I'm a big fan of soap dispensers. Bottles/mats trap soap and water and that will damage nearly every stone and estone. Wouldn't be so bad, but we're creatures of habit and put the dang thing back in the same place again and again.

I’d probably do a built in for my next home. I’ve had both, inherited from previous owners. Both get gunky to some degree. But I think the built in is the lesser of 2 evils.

I really like a built-in dispenser paired with an extension tube kit. It’s a nice clean look around the sink, and a big bottle of dish soap under the sink lasts a very long time.

I've had two built in pumps in my last two kitchens and I love both of them. Neither have gotten gunky and both are easy to clean. I wonder if some models are better than others? Mone have been rather streamlined without a lot of nooks and crannies to get gunky.

I like every surface as uncluttered as possible so I don't like bottles or holders left out. Much prefer the look of a built in dispenser, and I don't find it gets gunky at all. The only slightly annoying thing is if you over-fill it on accident then you have a mess

Thanks all! Hadn't thought about storing dish soap in the sink. I have used a ceramic dish to hold a sponge/scrubber and was fine with how that looked sitting on the counter. I actually prefer the look of a nice hand soap to a built-in dispenser, so wouldn't ever use it for that. But dish soap is larger and less pretty.

Love having built in rather than a bottle. i’m in CA so swapped out for air gap after inspection so i was stuck with something there either way…

I decant my dish soap into a small squeeze container. And place it next to my faucet. Practical, accessible, no fussing with having to refill a bottle under the sink. Functional.

We have built in and paired with tube extension. Haven’t thought about refilling in quite awhile. Area stays clean and neat, I can’t stand “clutter”.

I also have 2 of the built-ins with tube going into a large container under my sink, zero problems after 2.5 years. Rarely need to refill...but to get it to work initially, be prepared for about 60 pumps ;)

When I had my kitchen renovated, I had a built in soap dispenser put in, as it came with my Kohler faucet. I never have used the soap dispenser; maybe I will now. I have my Palmolive soap bottle on my counter.

When I had one, I liked it. Refilling is not much of an issue for me, because I buy dish detergent in bulk and refill a bottle anyway.

I buy bulk-size detergent to fill a small no-label plastic squeeze bottle with a push-pull cap. The sqeeze bottle sits on the sink grates in the bottom of the sink--not on the countertop. I rarely close the push-pull cap. I did not want a built-in soap dispenser that I would have to clean around. And I prefer bringing the soap to whatever it is I want to get soapy, rather than bringing the item to a stationary soap dispenser.

I had a Never MT and it constantly wouldnt work. i gave up and keep dish detergent in a nice bottle.

We use ours for hand soap and keep the dish soap under the sink. We have a tip-out tray to hold sponges and a brush. I love not having things on the counter. I made sure to get a dispenser that could be filled from the top, but the fabricator put the hole in a spot where there’s not enough space to unscrew the dispenser, so we have to fill it from the bottom. Doh. Not a problem now because I send my son under there, but I’ll look into the tube kit.

Built in with NeverMt. We have had one in 2 houses and never had a problem with them. We use the big bottles of Dawn dish detergent. We have been in our current house 5 1/2 years and have only changed the bottle at our cleanup sink once so far. Still haven’t needed to switch out the bottle in our prep sink.

I have a built-in hand soap dispenser. Occasionally have to clean up some gunk that builds up on the dispenser pump, but that's same as any other soap dispenser. No gunk on the countertop because the pump is positioned to overhang every so slightly into the sink. I keep my dishwashing liquid in a small silicone bottle right in the sink.

i bought a crystal and silver dispenser at RH outlet store years ago. excellent quality, very stable. wish i could find another.