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*If you don’t buy brand name paper towels, you’re just buying papers.*
Please prove me wrong.
Thank you 😄
not really; paper towels are designed to absorb liquids much better than regular paper. imagine cleaning up an orange juice spill with paper…. not the same thing. say there’s no tissues around to blow your nose with, what do you use? paper towel proves a pretty good substitute for tissues. imagine blowing your nose with paper…
okay they’re not the same thing.On an atomic level, you’re just buying atoms.
I can’t prove you wrong on the CR, but just take copy paper and store brand paper towels (I use Costco’s Kirkland Signature) and see which absorbs a spill better.
Why does it seem that “Lightbright” has way too much time on her hands? She seems to start seemingly inane discussions about random topics. Perhaps reading some hashkofa would be a better use of her time?
Why does it seem like Baltimore Maven is posting rude things about other posters?
Am I the only one who’d appreciate saving money (with the intention of saving time) by purchasing a non-brand name paper towel?
Buy a roll or two of a name-brand and a generic brand, and do a comparison test. I did that a long time ago, and decided to stick with a name-brand; it absorbs more water and lasts longer.
Costco’s Kirkland brand is comparable in quality to brand names.
Perhaps reading some hashkofa would be a better use of her time?
Or Daf Yomi. E.g., does incense have physical sanctity or monetary sanctity? (see Shevuos 11)
According to Consumer Reports (my go to for product comparision & value), BOUNTY is, by far, a superior towel in terms of absorbancy – (not) tearing and re-usibility.
Bounty is better than Kirkland, but more expensive. If you often clean up large spills and use several paper towels at a time, you might end up saving money with the Bounty. If you most often use one at a time, you might be better off with the Kirkland.
Kirkland is also better than Sparkle, so you really can’t lump all name brand towels into one category.
I second Kirkland Signature (Costco) as good quality non “name” brand paper towels.
BaltimoreMaven,
Calm down, this is the CoffeeRoom.
By us, paper towels are expensive, and not very absorbent at all. Long ago, I would bring back American paper towels in whatever spare corners my luggage had. Now, I manage with the local product- but for spills and cleaning, I use these colored rags- they can be washed in the machine and reused. Don’t tear and are very absorbent, even better than Bounty. Do they sell such things in the US?
Everything besides cheerios is just as good in an off brand version
Off brand rice crispies is good but not necessarily corn flakes.
LB, the cloths I use are not towel-like, they are regular cloth, slightly thicker than normal paper towels, soft on both sides even when dry, about as big as a napkin opened up. They’re sold as a whole bunch in a package, in pink, light blue, yellow, orange, white. Makes cleaning more interesting- what color do I get to use to clean the toilet? Then we also have sponga rags, the towel-thick rags that we use to wash the floors. They’re also great for soaking up spills on the floor, or as a parking spot next to the door for muddy/wet boots.
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