I have a Chubby 2 in my rotation of nine brushes. I use a cream in a scuttle most of the time and it takes twice as much cream to get enough for a 2 pass shave. It also take longer to whip it into a lather.
It works well with soaps but I have to whip up a lather for each pass. Prep your face with hot/warm water before applying lather, that might help too. A hog brush is much more efficient but BOARING .