soap anymore...
...I just use a drop or two of soap from the bottle - I just like the way it feels in my hand and I can toss it in the dishwasher for a thourough cleaning when the bristles get too grimy.

I have that little good grips brush. I can't stand sponges. They never seem to get really clean and then I throw them away after just a few uses. Plus with this I can buy dish soap in bulk and have it last a year and not deal with the large awkward bottle. The brush cleans up nicely, and every six months or so I stick it in a glass with some diluted bleach and it's as good as new. I know, I know, bleach is bad. I tried putting it in the dishwasher, but you have to rise out the soap really well first b/c regular dish soap in the dishwasher is a recipe for disaster. I'd be nice if someone designed a similar brush where you could pop the brush part off without emptying the soap.

I like the looks of the bottom-right one. And it has replacement heads available! yay!

One of my roommates in college bought one of those wands. The problem was that everyone, except me, used it to clean only the inside of glasses and the eating surface of dishes. Consequently, we had greasy glasses and crusty plates. I've only used sponges since.

funny- my husband came home with one of those yesterday. Its ok. A little clumbsy for my liking. We have a dishwasher so i dont' have to worry too much about glasses, and it seems good enough for our non-dishwasher safe pots for now.

I had similar icky roommate experiences with these so I just can't deal with this gadget. A regular old sponge works fine for me.

hey erika in seattle - several of my former roommates have done just that...unfortunately, they did it regardless of the type of sponge/brush. i guess some people just don't understand that if you stack your plates, the gross grimy bottom of one will touch the top of the one below it. confusing, i know! ;)

we use one very similar to the bottom center one, but it's a cheapie we got at walgreens. i am a total convert to the soap-dispensing wand sponge. i also have to have a plastic scrubbie or something around, though, for champagne flutes, tight corners, etc.

I used to have a wonderful wand-style one that stood up on its base (not on the sponge/brush end), and I loved it. You could even get replacement heads for it! But alas, after the first one got lost in a move, I wasn't ever able to find another.

I have one of the little palm brushes now, and it's okay, but I miss two things about my old one: 1) being a longer wand style, you aren't as likely to get grody hands when scrubbing the dishes, and 2) because it didn't stand on the sponge end, there wasn't a little puddle of soap waiting for me every time I picked it up.