A little thick for my hand
I was excited when I ordered this loofah as I have been looking for quite a while and this one had all the features I wanted: loofah on one side, terry cloth on the other, and an elastic hand strap that could be reversed to either the loofah or terry side.<br />The loofah is quite flat right out of the package but plumps up after it gets wet the first time (see first picture).<br />The stitching is good with the edge tape securely and evenly stitched all around.<br />My issue is that after it gets wet and swells up the first time, I find it just a tad big for my medium sized hand.  It's not so big that I drop it, and of course there is the strap to help keep it secure.  It just feels a bit too thick. Others may find that the thickness makes it easier and/or more comfortable to hold - to each her/his own.<br />I took one apart and discovered that there is a 1/2" thick piece of impervious foam sandwiched between the loofah and the terry.  From the product description, it appears that they switched to this to improve drying.  I just would have preferred that they had used a thinner piece of foam.<br />This foam also makes the loofah quite stiff. Rather than being able to contour the pad to my body, it ends up being flat which reduces the effectiveness.<br />I had used a stitch ripper to open up the item to remove the foam and I ended up re-sewing the edge tape without the foam re-inserted.  Without the foam I find it much more comfortable to hold though I think if there was maybe a 1/4" of foam that would make it just right.<br />At the end of the day, it still does a good job of exfoliating using the loofah side (which also works well for scrubbing when I get extra dirty and a wash cloth just won't cut it) and of gentle cleaning using the terry side, so I only deducted two stars for the thickness and stiffness issues.
Rating: 3 stars