I've used Barbasol, Foamy, and Proraso foams with my DEs before and they work fine. I currently use Gillette Pure cream or KMF lavender cream hand-lathered, which also works fine. I've discovered that if I use a brush too many days in a row, especially during winter, it beats my face up a bit.To be honest, IF I wanted to dramatically shorten the time it takes me to shave then switching to canned goo would be the way that I would do it.