What happened to toilet paper?

[danemodsandy]

Olav:

While bidets are wonderful, I stand about as much chance of finding one here in Iowa as you would in Coober Pedy.

 

[davetranter]

Perhaps this would help????

Thought I would share this with you....

Again, I do NOT claim any rights over this image.

Enjoy!!

 

[sudsmaster]

Do any of the TP mfgs actually call it "toilet paper"?

Seems to me they all refer to it euphemistically as "bathroom tissue".

As if one is going to clean the tub with it.

 

[twintubdexter]

Look on the bright side...

...paper towels are shrinking too. Soon a roll of Brawny or Bounty will fit nicely where the Charmin or Quilted Northern goes now.

 

[NYCWriter]

Flushable ...

... baby wipes.

'Nuff said.

 

[docker]

We've had this in SA for years. Keep in mind that a sheet of TP is square and so the height as well as the width decreases. The new trick with TP is doing away with the dotted line, so that it tears off raggedly and paper are wasted!

 

[rockland1]

Private Label

FYI Kirkland (Costco) is made by Georgia Pacific (Koch Brothers).

 

[NYCWriter]

What kind of TP does everyone use?

I'll go first.

For years I used only pink Scott tissue. I was very unhappy when they stopped making the pink (something about how dangerous the dye was ... honestly? I'm wiping my a** with it!).

Now I use the white Scott tissue. It's not quilted. It's not fluffy. But it gets the job done as the "first line" of duty before I move on to the more thorough cleansing.

I cannot imagine people using ONLY dry tissue. Especially people with hair down there.

OK, TMI.

 

[dj-gabriele]

Give me a bidet anytime of the year please
Best invention after the WC itself!
Toilet paper is just to take off the gross stuff....

 

[sudsmaster]

I used to like the Kirkland stuff before they made the rolls too fat and too square to fit my TP holder (which, ironically, I got at Costco some years ago). I got tired of the roll jamming against the holder and coming off just one square at a time.

I switched to "Marathon", which was sold alongside the Kirkland for about the same price. Not quite as soft and absorbant, but it does the job - especially for just dabbing up the moisture left by the bidet.

 

[mattl]

Well I guess no Kirkland for me. Perhaps Cottenel?

 

[dustin92]

Oh no! Don't even bother with Cottonelle! It is too soft and mushy to get the job done and always leaves lots of itself on your backside, no matter how thouroughly you wipe. Which you don't notice until a few minutes after you leave the bathroom and it begins to itch. You then go back to the bathroom to properly clean that area (and remove the half sheet of toilet paper that has now glued itself to your skin!)

 

[maytagbear]

Angel Soft + Northern = Koch Brothers

So, I frown a small frown and look for Charmin on sale. P&G is probably (definitely) mixed up in politics, but it's probably not personal as it is with the Koch suckers.

As for "flushable" wipes, they are not a good idea in places with older/marginal plumbing and or low flow toilets.

A reasonable substitute for a bidet is a showerhead on a hose, and you don't have to rip up the bathroom for a showerhead on a hose.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[supersuds]

I love Cottonelle with Aloe. I won't use anything else.

It isn't "mushy." Give it a try.

 

[circlew]

Cottonelle

I used it several years ago when I had a toilet that used 3.5 gals/flush. Didn't have much problems with it. However, when I got a 1.5 gal/flush commode, it would invariably clog it. Same thing with Charmin.

 

[donprohel]

Please @dj_gabriele, do not mention the bidet, OK?

How I miss a bidet!

 

[imperial70]

I love this thread LOL

I purchase the Scott Xtra Soft which used to be 500 sheets per roll, but it has been slipping down. I use single ply because I find that it flushes better with my low water use toilet. I use the coupons that BJs gives me to get $3 off. I figure TP is one of those things you can never have enough of.

 

[sudsmaster]

you don't have to rip up the bathroom for a showerhead

True, but you also don't have to rip up a bathroom to get a bidet seat installed on a standard toilet. I've seen them at Costco and Home Depot. I got the Intelliseat at Costco, and it works as advertised. Easy install, just had to add an adapter to the toilet water line, and an extension on a GFCI outlet (already installed). Now, a normal toilet seat is a ... PITA ...

 

[sudsmaster]

How about some measurements?

I'm wondering now if Charmin is more narrow than the rest, of if they all have gone slim on the width of the rolls...

I am currently using Marathon bath tissue. The rolls measure 4.53" across. An older Scott tissue roll measures 4.59" across. Older Kirkland, before they went to square rolls, measure also 4.53". Now, the difference between 4.59 and 4.53 is slight - about 1/16" difference.

So of course I'm wondering how the new Charmin rolls measure up.

 

[supersuds]

Can't answer about Charmin, but Cottonelle is only 4.25 in.

Incidentally, Consumer Reports mentioned one time that Charmin was not a good choice for septic tanks as it didn't break up well. Other brands were OK.