Sonny-boy came over the other day to shop the remains of my stockpile. He asked for paper towels, and I told him where to find them down the basement. He asked for toilet paper, and I started to respond when he interrupted me: “Never mind. You use sandpaper. I’ll buy my own.”
You see Hubby is brand loyal to Scott toilet paper. Me? I don’t really care – although I won’t even “buy” Marcal toilet paper for free – may as well use tree bark, IMO.
One thing I will say about Scott toilet paper – it lasts. This week I used Northern cushy-tushy toilet paper in the master bathroom. Now this bathroom is only used a few times a day, yet it seemed that I was replacing that toilet paper roll every other day! I can only imagine that Charmin is just as bad. Soft and gentle, but not too much on the roll.
With Scott toilet paper you seldom replace it because that is one large toilet tissue roll! Either that, or people hate the roughness of the Scott and use as little as possible so it lasts forever from lack of use!>
What toilet paper do you use? Would you recommend your brand? Why?
Gina says
I am with you Ann – not brand loyal. I bought a massive amount of Angel Soft last year when it was a good deal and we are just finishing it up – all I can say that it too does not have much on the roll – so it looks like a lot, but it is not really a lot…
Marie says
My family is in agreement with Earth Essential from CVS. It lasts long and is strong. Not too long ago I bought Northern (48 rolls) and it didn’t last as long as I thought it would. Stuff like White Cloud is replaced every day with 3 people sharing one bathroom. I refuse to buy Angel Soft as it goes even faster because it is not strong and we have to use twice as much. Personally, I don’t really care about brand, but I do care about cost and my family’s happiness.
Shell says
I am not brand loyal but we don’t like regular Scott and have never treid Marcal.. I did just buy some Scott extra soft though. I also don’t like the extra thick ones like Northern Ultra. I always feel like I am using too much with those and the roll is always empty. It really depends on what brand you buy how long the roll lasts though, as they are all different sizes now. Currently I am really liking Cottonelle triple roll. The rolls really last and toilet paper is very good. The 72 roll size lasts so long and has had coupon attached to it also.
Cheryl says
We are using Cottonelle too–the double rolls. Don’t have to use as much because it is very strong. Before that I used Scott for years, but it shreds very easily.
Barbee says
Scott 1000 sheets. (Unless I can get something else for free). I buy Scott T-Tissue because it’s both cost effective and excellent quality.
When I say ‘cost effective’ I mean it is actually the best value. Next time you get a chance, weigh the tissue and compute your cost per ounce. (You know, like we do EVERYTHING ELSE*) and decide for yourself. 🙂
* Except potato chips. We Americans are stupid about how much we pay for potato chips. Ounce for ounce they’re more than steak.
Ann says
I don’t care about potato chips, but don’t ask me how much I pay for Popcorn, Indiana. I’m a tad addicted. :-O
Ann
Stephanie B. says
We buy the generic “Scott” Considering it lasts forever it is cheaper even without a coupon and I don’t like the fluffy toilet papers. They seem to leave dust in the bathroom and cause “fuzz butt” lol
Ida says
“Fuzz Butt” you cracked me up, lol.
We have been using Quilted Northern because we depleted my Scott stockpile and that was the best deal until I find one for Scott. I have taken notice of the fuzz and dust of the softer paper, I don’t care for it. Also the kids keep clogging the toilet. We are a Scott household. One I prefer over all tp is cottonelle flushable wipes. Although our town sent a notice not to flush the wipes even though they say they break down. They say they don’t and cause blockage problems at the water treatment plant.
Barbee says
Oh My Gosh! You are so right about the fuzz and DUST!
The dust off of fluffy tissue and paper towels is SCARY. We breathe that stuff.
Liz says
We are using a mix of Scott’s Extra Scott and Regular Scott’s, Charmin (old stockpile) and Quilted Northern (old stockpile). It’s mostly because these are the brands that were on sale when I had ECBs or UP rewards expiring so I would burn them on whatever TP was on sale for the week. I really do not like regular Scotts but with 2 under 5 and both are potty trained (DS is daytime trained), a lot of TP gets wasted. So Scotts is the best for dealing with that. I used to like the soft ones the best, but I’m 50/50 btw the soft cushy ones and that ones that are not.
Liz says
oh… the Marcal recycled line is like using bark to wipe your tushie or blow your nose. I stopped with that shortly after the deals ended when it first came out.
KimH says
I still only buy Scotts but Im rather pissed (no pun intended) at them at the moment.. I didnt hear anyone else complaining about them in the last year or two but I finally ran out of my stockpile I had and when I bought more, when I put the tp on the roller, it was 3/4 of an inch shorter than the others I had been using. Im still angry about it and I’ve bought 4 more mega-packages since… It definitely doenst last as long as it used to.. There are only 3 people living here & we go thru a roll in 3 days… We used to be 6 people here and go thru 1 roll in 7 or 8 days..
I read somewhere that someone wrote Scott and complained about it & they responded saying that they changed their TP so “This makes Scott “comparable with other brands on the market shelf”
I bought Scotts cuz it was the BEST on the shelf.. if I wanted crappy ((pun intended) comparable, thats what I would have bought.. I dont know if Im ever gonna get over this.. Im thinking Im going to try Kirkland’s brand next time I buy TP.
Ann says
Kimberly-Clark pulled the same thing with Viva, Kim as they did with Scott. I still love Viva, but I would have rather they kept the large size and jacked the price – it gets annoying changing the paper towel holder so often.
Ann
Barbee says
Great point, Kim.
That’s too bad about Scott-some businesses are just tired of being the best. They figure if mediocre is good enough for the competition….it’s good enough for them.
Sadly, such is the state of our country in general these days. Note how that “quoted” remark makes it seem like Scott is PROUD to have lowered their standards. It’s no longer desirable to be the best-the new goal is to be: ‘just another underachiever’.