May be an old thread but as a noobie was wondering about the fan base of "cream" shavers vs "soap" shavers vs."cream/soap super lathers" shavers. Who prefers what and why ?
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I split the difference and use both at the same time
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/327854-Your-Best-Superlather-Combinations
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/327854-Your-Best-Superlather-Combinations
I've got a poll running now on soaps that has super lather and uber lather as choices
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...he-most-common-way-you-use-your-shaving-soaps
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showth...he-most-common-way-you-use-your-shaving-soaps
Generally, for me I use my creams for bowl lathering and my soaps for face lathering. You can use creams for face lathering and soaps for bowl lathering also. YMMV. I face lather with shave sticks, since that was there intended purpose. There are great creams and great soaps, so I wouldn't want to exclude either from my shave rotation. I think part of the fun of shaving is experimenting with all the different soaps/creams.
I find that soaps are better if I'm in a rush, but the lather for me is usually much more rich and dense with creams on a nice leisure shave. Not to say you can't get a good face lather with a soap but its definitely faster in a pinch because you don't have to lather as much.
Both! Hard to really say that one is better than the other, or that one gives better performance than the other.
I like both and regularly use both either individually or superlathered. I also cream and sticks together and puck them into bowls, that works great too.
I use 70% soaps and 30% creams and face lather both.
Having never used shave cream before, I'm ordering some today to see what it's all about
Seeing as I don't use a brush, that clearly indicates my preference. 
I alternate them. Day 1 is soap with a boar, Day 2 is cream with a big silvertip. I like the variety.
I use a rotation like most here, but my acquisitions seem to have left me with more creams than soaps. I tend to buy in lots off of the BST, and it seems that more creams are being sold. Does that mean more people are moving towards soaps? Maybe just nicer creams...
I prefer soaps, I think they are easier to deal with in general and lather great. I've found that I gravitated towards buying more soaps and just recently bought another cream just because I felt unbalanced but not because it was a vital element missing. I don't believe ingredients vary too much.
I prefer soaps much more.
I like the tobs and proraso creams, they are easier to lather, i end up using too much cream on my brush, i like soaps too, more difficult to lather but are more economical and they keep for years so you can have more soaps in your rotation.
Soaps are the better value but I tend to use creams 75% of the time.
I prefer to use creams, seems to be faster to measure and are more clean to store, in the other hand, Soaps needs to be aware when are dry to put the lid and store.
I started with creams, then began to experiment with soaps after reading various threads on B&B. Lately, I tend to use more soaps because the shave feels easier on my face. Personal preference, of course. Have fun 
