toilet rolls ? best way of saving

crnflke

Sainsburys have 16 rolls for the price of 12 at the moment. works out to just under 25p a roll.

culpepper

I expect someone has already said this but anyway.....
I find if I buy a lot of anything, the only way to stop the wretches using far more than usual, is to not let them know there is a big supply. So I put it away where it isn't obvious until the present supply is nearly used up then produce it.
This works with everything not just bog roll.

hardpressed

npsmama wrote:

You're all probably never going to want to have anything to do with me again but....


...use cloth wipes and wash them!

:eek: I hear you go!

We use cloth nappies on our baby so figured that using cloth wipes for us was no different.

Just in case you think I'm a weirdo there's a very active forum on another site that discusses eco-friendly, money-saving tips such as this (that's where I got the information from).

Without going into details, cloth is MUCH more pleasant to use than toilet paper. Some folk just cut up old T-shirts in about 6inch squares. Others (like me) cut up flannel cot sheets from charity shops and hem them up so they don't unravel. In fact anything that is soft and absorbent is good (old flannel nighties, old towels, etc...). Very money-saving! My stash probably cost about £3. :money:

It took some guts to take the plunge but now we hate using toilet paper...just feels yucky.

You gotta try it to believe it!

Would you mind telling us the name of the site, please. Sounds interesting.

Dazzieboo

When I went to Cite Europe in September, I went to the Carrefour hypermarket, where they were sampling (of all things) scented loo roll, customers were being given a sheet to smell the scent and feel the softness, there were scents of Marine, Pine, orange, vanilla, Lemon, Citrus, strawberry (think that was all), I took a sheet thinking it would be an expensive gimmick, only to find they were an incredible value and I bought 48 rolld back with me (2 packs) they worked out at 15p per roll, not sure how many sheets per roll though, but each roll was quite "plump"

npsmama

Would you mind telling us the name of the site, please.

This is probably the best place to start with http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=389009but there are loads more. Just do a such for 'family cloth'.
Also good info on using baking soda instead of shampoo and other such oddities that are worth their weight in gold.

FleetFanatic

Going totally against the theory of moneysaving, but a doctor once said to me that if there was anything that one should not cut the budget on, it's toilet paper! Considering exactly where it's being used, some of those cheap, rough ones could, in theory, cause some damage.

Ever since then it's been premium toilet paper for me, although there's a Tesco branded one that's slightly cheaper than Andrex and seem ok.

Do like the quilted ones though.

ABH_3

Interesting thread this. I recall as a youngster my father complaining we used too much loo roll and it keps blocking the pipes. As a consequence, he put Izal in the loos and waited for the inevitable complaints. One being you had to use x number of sheets scrunched up in order to get a suitable amount in order to wipe.

He then explained the way to use it. Take one sheet, find center point ie: the middle. Pinch a small hole in it, put the rememenant of the small hole to one side, then insert the izal over your middle finger and wipe the offending passage with the middle finger, then use the izal to clean the faeces off your finger, once this process is complete, pick up the previously torn out pieces of toilet paper and use them to clean your nails. Then wash hands thoroughly. Needless to say, after that lesson in cleanliness none of us used much loo roll again

This process is still practiced today by our own armed forces, they get small sheets of tracing paper in their ration packs for when their silly enough to forget to get some proper toilet roll :rotfl:

cheerfulness4

This thread is so funny and informative. I can see the sense in the cloth wipes although I'm not sure the family would go along with it. I use the washable sanitary pads and think they're fantastic, so this isn't such a great step onwards.

Think its so humorous because I can relate to so much of it. Am guilty,too of reeling it off in public loos when I know there's none at home in the past. My DH works in construction and it's a given that if you haven't grabbed a roll early in the day then you'll be without by afternoon. He cheerfully walks round with his top shirt pocket bulging and a smug smile on his face come 8am.

tracy1_2

ailuro2 wrote:

omg, that's so funny..my dh is a bit 'anal' in the tissue department too, I know he wraps it around his hand before he uses it...a full roll can go to half when he's in for a no.2!, THEN he uses baby wipes too.:eek:

We could eat our dinner off his backside it's so clean!

I just don't get why the back of his hand needs to be so well protected..sinceI don't join him when he's pooing I doubt I'll ever truly know...

yes - its the blokes and the kids that waste it .
my dh even wipes his willy when he has a wee and uses yards for his bum. I tell him he's not normal so i shan't show him this bit of the thread - seems like they're all at it!!

richt71

tracy1 wrote:

yes - its the blokes and the kids that waste it .
my dh even wipes his willy when he has a wee and uses yards for his bum. I tell him he's not normal so i shan't show him this bit of the thread - seems like they're all at it!!

:rotfl: :rotfl:

Well this thread is er informative I'll say that!