We all have the standard size of the “roll” but the problem is that most manufacturers of toilet paper don’t sell rolls but rather they sell “Double Rolls” or “Mega Rolls” or “Super Mega” but then you look at the rolls side by side and the claimed roll sizes are wildly different.
Definitely not Cafe Society. I suppose this could be considered a factual question, but the factual answer would be “because they feel like it”. So IMHO it is.
If a “mega roll” equivalent to 4 “normal rolls” is only around 400 sheets, that would make a “normal roll” a mere hundred? What the heck kind of roll is that? The stuff I buy is a thousand sheets per roll.
Scott brand has always had more paper on a roll. But it’s a harsh paper.
I buy what’s on sale. I like the plushier type better. Quilted Northern is a nice paper.
The measuring of TP is about as reliable as all those labels saying the food item is ‘all natural’ or ‘organic’.
There are few/bad regulations on labelling for consumables. IMO.
Why is toilet paper always measured in bizarre non-euclidean formats?
Why Non-Euclidean?
Because Toilet Paper Marketing was invented by Cthulhu and the Old Ones. It’s EVIL.
And those Charmin “Bears”? They’re really Shoggoths, taking that shape to lure you in to your destruction. Did you really think there were Blue Bears?
Being wrapped around a cylinder, each individual sheet has an inside diameter and an outside diameter. The discrepancy between these causes space-time anomalies.
It can become visible sometimes, when it occurs on a larger scale.
For example, did you ever have a roll of TP where the two (or more) plies got separated and the outer ply unwrapped one more turn off the roll than the inner ply? Then the free ends of the two plies don’t align on the roll, with difference in their end-points becoming quite noticeable. That’s very non-Euclidean.
This furthermore causes the perforations separating the squares to be not aligned, making it tricky to get the inner and outer plies realigned.
It wasn’t an official assignment, but I took it upon myself to fix the TP rolls at work when this problem reared its ugly head.
And yes, we do have two-ply at the office. Of course, each ply is basically see-through such that doubling it doesn’t help that much, but two-ply it is.
To me it is all about sheets per roll. For you wad wipers, it is not important. I measure the sheet. If I have the squirts, I use four squares. Les the finger makes contact through the sheet, and touches the shiit. Undesirable.
Number of plies is crucial also, I once bought a brand called “Just One”. And I thought this would save on sheets. But, the sheets of the Just One brand were actually the size of two normal sheets and was more like sand paper. Also undesirable.
Yes, the toilet paper game is confusing. To win the game I look at how many sheets per roll, because that is my measure as I am a sheet user, not a wad wiper. Then quality enters the game. Ain’t nothin too soft for my bum. And to get accurate data you need to sample the products.
Very confusing. And I do give a sheet. Right now I have settled on a three ply “Luxury” sheet. Yes, it is all about how many sheets per roll. And price never enters the equation. There are some things you cannot put a price on. And taking a good sheet is one of them.
Of course they’re trying to make themselves sound like you’re getting a great value. If Brand X has a regular size and a mega size, then the mega will be better. But Brand X Mega vs. Brand Y Mega, hard to say. At Sam’s, IIRC, they also list a cost per square foot that allows some better comparison among brands. Given the thickness factor perhaps we should look into the cost per cubic foot.
I honestly don’t think the number of square feet is a helpful measure. Nobody uses 3/4 or 7/16 of a sheet of toilet paper. They use toilet paper in full sheet quantities (unless one accidentally rips).
