Cade has more or less been my only soap (aside from a few I tried here and there) since I began wetshaving. For me it has always been easy to use and an excellent performer. I've used it stand-alone, with cream, with liquid lanolin, and with all three - it always creates a great lather. I don't even usually soak the puck first, I just wet my brush, load up, and go. It's not a very picky soap at all.