New Consumer Report Toilet Paper Ratings

[ArdraF]

The October 2015 issue of Consumer Reports has the latest toilet paper ratings.  The article "Dirty Little Secrets of Toilet Paper" starts on p. 20 and the ratings table is on p.23.  If you thought that toilet paper rolls are shrinking, you're correct.  They do it both by reducing the number of sheets on each roll and by reducing the size and/or thickness of each sheet.  A third way is to reduce the number of rolls in each package.  They're making it harder for us consumers to comparison shop!  For example, Angel Soft has seven roll sizes that range from 132 to 528 sheets per roll

Of course we RVers want to know about the disintegration rate of the toilet paper we use.  Although Walmart's White Cloud Ultra Soft & Thick brand rated first overall, the ones with the best disintegration rate (solid red circles) were Scott Extra Soft, Scott Natural Tube Free, and Angel Soft Bath Tissue.  The ones with the worst disintegration rate (solid black circles) were Quilted Northern Ultra Plush, Charmin Ultra Soft, Charmin Ultra Strong, Charmin Basic, and Quilted Northern Ultra Soft & Strong with CleanStretch.  The most expensive brands aren't necessarily the best ones.

In our Quartzsite toilet paper tests we've talked about those so-called disposable wipes.  Consumer Reports says they are not safe for sewers and septic tanks (much less RV plumbing).  When they left wipes in water overnight some disintegrated and some did not.  They recommend using the garbage can for both wipes and tissues like Kleenex.

ArdraF

 

[MTPockets]

Been using Scott 1000 for years... Now for four years full time in RV.... Never a problem with dumping.  We have tank flush system and use it every time we dump.  My opinion, it's the best value for the quantity among all the brands. 

 

[SeilerBird]

Speaking of toilet paper that reminds me of a story. When I was a second year electrician apprentice I got a job for six months working at the Charmin Paper Plant in Oxnard California changing 10,000 fluorescent tubes. That's every one in a very large manufacturing plant. Some I changed off a 6 foot ladder, some while riding a 30 foot scissor lift. All I did all day long was change tubes. All day, every day. It was a really cool job. I had a blast but to this day I cannot stand the smell of Charmin toilet paper.  The reason the tubes were being changed was because Proctor and Gamble had just bought the plant and it was company policy to change all the lights for efficiency.

 

[NY_Dutch]

Charmin Ultra Soft still breaks down faster than I can pull up my pants and run around to pull the dump valve. I think we'll keep on using it.  : ;D

 

[8Muddypaws]

Charmin Ultra Soft still breaks down faster than I can pull up my pants and run around to pull the dump valve. I think we'll keep on using it.  : ;D

Now that some funny %#@*!

 

[BobNSam]

Charmin Ultra Soft still breaks down faster than I can pull up my pants and run around to pull the dump valve. I think we'll keep on using it.  : ;D

Ditto! 8)  :

 

[Rene T]

Charmin Ultra Soft still breaks down faster than I can pull up my pants and run around to pull the dump valve. I think we'll keep on using it.  : ;D

Same here.

 

[BruceinFL]

Oh boy, here we go again!    ;D

 

[Mopar1973Man]

To me it doesn't matter.

What I use at home is what I use in the RV. Scott's... Why because when I'm done traveling with the RV I come home and dump in my own septics at home. So what the difference if I flush it down the toilet in the stick and bricks or flush it down the toilet of the RV? It all goes to the same place. Still breaks down at the same rate in the RV as it does in the septic tank.

 

[D-n-R]

Somewhere in this great info encyclopedia resource we read where if in doubt put a few sheets in a glass of water and it should breakdown in 20-30 min. Great idea and we use it when in doubt of the tissue we have. Thanks to all who share!!!!!!!

 

[WILDEBILL308]

Charmin Ultra Soft still breaks down faster than I can pull up my pants and run around to pull the dump valve. I think we'll keep on using it.  : ;D

What is that song "Can't touch that".  8) :

 

[8Muddypaws]

Well, this thread should wipe away any questions we had about toilet paper.  ;D

 

[John From Detroit]

Are many companies ripping us off by making the product smaller.. YES. I do not need Consumers Reports to tell me that.

Would I trust Consumer's reports to rate products?  I have seen far too many ratings where they go it wrong, at least one in which they just flat lied and another that .. Well trusting them could easily have killed me (Thankfully i already had good info)

Now I gave up on 'em a long time ago when I read a review of two identical save for the paint job Ford cars (one was a Mercury) they panned the Ford and Praised the Mercury.. IN many cases they were talking about leg room, head room and the performance of the identical heaters and they panned the lower cost model and praised the more expensive one.

A friend of mine who knows GM models better than I do saw the same thing on GM products.  Again they praised the more expensive line and panned the IDENTICAL Chevy.

On Computers they compared two computers and said: We do not feel the greater speed and performance of the Amiga offsets the higher cost and thus we recommend the Atari ST.

Turns out that the AMIGA has several graphic modes.  All can be displayed on teh standard Amiga Monitor.. The Atari has all the same modes save the highest resolution is Monochrome (Color on the Amiga) and will NOT display on the Atari color monitor, you need a 2nd Monochrome monitor or a 3rd party multi-mode.  This makes the ST more expensive.

I won't tell you the one which could have killed me for liability reasons.

But when it comes to Consumer's reports.. I'd not even use it as TP.

 

[SeilerBird]

Well, this thread should wipe away any questions we had about toilet paper.  ;D

That's a pretty crappy pun, Mud.

 

[8Muddypaws]

Purely intentional too!

 

[Dragginourbedaround]

Use what ever brand of toilet paper you want. No need to do a test. The tp is going to sit in the tank for about a week, so why does it need to disintegrate in less than a minute? As others have said in other threads just use plenty of water. 

 

[Frizlefrak]

This thread is about to go in the crapper.  Or more accurately, what to put in the crapper. 

 

[Tom]

Years ago, the subject of TP was responsible for our then longest-running thread (we had threads in those days)  ;D

Meanwhile, we continue to use Quilted Northern, the 2-time winner of the forum-wide TP test. We've used it for years in our RVs, boats and homes.

 

[Wigpro]

Been an Angel Soft person long before the RV and solid since then with no tissue issues....

Can't be without it...

Jim

 

[Tom]

There was a time in the olde country when we'd cut newspaper into squares and hung them behind the outhouse door