What happened to toilet paper?

[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.

 

[dj-gabriele]

Italian toilet paper...

Seeing all this shrinking on american paper made me wonder how tall a roll of paper sold here was...

And TADA! All those I have at home (shop brand 1, made in Lucca (IT), shop brand 2, made in Lucca (IT) by another firm, Tenderly from Georgia-Pacific, again made in Lucca and another store brand 3, this time not made in Lucca but nearby (gosh! But all the Italian toilet paper comes from the Lucca province in Tuscany?!?!?!)

guess what?
THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME HEIGHT OF 9,5 cm (3,74 inches!) gosh! That's way smaller that yours in the US! But luckly more than enough for me hahahha but I hope my arse won't grow any bigger ahahhahah

 

[sudsmaster]

Anybody remember those god awful separate sheets of glossy tissue paper that commercial entities liked to provide for their customers and/or employees?

 

[whirlcool]

Yes! I was just going to bring those up! You usually found them in gas stations and airports a long time ago. Why have glossy toilet paper? It doesn't absorb anything at all. And I also hate those dispensers that use a roll, but only dispense one sheet at a time.

There ought to be a law.....

In Europe there are places where you are expected to bring your own TP along, none supplied.

And there are those who only want you to use just one sheet per visit to the bath...

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/apr/23/musicnews.music

 

[sudsmaster]

There's also a charming story in Gerald Durrell's classic book, "My Family and Other Animals", where he discusses his family's first few weeks on the Greek island of Corfu. They were staying at a decaying hotel in town, and after people attended to their natural needs some in the family were complaining about the lack of toilet paper in the bath. Then Gerald's teenage sister piped up and said, "Oh, there's plenty, in the little box by the toilet".

She spent the rest of the day scrubbing herself clean when it was explained that due to the ancient plumbing in the hotel, no tissue was allowed to be flushed. Instead, soiled tissue was placed in the ... you guessed it ... box by the toilet.

 

[dustin92]

Pretty sure that mushy Cottonelle was with aloe, we have had it for what seems like months, and everytime I use the toilet, it seems like another roll has surfaced. We usually buy Angel Soft (I don't care who makes it or how, as long as it does its intended job!), and I also like the Scott extra soft.