What I like about the stuff that comes in tubes, is that it doesn't require a pre-heated lathering bowl or any pre-foaming which makes everything go real quick.

You can just squirt some straight onto the (wet) brush and get latherin' - straight onto your face.

Having to shave those last remnants of hair off my head is bad enough without it taking up half the prep time I grant myself each morning :)

I had never thought about that. That is definitely a useful attribute that makes me consider looking for more tubular options. My soap cup can get pretty gnarly after a while and this might solve some of that.