No graphing needed - the 12 pack of puppies lasted under a month, the Scott considerably more! I didn’t have to get too, uh, anal, about it for it to be obvious. 
I can laugh about it now, but yes, there was a point when this was actually a pressing concern, and we really needed to know what was cheapest for us. Food stamps don’t pay for toilet paper.
Square area is misleading if you’re comparing the grocery store’s “Made in China from recycled industrial abrasive sacks” paper with Charmin Ultra-Soft.
However, square area generally works for toilet papers within the same general price point like Charmin Ultra Soft vs. Charmin Ultra-Strong vs. Cottonelle’s top of the line.
Seriously, she’s always so freaking smart I can’t even.
You compare apples to apples, i.e., a the total square footage of a six-pack of Charmin v. the total square footage of a six-pack of Northern.
The flushable wipes are TINY. Personally I like my whole hand to be covered when I’m messing around Down There.* Try the baby wipes… I think you won’t go back.
*Possibly TMI: With the baby wipes you can make one pass then fold it in half and make another pass, and if necessary, fold in half again for a final cursory pass. Adult wipees are too small for that. And the Huggies Once and Done are thick. Trust me on this and try for yourself-- this is the Voice of Experience talkin’ here.
:rolleyes: And I guess these people save enough on water and TP to buy a new Rolls Royce every year? Or maybe an extra case of beans?
I’m Happy with Cottenelle’s super expensive option. Two squares per wipe works for me!
I am surprised that no one has suggested an obvious alternative - newspaper. Specifically the free ones that thump through the door unasked for. The poor quality paper will, I am sure, dissolve quite well.
In the poorer parts of the UK, before WW2, it was not at all unusual for families to tear newspaper into squares and hang them up with string in the outside lavatory. The problem with cheap newspapers is that the ink tends to come off, so it was the practice to keep them for a week or two first to allow the ink to dry properly.
On our holiday in Turkey, our modern apartment had a proper WC, but there was a small pipe feeding in under the seat. This was to provide water with which to wash ones arse. We were advised not to put paper of any kind down the pan, as the pipes were too small to deal with it.
Name brand toilet paper is always on sale here somewhere for like 60% off the regular price ($5 vs. $12 for example). I just look through the flyers and buy what’s on sale.
When I was in the military back in the '70s they bought the cheapest TP. I doubt that they paid the cheapest prices, but that stuff was cheap! You could see the wood that it was made of still in it. Think splinters!!!
I just buy a major brand that happens to be on sale as long as it’s double ply.
I just steal mine out of the Greyhound bus station.
We installed these over a year ago on our toilets and cut paper usage down to a third. Seriously, I hate pooping without a bidet as I never feel clean enough. (I explained to some friends just this past weekend that if you got poop on your hand, you wouldn’t just take paper to wipe it off, so why would that be enough for your butt?) As for paper, we get whatever’s name brand that’s on sale at the grocery store.
Not necessarily true. Although the width of a roll is normally standard, the length of the individual sheet sometimes varies. If you fold at perforations, then a shorter length would allow for more uses per roll.
The TP game is indeed very complicated. A lot of variables. And ya don’t wanna run out of it.
Buy used?
Check the dollar store.
One of the dollar stores around here (Deal$) sells Panda toilet paper, which IMHO is as good as any I’ve ever used, for $2 for a 4-pack of double rolls.
The cheaper dollar store toilet paper isn’t too bad either.
Yeah, one guy in a 1.5 million metro area is clogging up the Deep Tunnel Project with his daily constitutional. :rolleyes:
It’s me folks. :smack: **I’m **the reason Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District dumps a zillion gallons of fecal water into Lake Michigan half a dozen times a year. I’ve totally hexed a billion dollar pipeline by flushing 4 tissues a day down my crapper. I’m an asshole with my asshole!
Actually if I absolutely had to use TP I gotta say Panda is really good stuff as far as TP goes.
I’m still not switching, but if I had to that’s what I would use.
I think a bidet is, long-term, the most cost-effective way to clean your rumpus. Rinse til it’s clean, then wipe dry once. The end!
I don’t have one yet, but I’d like to get one.
**How Do You Find the Cheapest Toilet Paper? **
I just walk into the storage room in my house and there are cases of toilet paper stacked next to the cases of paper towels.
We haven’t bought either in more than 10 years. Of course she makes it for a living and the product is awarded to employees for meeting various goals, accident free month, production goals, etc.
It’s like owning a paper mine. 
That rules out most brands. If I have to fold it 4 or 5 times to keep my finger where it belongs, it’s counter-productive.
They give you toilet paper for not having an accident?