I have ordered many plastic screw top sandalwood shaving cream before ordering the refills, mainly because I wanted the wooden bowl. I found that the refill does not lather up as good as the shaving cream in the screw top bowls. Plus I was a bit disappointed with the wooden bowl because you can't open it by using the small lift knob in the centre of the lid...it's just too small or too low making it impossible to lift it with two fingers. So I have to grab the lid by the side to access the cream, making the knob in the middle pointless. It needs to be made so that you can lift the lid as intended. I have since gone back to ordering the screw top tubs. Craig.