# aluminum vs Saran Wrap **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [February 27, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminum-vs-saran-wrap/651532 "2013-02-27T17:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pplepic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@pplepic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pplepic)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminum-vs-saran-wrap/651532/1 "2013-02-27T17:10:23Z")
This subject is obviously far too heavy for one of the teeming millions like me to weigh in on. Luckily for me, I don’t have to worry because I’m so thick-headed that X-Rays and such can’t possibly penetrate my skull. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminum-vs-saran-wrap/651532/2 "2013-02-27T18:05:53Z")
I assume this is in reference to [this column](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2555/do-tinfoil-helmets-provide-adequate-protection-against-mind-control-rays) (“Do tinfoil helmets provide adequate protection against mind control rays?”) ? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminum-vs-saran-wrap/651532/3 "2013-02-27T18:14:35Z")
Saran Wrap and similar products were reformulated a few years back and aren’t worth a damn any more, whether for bowl covering or mind-ray deflection. You can get a sheet of bond paper to wrap around a bowl and stay in place better than modern plastic wrap. Stay with tin foil, dull side out, for ray-control helmets. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminum-vs-saran-wrap/651532/4 "2013-02-27T18:17:43Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > Saran Wrap and similar products were reformulated a few years back and aren’t worth a damn any more, whether for bowl covering or mind-ray deflection. You can get a sheet of bond paper to wrap around a bowl and stay in place better than modern plastic wrap. > > Stay with tin foil, dull side out, for ray-control helmets. Glad Press-n-seal is magic. Too expensive for me, but works wonderfully. And the only foil worth buying is the heavy-duty stuff that comes in a roll 3’ long. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminum-vs-saran-wrap/651532/5 "2013-02-27T18:26:40Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > And the only foil worth buying is the heavy-duty stuff that comes in a roll 3’ long. Many many years ago, possibly even before I was born (I’m 35), my mother bought one of [these](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31PBmHShLPL._SL500_AA300_.jpg), the 500 foot long by 2 feet wide roll of heavy duty Reynold’s foil. She’s still got at least 300 feet left. She has a similar roll of plastic wrap. I’m certain I’m going to inherit both of them someday. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aluminum-vs-saran-wrap/651532/6 "2013-02-27T18:28:56Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Many many years ago, possibly even before I was born (I’m 35), my mother bought one of [these](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31PBmHShLPL._SL500_AA300_.jpg), the 500 foot long by 2 feet wide roll of heavy duty Reynold’s foil. She’s still got at least 300 feet left. She has a similar roll of plastic wrap. I’m certain I’m going to inherit both of them someday. We buy 2-packs of Reynold’s at Sam’s Club, the 250 sq ft rolls, for about the same price as 75-ft rolls at most groceries. That’s about a year’s supply, between cooking, baking and government helicopter patrols.