Dave, I’m not rinsing the excess lather off the puck just for the sake of the 3017, in an effort to use it up faster. .... that’s how I use my soaps. I always rinse the lather off, every time. Because normally I will only use a soap once or twice and it goes back on the shelf, I like to start with fresh clean soap every time. So, this is representative of how I normally shave. And, I also do it, because I have so much soap, that it helps me get through each tub a little faster. Yes, wasteful. And I never understood why people did that when I first started out, but now that I have a ton of soap, I get it and have adopted that into my routine.