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> Talk to anyone in the industry, and they’ll tell you the toilet paper made for the commercial market is a fundamentally different product from the toilet pape
by theandrewbailey 7y ago
> Talk to anyone in the industry, and they’ll tell you the toilet paper made for the commercial market is a fundamentally different product from the toilet paper you buy in the store... The paper itself is thinner and more utilitarian.
I can't be the only one that wondered what's up with that. I've purposefully held a #2 until I got home just so I can use better TP. Maybe that's the point?
- notfromhere 7y agoPeople will steal good toilet paper, that’s why commercial mounts and rolls are so different compared to ones for residences.
- dpc_pw 7y agoThinner TP clogs the pipes less often. At least that's the explanation I heard.
- ineedasername 7y agoI don't know, I use significantly more under those conditions, so it might be roughly a net-0 in terms of paper going through the pipes. Also, commercial toilers typically have a wicked strong flush to them which would probably overcome typical TP use, double use, a roll of paper towels, and maybe even a small tree.
- goldcd 7y agoNot sure that's true. Domestic stuff is "light and fluffy" - basically breaks down the moment it hits water. Commercial stuff tends to be "dense" - reclaimed fibres glued together and compacted to fit the most on a giant roll
- twomoretime 7y agoThere's a really simple answer here: it's cheap and good enough and at this point no one expects any better.
- omgwtfbyobbq 7y agoI'm the only person I know who prefers the thinner/harder stuff. I love when $Store runs a buy $X amount of toiletries get $Y gift card because I can load up on their generic version of $Hard TP.
- ineedasername 7y agoThis causes me to use significantly more "squares" when at work. Nothing I can do about the sand-paper effect though.