the best place to keep dr. bronners soap? i think i got it

I was just curious about transferring liquids into smaller compact containers like this. Do you have to take into consideration the viscosity of the liquid? Dr. Bronner's is not super thick but it is my viscous than, say, water. Have you actually tried to see if your bottle dispenses it easily?

I put my soap in an old contact lens cleaner bottle which is about as long as the light pictured. I enlarged the hole slightly with a small nail to make the drop size more convenient and easier to squeeze out.

If you wear contacts, make sure you clearly identify the bottle as soap of course.

For filling them up many of the contacts/dry-eye types have a removable insert that I usually take out. If the viscosity is too much just put a nail or other object in there and twist it around a bit. Has anyone who has purchased them empty have any better experience that us thrifty guys should know about?

That can be an issue with the 3 ml mini-dropper bottles for sure. I solved it by bringing home from my office several 3 cc syringes and several "teat cannula"—sort of a blunt plastic "needle" that attaches to the syringe, think a tiny little funnel. That way I can put the tip at the bottom of the bottle, and that pushes the air out and fills it from the bottom. I don't know for sure, but teat cannulas might be available at feed stores in regions where cattle are common.

One week ago I reported on some tiny 6ml plastic bottles that were cheap and were intended for food condiments. Previously I reported on some 10ml and 15ml bottles, also cheap, with atomizer top or roll-on top. When I get up to the 30ml bottles, they actually cost money.

–B.G.–

If the tip of the bottle doesn't come out, one trick I use to fill them is to microwave the fluid in question until it is warm/hot. At these temperatures I will be much thinner and you'll have much better luck vacuuming it up by squeezing the bottle and trying to suck it in. Campsuds is one product that responds very well to a short blast in the microwave in terms of temporarily reducing its viscosity.

good stuff. thats why i post.