Anyone weighed any empty soap containers?

[jesseix]

I'm wondering if any of you fine folk might have weighed out empty soap containers after you've finished a product off, or would be able to.

I saw that @ShavingByTheNumbers posted in a different thread about the weight of a Soap Commander tub, but I was hoping to put together the weights for some other products like B&M, Mike's, CRSW, GD etc... if you might an empty that you're able to weight and post it, would be much appreciated!

Cheers

 

[bobmsp]

Here are the weights that I have. Some are more precise than others because I got a more refined scale about a year ago.

B&M White Label clear tub Soap: tub - 55.8
Dr. Jon’s tin container - 2 oz. Soap: tub - 22.4; lid - 15.3
Ikea Grundtal container Soap: tub - 67.7; lid - 25.9
Meisner Tremonia glass tub Soap: tub - 203
Mystic Water plastic tub Soap: tub - 56


Al's Shaving Cream black plastic sample container (no lid): 5.2
Deluxe Shaving Co. white plastic sample container: 3; lid - 2
L&L Grooming tin sample container: 6.1; lid - 5.4
Maggard clear plastic soap sample container: 7.2; lid - 3.3
Stirling tin sample container: 20; lid - 15
TTFFC tin sample container: 8.9; lid - 7.7
Wholly Kaw clear plastic soap sample container: 7.6; lid - 2.3

 

[ShavingByTheNumbers]

Great measurements, @bobmsp, and great thread, @jesseix. Here are more measurements:

Soap Commander Integrity Shaving Soap:

jar + cap w/o labels - 81.45 g
jar w/o label - 55.63 g
cap w/o label - 25.82 g​

The Art of Shaving Lavender Shaving Cream:

tube w/ cap - 16.23 g​

 

[jesseix]

Great thanks guys! Hopefully we’ll continue to get additional input to expand the list.

 

[Toothpick]

Why?

 

[John Rose]

Why?

One thing that occurs to me is that you would then be able to calculate how much soap is remaining without the hassle of emptying one's own container, and then putting it back in.

 

[bobmsp]

One thing that occurs to me is that you would then be able to calculate how much soap is remaining without the hassle of emptying one's own container, and then putting it back in.

This is what I use the info for.

 

[John Rose]

The Body Shop Mechanics For Men™ Shave Cream (discontinued before the Maca Root formula) tub + cap = 43 g

First Canadian Shave Soap Co. tub + cap = 41 g

 

[jesseix]

I got a note from someone that empty 4oz Catie's Bubbles tub/cap is 1.9oz, which I'm going to convert to approximately 54 grams.
I weighed out a CB cap from my tub this morning at 18 grams, so that would put the tub itself at approx 36 grams.

 

[ajkel64]

Interesting.

 

[fast shaver]

Cattle Bubbles and Maggard soap weigh in at around 50 g each.

 

[McNasty]

I hope I never get this desperate for entertainment!

 

[jesseix]

I hope I never get this desperate for entertainment!

What, you mean reading posts on a website about shaving?
In all seriousness though, I do think this is useful for people wanting to know how much soap they have left in a container, either for personal use or sale/trade purposes. Its easy to look at a tub and say Oh its about 75% or so, but at least for me I really have no idea by eyeballing it because I don't remember what the tub looked like when I got it, how many times I've used it, etc.

 

[SlopeRocker]

I hope I never get this desperate for entertainment!

+ 1,000!

And everyone has a well-calibrated labrartory quality scale to achieve this I hope...

 

[Rico Suave]

I'm surprised anyone here has even seen an empty soap container.

 

[Ricksplace]

No-one has weighed the Williams little cardboard box?
The Rodney Dangerfield of soaps.

 

[BigJ]

I'm surprised anyone here has even seen an empty soap container.

+1!

 

[fast shaver]

I had two empty & another will be empty soon. I have two boys going through it though.

 

[ShavingByTheNumbers]

Here are new measurements. I just recently gave away some of my remaining Stirling Naked & Smooth, and then transferred the vast majority of what was left into a small 0.5 oz. jar. Finally, I thoroughly cleaned and dried the Stirling green plastic jar and cap. The original labels are still on the jar and cap. Mass measurements were made right after calibrating my 0.01 g resolution scale.

Stirling's green plastic container with original labels:

Mass of cap = 23.70 g
Mass of jar = 56.29 g
Mass of jar and cap = 79.99 g​