Body Glide

[Nohal]

Where do you buy body glide?

 

[jevs]

What is body glide?

#tooscaredtogoogle

 

[PrincessShmoo]

What is body glide?

#tooscaredtogoogle

Not that scary. It's a gel-stick, much like a deodorant, that helps prevent chafing. I use it when traveling and walking on a lot of tours.

I think I bought it at WalMart. Maybe Target.

Oh, wait, I got it at Big 5.

 

[Kellykins1218]

I get it at Dick's Sporting Goods

 

[bcla]

REI carries it.

An alternative is Gold Bond Friction Defense, which should be easier to find and cheaper.

 

[Clifton Tesh]

I get it at Dicks sporting goods.

 

[Denise W]

Amazon.com.

Denise

 

[indygirl99]

Any running/sporting good store.

And as a runner Don't fall for the "cheaper" Gold Bond friction defense being better. It lasted about 2 miles.

Thankfully I tried it out on a training run to find that it failed before the actual marathon.

 

[aristocatz]

I've bought it on Amazon.com

 

[DawnM]

I have gotten it at Amazon and REI. I haven't tried Dicks but I have never seen it at Walmart or Target.

 

[monorailsilver]

Dicks! Keeps my son from getting Sandburn at the beach on his stomach and legs.

 

[low-key]

so what ever a body glide is, you get it at Dicks, not this home boy

 

[North of Mouse]

Where do you buy body glide?

I bought mine at Dick's Sporting Goods, but am sure most sporting/bicycle stores carry it. I also have Gold Bond Friction stick and Monistat anti chaffing gel (in a tube).
They all have worked equally well with me. Band Aid brand also puts out a stick.

Works great on feet where shoes rub, or any body part that rubs and has painful friction. I don't leave home without one or the other brands.

 

[AppleDumpling]

I've also gotten BodyGlide at Dick's and yes it works well.

FYI, I hadn't bought it in several years and in that time they changed the packaging. They now sell the "regular" product and one called "For Her". As far as I can tell, it's the same thing, same ingredients and both are unscented. Only difference is the packaging and the price! The women's version is pink (of course) with a smaller size and much higher price per oz. than the regular blue package. Sorry, but this just really rubs me the wrong way (no pun intended). Not sure I want to support a company with such sexist marketing. I'll try one of the competing brands next time.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I have gotten it at Amazon and REI. I haven't tried Dicks but I have never seen it at Walmart or Target.

I checked, it's at my local Target. But not WalMart.

 

[Unas]

I've also gotten BodyGlide at Dick's and yes it works well.

FYI, I hadn't bought it in several years and in that time they changed the packaging. They now sell the "regular" product and one called "For Her". As far as I can tell, it's the same thing, same ingredients and both are unscented. Only difference is the packaging and the price! The women's version is pink (of course) with a smaller size and much higher price per oz. than the regular blue package. Sorry, but this just really rubs me the wrong way (no pun intended). Not sure I want to support a company with such sexist marketing. I'll try one of the competing brands next time.

Really? Body Glide for Her from Dick's?

 

[PrincessShmoo]

All kinds of products (not just the basic anti-chafe stuff they started with):

The body glide is $5.99 for .45 oz ($1.33 per oz). It's an anti-chafe, anti-blister balm.

The for Her glide is $7.99 for .8 oz ($.99 per oz). It's an anti-chafe, moisturizing balm.

 

[AppleDumpling]

All kinds of products (not just the basic anti-chafe stuff they started with)

The body glide is $5.99 for .45 oz ($1.33 per oz). It's an anti-chafe, anti-blister balm.

The for Her glide is $7.99 for .8 oz ($.99 per oz). It's an anti-chafe, moisturizing balm.

So this post prompted me to research a bit. Turns out the For Her is a slightly different formula, with the added ingredients of vitamin F, coconut oil and almond oil. Mea culpa. I never tried it; a friend compared them and told me she couldn't tell the difference. Still they could just label it as moisturizing; no need to make it gender specific. Interesting they have a specialized one for feet now too.

Incidentally PrincessShmoo, your math is off. Check the decimals. According to the Dick's website, the blue tube costs $9.99 for 1.5 oz. and the pink tube costs $8.99 for .8 oz. My calculation shows that the pink tube costs $4.57 more per ounce than the blue tube ($11.23 vs. $6.66 per oz.) You can decide if it's worth the higher price. I'll stick with the original.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

So this post prompted me to research a bit. Turns out the For Her is a slightly different formula, with the added ingredients of vitamin F, coconut oil and almond oil. Mea culpa. I never tried it; a friend compared them and told me she couldn't tell the difference. Still they could just label it as moisturizing; no need to make it gender specific. Interesting they have a specialized one for feet now too.

Incidentally PrincessShmoo, your math is off. Check the decimals. According to the Dick's website, the blue tube costs $9.99 for 1.5 oz. and the pink tube costs $8.99 for .8 oz. My calculation shows that the pink tube costs $4.57 more per ounce than the blue tube ($11.23 vs. $6.66 per oz.) You can decide if it's worth the higher price.

Well, the prices I used were from the body glide website. The actual prices on a retail store are probably different.

 

[AppleDumpling]

Well, the prices I used were from the body glide website. The actual prices on a retail store are probably different.

OK, but even with the prices you quoted, the numbers don't add up. The point is, the product marketed for women is priced significantly higher, not lower, than the original (unisex) product.