I'm also a Commodore X2 user and I found it to be good for soaps and creams. The best part of the brush is the handle, you can really whip that brush around without it flying out of your hand. If you want more "backbone" grip the base of the knot with your fingers, I do that when I use it on MWF and it works really well. I've been using MWF a lot lately and I find the Classic #1 to be better for really hard soaps. The Classic also seems to be a higher quality brush.