Seventh Generation White Paper Towels 112-Sheet Rolls 2-Ply Sheets 3-Count Packages (Pack of 10) [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]

Amazon.com Paper Towel Values

Because I am insane I decided to break down the actual costs of the paper towels that Amazon.com offers. It is hard to tell because of varying roll lengths sheet sizes and case quantities. In the end I found them cheaper elsewhere but if you are an Amazon loyalist and/ore like Subscribe & Save you may be tempted to order them anyway. [Subscribe & Save discount shown in brackets.]



Cheapest per foot (most accurate measure of value):

SCOTT LONG ROLLS (case of 16) = $2.54 /100ft [$2.16 /100ft]



Cheapest per sheet with "regular" size (10"-11") sheets:

SCOTT LONG ROLLS (case of 16) = $2.32 /100 11" sheets [$1.98 /100 11" sheets]



Cheapest per sheet (mainly because sheets are smaller/half size):

SEVENTH GENERATION (case of 30) = $1.32 /100 5.4"sheets [$1.12 /100 5.4" sheets]



All with analyses below---



GREEN FOREST (case of 30) = $40.85 [$34.72 with Subscribe & Save]

65 sheets/roll (8.5") x 30 rolls = 1950 sheets = $2.10 /100 sheets [$1.78 /100 sheets]

65 sheets/roll (8.5") x 30 rolls = 1430ft = $2.85 /100ft [$2.43 /100ft]



SEVENTH GENERATION (case of 30) = $44.49 [$37.82 with Subscribe & Save]

112 sheets/roll (5.4") x 30 rolls = 3360 sheets = $1.32 /100 sheets [$1.12 /100 sheets]

112 sheets/roll (5.4") x 30 rolls = 1512ft = $2.94 /100ft [$2.50 /100ft]



KLEENEX VIVA (case of 32) = $47.31 [Subscribe & Save not available]

? sheets/roll (assuming 10" sheets there are 52) x 32 rolls = 1664 sheets = $2.48 /100 sheets

519.7"/roll x 30 rolls = 1385.9ft = $3.41 /100ft



SCOTT LONG ROLLS (case of 16) = $55.96 [$47.57 with Subscribe & Save]

150 sheets/roll (11") x 16 rolls = 2400 sheets = $2.32 /100 sheets [$1.98 /100 sheets]

150 sheets/roll (11") x 16 rolls = 2200ft = $2.54 /100ft [$2.16 /100ft]



SCOTT MEGA CHOOSE-A-SIZE (case of 24) = $48.34 [$41.09 with Subscribe & Save]

102 sheets/roll (7.3") x 24 rolls = 2448 sheets = $1.98 /100 sheets [$1.67 /100 sheets]

102 sheets/roll (7.3") x 24 rolls = 1489.2ft = $3.25 /100ft [$2.76 /100ft]



BOUNTY EXTRA SOFT BIG ROLLS (case of 24) = $53.46 [Subscribe & Save not available]

64 sheets/roll (10.4") x 24 rolls = 1536 sheets = $3.48 /100 sheets

64 sheets/roll (10.4") x 24 rolls = 1331.2ft = $4.02 /100ft



BOUNTY REGULAR (case of 30) = $43.54 [Subscribe & Save not available]

52 sheets/roll (11") x 30 rolls = 1560 sheets = $2.79 /100 sheets

52 sheets/roll (11") x 30 rolls = 1430ft = $3.05 /100ftMore detail ...

Seventh Generation Paper Towels Natural 2-Ply Sheets (Pack of 30) [Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging]

Perfectly serviceable

Quite decent paper towels -- not much to say about it. Their absorbency is a little bit less than nonrecycled ones but not bad and no further trees had to be cut down for it.



What the product description should say but doesn't: these are 120-sheet rolls. Each sheet is 11x9".



Something I didn't entirely realize before I ordered a box -- thirty rolls is a lot of paper towels. Like oh twenty pounds of the stuff. So you're going to have these on hand for a while. You'll have to bring them along when you move and they'll watch the children whose playpens you cleaned up with the first of them leave for college after wiping their car's dipstick with the last. It's something of a committment really.More detail ...

Scott Naturals Choose-A-Size Mega Roll 8 102-Sheet Rolls (Pack of 4)

Truth in advertising...hmmm...

This purchase is the result of my search for paper towels that could be delivered to my home at a decent price. I HATE to fight weekly with bulky items in the supermarket parking lot especially when the weather is not cooperating...I have been using Bounty for a long time now but internet pricing for this brand is radiculously high. So since I have been a fan of Scott toilet paper for ions I ventured to try Scott Naturals Paper Towels under the Subscribe and Save program. Here are my thoughts:



1) Price:

For the same quantity of paper I paid about 10% more for this product delivered to my door step then I would have paid for Bounty in store on sale with taxes. Perfectly acceptable given the convenience. I felt though that the advertising suggested more paper content and so I was bit dissapointed. More comments on sizing still to come...



2) Convenience of use:

The sheets tear off easily from the roll. No extra effort required (they beat Bounty here). Here is where I see a bit of a problem: the roll is advertised as MEGA Roll Choose-A-Size with 102 sheets. Well in terms of paper content it is actually the same (or slightly smaller) size then a regular Bounty roll. The individual sheets are about 60% the length of a regular Bounty sheet. Which is fine if you need one sheet to wipe your hands down or cook in a microwave. Perfect size (I used to have to tear my Bounty's in half)! But if you need to do some serious cleaning one sheet is too small two sheets are too large. A bit inconvenient. I also felt the MEGA roll advertising to be misleading...I took a full star off because of that.



