toilet rolls ? best way of saving

oystercatcher

Tesco's value stuff 45p (I think) for 4 rolls, partly because it's cheap but also because it's made from recycled paper and so enviromentally friendly. I find the 4 packs much easier to store. We don't have space in the bathroom for those giant packs but I like a few spares sitting in the corner. Nothing worse than finding it's run out and all the spares are in another room!!
There's five of us and we get through about 2 packs a week.

Oystercatcher

phizzimum

oystercatcher wrote: »

Tesco's value stuff 45p (I think) for 4 rolls, partly because it's cheap but also because it's made from recycled paper and so enviromentally friendly.

Oystercatcher

didn't know that!

Pink.

Hi sistercas,

There's an earlier thread on best value for money toilet rolls so I've added your thread to it to keep the suggestions together.

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raphanius

I like to go boating...boats have something called a macerator toilet which basically 'chews' waste. there are dire warnings about blocking them with too much paper and invoking the cost of a repair so we become ultra conservative with loo paper when afloat...2 rolls lasts 3 adults a 1 child a whole week. lol.

flubberyzing

You guys might think I'm really odd, but this is what I do:

I live alone and can't stand cheap loo roll so by the nicest thickest stuff (at the moment I've got Andrex aloe vera) and when I do a number 1, I take 1 sheet and fold it into quarters. With the thick good quality stuff, that is actually enough to manage a number 1...

Through this method, which I've been using for 2 weeks now, I'm still only halfway through a roll! I might be able to make a whole roll last a month!!

SuziQ

savers have the velvet,6 for £1.69 again. Not the cheapest but I find they last us longer than the cheap tesco etc,and 12 for £3.38 isn't bad. I still haven't used up the ones I bought last time they had the offer,but am going to get a couple of packs for mt dd to take to Uni on saturday.

madtrekker

raphanius wrote: »

I like to go boating...boats have something called a macerator toilet which basically 'chews' waste. there are dire warnings about blocking them with too much paper and invoking the cost of a repair so we become ultra conservative with loo paper when afloat...2 rolls lasts 3 adults a 1 child a whole week. lol.

I used to live in a HOUSE where the only loo was a macerator one. It broke once and finding a plumber prepared to deal with it was a nightmare.
We were warned about putting too much loo roll down and to avoid thick, quilted loo rolls. Apparently Charmin is a nightmare for these types of toilet as it doesn't "chew up" very well.

tiredwithtwins

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

also do you find buying cheap is a false economy ? no fills etc....

my kids also think you use loo roll like they do in the andrex advert!
I use morrisons cheapest own brand - £1.12 for 12 rolls, and it lasts just as long as the expensive ones! 4 rolls @ around £1.50 used to last a week ... the 12 cheapo ones last 3 times as long, and are pretty soft considering!!!

tiredwithtwins

EagerLearner wrote: »

I have bought Sainsburys low cost ones before - 12 rolls for £1.12 they are not that bad and at £0.10p each I don't mind if they run out faster. What does bug me is triying to get the roll started as they use too much glue!

know what you mean about the glue - I used to get sainsburys, then tried morrisons cheapo loo rolls - they are very similar to sainsburys cheapo ones but only a thin slivver of glue! :j

bagby

home bargains 2.99 for 18 rolls - not paper thin either. we currently use one roll every other day.