I'm wondering if I've been a lucky dog or if other people have success with the two step process of (1) scrubbing surfaces using only water until they are spotless, then (2) spraying/soaking in Starsan.
For things like transfer tubing and other items that have limited contact with post-boil wort, I pretty much to the same thing: Clean it with hot water before the stuff has a chance to dry, then apply the sanitizer.