Scrub-a-dub-dub [SEP] I find the Salux to be an outstanding shower item.  It's not soft--it's coarse, almost like fine sandpaper, and with vigorous application with soap it does a fabulous job on the skin, and it's long enough to do my entire back, which is unreachable with regular wash cloths..  Furthermore, it lasts--the one I had one before didn't fall apart for 8 or 9 years.