Saw an industry-related web page claiming that the average American uses “100 rolls” or “20,000+ sheets” of toilet paper per year (implying that the rolls are 200+ sheet rolls and that average use is 55+ sheets per day, so that an average American would go through such a roll about every four days).
How realistic do you see 55 or a little more than that number of sheets per day per person?
Before COVID-19, did you typically buy toilet paper rolls of 200 or a little more than that number of sheets? (Note: for comparison, standard rolls of toilet paper for commercial use come in 400 to 1,500 sheet rolls.)
Years from now, I will be pulling this thread up instead of the Colonoscopy thread in response to some bored kid’s question about why non-college topics are being discussed here.
LOL. The two of us are using a roll in 5 days. It’s Scotts with 1100 sheets. So for us 36.5 rolls each per year. But since Scott has so many sheets on a roll that it’s apparently 40,150 sheets. (Single play.) Are there really rolls with so few sheets or are they counting differently?
Okay, girls use more tp than boys so you have to know how many of each live in the house. I’m trying not to spin as much off the roll each time but old habit die hard.
I did read that most people who now stay home all the time are using 40% more at home than they were in the past. I was home all the time before so there is no difference in my home usage. However, I just bought paper towels, the same as I always buy, and the rolls are a lot skinnier. I suspect the tp rolls are too.
My mother bought Charmin mega rolls as that was all the store had. They are said to be 4x as big as a regular roll. They should last her months and months.
We buy 1800 sheet Scott and have been tracking out of curiosity. We have 3 bathrooms and change a roll about every 1.5-2 weeks. I have been baffled by the TP hoarding.
We buy the Scott 24-roll pack and had two of them before the TP hoarding started. This will last us many months. A neighbor was giving out packages of 24-roll Angel Soft and left one outside our door. We don’t care for the soft stuff, so I left it on my mom’s doorstep. I don’t get this insane fear of running out of TP. I mean washcloths work, too, you know. TP is a luxury that has many alternatives. Does no one remember diaper pails? Sure, TP is easier, but it’s not essential. I just don’t get the hoarding. But I’d rather not discuss it either.
Okay, I listened to a public radio segment on this. Apparently, the home TP industry (which is separate from the commercial TP industry) always runs at maximum capacity, because people’s TP use is consistent over time.
Now, in the age of TP hoarding, this is a problem, because when there is a sudden increase, no matter how small, in people’s toilet paper purchasing, the industry cannot increase capacity to meet the demand.
I bought a bidet (the attachment kind) about 3 weeks ago on Amazon and it was delivered ahead of schedule. It is still sitting in the box because H has no time to install it. But I have been having no trouble getting tp from our little village market. I had six rolls in my stash and just ordered two rolls today from market. The max is 4 rolls but I don’t need the max as I have enough to last a while.
I think I mentioned this elsewhere, but when we returned from our ski trip in late Feb/Early March, I needed paper towels as we were just about of paper towels and the cleaning lady was coming the next day (plus we had no food in the house). The store was having a sale on paper goods and kitchen soaps - that if you spent $40 you got $10 back. Well, sale is my favorite 4 letter word, and we have a lot of bathrooms in our house, so I bought a big pack of paper towels and 2 of toilet paper. This was just before all the hoarding stuff. (Wish I’d known to buy hand sanitizer then). Anyway we are awash in TP here. Won’t run out anytime soon.
The issue is, peopple who would normally be at work during the day are home, so home paper supplies are being used much more than normal.
