Personally, I prefer the Touchless Soap Dispenser – I just love the fact that my kids don’t have to touch the dispenser to squirt soap in their hands. The last thing I want is a colony of nasties on the head of my soap dispenser in the bathroom.
The fact that it makes it even easier for them to wash their hands – it removes a step from the process – definitely helps as well. I had both an automatic and a normal hand soap dispenser in the kids’ bathroom and, when they had both options, they used the automatic touchless soap dispenser every single time.
Regardless of which you prefer – it is very important to make sure you purchase a quality unit. There are many cheap, badly manufacture soap dispensers doing the rounds and if you get one of them, you will surely be sorry…