Customer Reviews

Germ-X waterless hand sanitizer, original - 40 oz

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I am a deputy sheriff and carry this in our squad car. However, I buy this bottle for $4.00 from the local walgreens.

When my husband brought our Newborn Preemie Twins home from the hospital as with most babies everyone wanted to come visit them. While my husband was at Walmart he picked up 2 of these...they are much cheaper at Walmart than on here.

Everytime that anyone came we asked them to wash their hands via soap & water but also asked them to squirt on some germ-x. You never know how well someone washes their hands. Obviously make sure it is dry before touching baby.

We put one of these by the front door on a table so even anyone who just stopped in to drop something off and take a peek at the girls(people can't resist to touch babies) would normally get some germ-x w/out having to be asked or would get some when we asked. It was never a big deal. Don't ever feel bad or akward for making people wash their hands or use germ-x before they hold your baby(s).

We also put one of these by our girls changing table. We are normally changing one girl right after the other and rather than run to wash your hands between changings, you can just use some of this. Afer we have changed both diapers then we'll go wash our hands w/ soap & water.

We also have the tiny travel size ones...whenever they run out we just fill them up w/ these. We keep 1 in each of our cars, 1 in the diaper bag & 1 in my purse.

We use this stuff all the time, it lasts a very long time. And it does not dry your hands out.

This is not meant to replace you using soap & water after you have been working on an engine..DUH!! It is called germ-x, not grease-x. It also does NOT leave your hands feeling greasy. This is in reply to another reviewers comment.

I keep an extra bottle or two of Germ-X on hand all the time. I use this big one to refill all my smaller ones. I keep an 8 oz bottle with a hand pump in my car. I also have the pocket-size bottles in my purses and keep them with me when I travel.

I normally keep this big bottle in a cupboard, but when someone in my household is sick, you better believe it's out on my counter for easy use.

This stuff works good. Doesn't dry your hands like soap and water.

However, you can buy at WalMart BM for $5.12.

I have used this for a number of years both at home and in the office. It is easy to dispense and apply, will not dry out your hands, is convenient to use, and is effective at killing germs.

Although this has only 63% antiseptic compared to 65% in Purell, I don't think that makes a significant difference for ordinary use (as opposed to an intensive care unit in a hospital, for example) and for me does not justify the extra expense of Purell.

This is not a substitute for washing dirty hands. But if your hands are clean, it is so much easier to just squirt some of this on instead of using soap and water.

Shop for price. I buy this at my local Costco for $6.

I work in a school, took care of a sick relative, for years and do a lot of work with the community. This means I am constantly exposing myself to germs - that is part of life, in this world. There are good and bad bacteria. Subsequently, we have to do our part to ensure that we don't end up sick, most days of the year.

Germ-X is far superior to Purell. I will tell you why. It smells better - Purell has more of a chemical smell. while Germ-X has a mildly citrus scent. It doesn't dry out your skin as much and it also costs far less. This is especially true if you buy this product at Walgreen's.

If I'm elbow-deep in an engine block, or just finished shoveling out the horse barn, I'm sorry: washing up with hand sanitizer just isn't going to cut it. Granted, GERM-X HAND SANITIZER is better than nothing when soap and water aren't available, but unless you live on Baffin Island or in a Third World country, soap and water are going to be at your disposal.

My hands just don't feel clean once I've applied the GERM-X. They feel oily. . .filmy. . .sometimes sticky. Look, I know Vitamin E is good, which is in this sanitizer, and that this product is high-alcohol in content, which is a bacteria sterilizer, but come on: If I want a sticky sensation I'll wash my hands in maple syrup.

When my appendages need a good scrubbing, give me a bar of soap and some H2O. Keep the GERM-X HAND SANITIZER for someone else who doesn't get as dirty as I get. Clean is good; water-and-soap-clean is even better.
--D. Mikels, Esq.