| RATING:
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68/85 |
| COST/THOUSAND SHEETS: |
$1.50 |
| COST PER
ROLL: |
$.30 |
| # OF SHEETS: |
200 |
| # OF PLYS: |
2 |
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| MEASUREMENT: |
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| SQ. FOOTAGE: |
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| COLOR: |
white |
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PACKAGING KIND:
Plastic, in multipacks.
ANY OTHER INFO:
At my local supermarkets (Publix, WinnDixie - Florida) they have been
selling the "large rolls." I don't know if this is the manufacturer or the store
but it is NOT suitable for the average home with a sunken toilet paper dispenser
--- they are usually not large enough to accomodate the roll, making it annoying
to get the paper out. Price of $.30 per roll is for the Giganto Pack of 24 rolls
for $7.29. Have been unable to find the regular 12 roll pack lately which ran
$3.50 to $4.00 but was easier to store in the bathroom.
OBJECTIVE
DESCRIPTION:
Pretty smooth, good enough to blow your nose in a cold. Smells pleasant (before
use) but not overwhelming. Is absorbent but never gets everything on the first
wipe (what paper does?) -- but I think that is more my fault than the paper's (I
just GOTTA stop driking beer and prunes). It feels pretty good, sort of like
Kleenex. But then again I spent time in Europe, which exports their toilet paper
to the US for use as thin grit sand paper (aisle 7 in Home Depot). It tears
pretty easy and you don't have to wrestle it from the roll, although once in a
while somewhere in the assembly line, there must be a problem because I have
encountered some rolls that are rolled up in bizarre shapes like something that
went through the teleporter in the "The Fly" movie.
SUBJECTIVE REVIEW:
I've been using this brand for about 8 years, hate it when I can't find it.
Northern doesn't seem to promise much so there are no promises to break. I
question their packaging options -- e.g. 24 roll pack sold at the supermarket.
If I want that size I can go get a membership at Costco, Sam's or BJ's, gimme a
break. I shouldn't have to build a new cabinet just to store toilet paper. Same
thing with the "double rolls", 400 sheets per roll instead of 200, the damn roll
is so large I gotta use a crowbar to fit it into the dispenser. This may be
fine for public toilets with "institutional" dispensers, but for the average
home it's a mess. Plus, until you've gotten a good number of sheets off the
roll, it will only dispense one sheet at a time. Wrestling the toilet paper
while having a moist and filthy ass is not my idea of fun.
| SOFTNESS |
5 |
| CLEAN-UP ABILITY |
4 |
| STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY
|
4 |
| TEXTURE |
4 |
| QUALITY OF PERFORATION
|
3 |
| APPEARANCE |
4 |
| AESTHETICS OF BRAND NAME
|
4 |
| AESTHETICS OF PACKAGING
|
4 |
| FUNCTIONALITY OF PACKAGING
|
3 |
| SCENTED? |
no |
| QUILTED? |
yes |
| PERFORATED? |
no |
| PATTERNED? |
no |