Spill the beans... on how to minimise loo paper use

redwoodmazza

I put a cheap dispenser bottle of liquid soap by the toilet and then the toilet roll becomes a wet wipe! Cheaper than buying wet wipes and no problem with disposal.

martinbsp

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Generally take one sheet at a time and make maximum use of it within the realms of decency and hygiene.

How are you going to maintain ANY decency with one sheet?! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Ian_in_Luz

I was brought up to use three sheets; one for wiping up, one for wiping down and one to polish. Use only the best though, Aldi solo 4 ply.

Basanti

a good way to save loo paper is to get a portable bidet which basically is a squirter plumbed in and you use it to squirt your butt and clean yourself. They have them in many overseas countries e.g. India and I would not be without mine :-)

Biggles225

As no-one else has said it, I will ........... "Who wipes?" I find that ladies tend to use more than guys, wrapping it 5 times round their hand (or so I'm told). There's no definitive answer its all down to personal preference and Im sure that savings if any would be in coppers.
BG

Georgiegirl256

This reminds me of that thread where there was a debate on how some people only managed to use 3 squares for a number two!

Troublemaker66

*max* wrote: »

Seriously, there's economising, and there's being a miser.

I personally buy Triple Velvet, if you must know, because it's nice AND cheap (£1.99 for 6 rolls at my local chemist's) and I think it really is a case of "you get what you pay for". The really cheap stuff is a false economy.

However, I once lived with a guy who told me I used too much TP.
Not only did the fact I was paying for it escaped his mind, but really...out of all the things you can pick a fight about...Toilet paper?

I applaud clever money-saving, being savvy, getting the best deal..etc. But there's being savvy and there's being a miser. I'd rather drive a hot poker between my eyes than become the kind of person who's mean about toilet paper. Seriously.

There's mean and there's mean. How much is too much? My late Ma i Law who weighed 7 stone wringing wet, used more TP in a week than OH and I in a month between us. :cool:

I go with three sheets is enough, but use more if you have to. Harking back, to an earlier post, never more than 1 for a wee.

I won't buy more than 4 rolls in a pack, and that lasts me a couple of months. I think. I'm not aware of being mean with it. I use a sponge to finish off. If it was good enough for the Romans, It's good enough for me.

I buy recycled paper. It's perfectly good, nothing like tracing paper, but soft enough unless you are preparing for a colonoscopy. The wet wipes are useful then.:A

Wizzie

Family cloth.

But I can't quite make that leap!

dmajohnson

Eat lots of fish and wipe your bum on the cat!

The cat is self cleaning, it saves on cat food, it's a win-win!

Former_MSE_Andrea

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