3) Quality:

The Scott Naturals are minimum 60% recycled fiber (different from the 80% recycled content promissed on the web site). Still makes one feel better one is not completely killing Mother Earth with every spill clean up...They are rougher then Bounty; if you use paper towels to blow your nose this maybe an issue (since I do not it makes no difference to me). During my rather unscientific testing I discovered Scott Naturals to be slightly less absorbent then Bounty though not so much as to disqualify them from what is my normal everyday use. When used in a macrowave they did not stick to food being equal to Bounty in that respect. When used with Windex to clean glass they did NOT leave the white lint behind.



Overall I am pleased to have achieved my number one goal: get decent towels delivered to my door step at a good price. Though I feel annoyed at the misleading MEGA roll name being used the paper towel's quality falls withing my tolerance. Still if Bounty product ever becomes sanely priced on the internet I plan to switch back.

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Bounty Paper Towels White Regular Roll (Case of 30)

Amazon.com Paper Towel Values

Because I am insane I decided to break down the actual costs of the paper towels that Amazon.com offers. It is hard to tell because of varying roll lengths sheet sizes and case quantities. In the end I found them cheaper elsewhere but if you are an Amazon loyalist and/or like Subscribe & Save you may be tempted to order them anyway. [Subscribe & Save discount shown in brackets.]



Cheapest per foot (most accurate measure of value):

SCOTT LONG ROLLS (case of 16) = $2.54 /100ft [$2.16 /100ft]



Cheapest per sheet with "regular" size (10"-11") sheets:

SCOTT LONG ROLLS (case of 16) = $2.32 /100 11" sheets [$1.98 /100 11" sheets]



Cheapest per sheet (mainly because sheets are smaller/half size):

SEVENTH GENERATION (case of 30) = $1.32 /100 5.4"sheets [$1.12 /100 5.4" sheets]



All with analyses below---



GREEN FOREST (case of 30) = $40.85 [$34.72 with Subscribe & Save]

65 sheets/roll (8.5") x 30 rolls = 1950 sheets = $2.10 /100 sheets [$1.78 /100 sheets]

65 sheets/roll (8.5") x 30 rolls = 1430ft = $2.85 /100ft [$2.43 /100ft]



SEVENTH GENERATION (case of 30) = $44.49 [$37.82 with Subscribe & Save]

112 sheets/roll (5.4") x 30 rolls = 3360 sheets = $1.32 /100 sheets [$1.12 /100 sheets]

112 sheets/roll (5.4") x 30 rolls = 1512ft = $2.94 /100ft [$2.50 /100ft]



KLEENEX VIVA (case of 32) = $47.31 [Subscribe & Save not available]

? sheets/roll (assuming 10" sheets there are 52) x 32 rolls = 1664 sheets = $2.48 /100 sheets

519.7"/roll x 30 rolls = 1385.9ft = $3.41 /100ft



SCOTT LONG ROLLS (case of 16) = $55.96 [$47.57 with Subscribe & Save]

150 sheets/roll (11") x 16 rolls = 2400 sheets = $2.32 /100 sheets [$1.98 /100 sheets]

150 sheets/roll (11") x 16 rolls = 2200ft = $2.54 /100ft [$2.16 /100ft]



SCOTT MEGA CHOOSE-A-SIZE (case of 24) = $48.34 [$41.09 with Subscribe & Save]

102 sheets/roll (7.3") x 24 rolls = 2448 sheets = $1.98 /100 sheets [$1.67 /100 sheets]

102 sheets/roll (7.3") x 24 rolls = 1489.2ft = $3.25 /100ft [$2.76 /100ft]



BOUNTY EXTRA SOFT BIG ROLLS (case of 24) = $53.46 [Subscribe & Save not available]

64 sheets/roll (10.4") x 24 rolls = 1536 sheets = $3.48 /100 sheets

64 sheets/roll (10.4") x 24 rolls = 1331.2ft = $4.02 /100ft



BOUNTY REGULAR (case of 30) = $43.54 [Subscribe & Save not available]

52 sheets/roll (11") x 30 rolls = 1560 sheets = $2.79 /100 sheets

52 sheets/roll (11") x 30 rolls = 1430ft = $3.05 /100ftMore detail ...

Bounty Paper Towels White 15-Count Package

My Favorite Paper Towel

You can title this review "why I like Bounty." We have used a lot of different paper towels over the years from the cheapest to the most expensive. The problem with cheap paper towels is that they fall apart and typically hold far less moisture than Bounty paper towels. So when you use a cheap paper towel you have to use several sheets to achieve the same functionality that you get with one sheet of Bounty. We wondered whether the very expensive paper towels were better than Bounty and tried them. In fact there are expensive paper towels that hold more moisture and are more durable than Bounty but we also found that we were throwing away the expensive paper towels because the stuff we wiped up we wanted in the garbage and not moved on to another task.



We do bulk purchase our Bounty in the 15 roll package because we know that we will eventually use them all up. We use Bounty in the kitchen the garage and even outdoors. Bounty is great for windows including car windows. Bounty is also an excellent aid for wiping off parts and the oil dip stick when you are working on your car. We have also used Bounty to set dishes on for drying to set vegetables on after they have been washed and as an inexpensive doily for plants and decorations.



After trying more than a dozen brands of paper towels I am convinced that Bounty offers the best combination of performance and price for every day use. Buy a lot; you will need them!

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