Before You Buy Paper Towels, Watch This! I Tested 10 Brands - The Results Will Shock You!
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I tested 10 different paper towel brands, and in this video, I'll reveal the results! I’ll show you which one is the cheapest and how well each performs. Before you buy paper towels, be sure to watch-this could save you money!
I put brands of paper towels like Bounty, Brawny, Viva, Costco Kirkland, Walmart Great Value, Scott, Sparkle, and more to the test. Don’t miss the results!
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The very best paper towel is the one from Sam's Club; called Super Premium Towels, bright orange wrappings: 15 mega rolls for 19.99; I have never found ANY that beats those. Sam's sell out so fast, it's unbelievable...can't be beat.
@@kathycreager3381 Thanks for the tip. I’m guilty of using lots of paper towels
Yes. Sam's club
Thanks! I'll keep an eye out for them. I have been using Walmart's Great Value Ultra. I noticed even on those the price has been inching up.
I was a high school science teacher and one of my first activities with ninth graders was a paper towel comparison. They had to measure the area of each sheet provided, then dunk the towel in graduated cylinder and determine how much was absorbed. The comparison was the ml of water taken up divided by the square centimeters of the towel for each sample. It was often a challenge to get them to understand the importance of the calculation to remove the size of the towel from the test. Bounty always did best and the school bathroom towels the worst. i usually had Sparkle and a store brand in as other samples. By the way, I do not use many paper towels, have a nice supply of old washcloths instead.
Why didn’t you use water?
The large were 2 each because they are bigger
In all fairness, some of those towels were perforated so that you can take a half or a whole. For example you said the bounty took 6, they were halves so it was actually just 3 towels.
Notice that some of the times the cups of milk were a little more or less and can make a difference too
I use very few paper towels. I keep a basket of cheap kitchen rags from DT on counter. I use as table napkins as well. If they get stained I toss in rag box for painting clean ups. I use to go thru at least a roll every week or so when family was home until I moved them off the counter. Now few rolls a year. After all you have a dishwasher, washer & dryer.
I bought kitchen towels that snap together and go onto a paper towel holder from Amazon. I can just toss them into the washer when they're dirty. It took a while to switch from paper towels to the cloth ones, but I've saved a lot of money and cut down on my garbage.
I didn't know there was such a thing! Thanks to you I looked it up!!
I save my old cotton towels for rags. I only use paper towels to drain bacon or sausage and to wipe grease out of frying pans so grease stays out of drain. Our last house had to have all the kitchen pipes replaced because the last owner had let lots down drain. So much grease in pipes hardly drain water anymore
There’s a service I saw once that essentially takes a rotating brush and wet vac thru your clean outs to scrub off the sides for instances like this. I’m not sure about cost or even how long they’ve been around but it was interesting… might beat the hassle and cost of pipe replacement if it ever happens again. If a whole business exists apparently it’s a common issue!
@Texas_Glores thanks! We have moved since then and hopefully my being careful will avoid it happening in our new house. Never heard of that service before.
Be sure to let people know NOT to use fabric softener on their towels or rags when washing so they will be more absorbent. Vinegar in the rinse cycle helps remove any leftover soap or smell. Loved the comparison.
I learned this the hard way.
Yes I've been using vinegar for years.
Thanks for this!
Thank you for the info
I use paper towels to drain fried foods on
Or napkins
She is teaching us a lesson. Just watch and learn. Not everyone knows all the things she teaches. We enjoy her and her family no matter what they do.😁👍
Bounty you can squeeze out and continue to use. Especially the whole ones.
If I have a nasty spill I use the blue towels (automotive) but I’ll rinse, unless grease, and reuse. I can basically mop my kitchen floor with a used blue towel & still reuse…
Regarding mirror cleaning - for $3ish bucks you can get a glass specific towel and it really does work better on glass and mirrors. You hand wash and hang dry.
The paper towels that you pull apart two of those make one sheet of a paper towel, they were designed to clean up small messes not big ones. lol so you waste more tearing them apart than using what was equal to one sheet. lol Something to keep in mind.😉
I agree and I wonder how much was spent in paper towels for this demonstration 🤣
@@BopchisCorner That's a great point now that you mentioned it 😂
Agree. Some were half sheet. But just use towels. Can get washcloths at dollar store cheap and just wash use repeat
Seems funny that people need to know how to NOT use paper towels. Again. Dollar store washcloths. Folded and in counter. Use on most anything. Paper towels are there. Use for animal messed. Cause nasty and don’t want to wash those. But a towel is just a towel. Have enough for a week and wash with other bath towels. Hot water double rinse. But don’t really have to have them. Paper towels nice for convenience… but expensive… and yes. Can save old clothes bla bla and throw away.
Seems funny that people need to know how to NOT use paper towels. Again. Dollar store washcloths. Folded and in counter. Use on most anything. Paper towels are there. Use for animal messed. Cause nasty and don’t want to wash those. But a towel is just a towel. Have enough for a week and wash with other bath towels. Hot water double rinse. But don’t really have to have them. Paper towels nice for convenience… but expensive… and yes. Can save old clothes bla bla and throw away.
I haven’t used paper towels for years! Couple times a year Aldi has a 24 pack of all cotton “bar mops”. That’s all I use. They all fit neatly into my towel drawer in the kitchen. No problem. I only buy paper towels couple times a year when my kids are coming home as they always request them. What a waste!
As a dog owner messes need to be cleaned up with paper towels! No one wants to put their hands in that and then wring it out of cloth! Such a great demonstration. Love the channel. You should start comparing different cleaning products. Would be interesting to see which ones work!
A roll of paper towels last me a long time . I only use them to wipe up spills that don't wash out of towels or to drain bacon on .
I knew from your first video that you guys were my people. I feel common sense has gone out the door, and even though I used paper towels because it is just me and not alot of messes, I am trying to cut costs and most likely going back to using wash towels. It really doesn't take that much more time. I appreciate you making these videos and especially the message you put at the end of your cookbooks. God bless and have a wonderful week.
I always like these demos. I do not use many paper towels now that I live alone. I have always used old towels and wash cloths or cleaning up messes. I scrape grease into the trash with a spatula and then wash both in the sink with hot soapy water. Thanks for the eye opener on the coast. I may cut back on even more. Y'all have a Blessed day.
When we moved into our house 30 years ago one of the first things to go was the paper towel holder. I don't need them. To keep the peace I buy a few cheap rolls for my husband who uses them when he makes bacon😍
I use paper towels to dry my hands because they are more sanitary. I have them in my bathroom especially no germ spreading. I use rags for spills.
Same here.
Technically, you can ring out the expensive bounty. It is was i use, and I wring them out.
Fellow Wyomingite here in Casper and non paper towel user as well.I don't even use a roll of paper towels at all on ANYTHING! Instead For oil I use chamies; just run it under hot water, squeeze out the water - wipe up the oil and saturate the towel with dawn dish soap rub it together to foam up and rinse out under hot water and reuse again for what ever.. . & for windows and such I finish with newspapers crumbled up. As for subs for paper towels I a "re-useable" paper towel that I found on Amazons. Now in over a year still haven't used even 1 roll of them either. I swear by them and my re-useable latex gloves...!
A bunch of liquid I’d use my towels. I generally use paper when it’s something nasty that I want to go straight to garbage. Although you are definitely make me take another step towards stingy. 😂 Interesting side note I learned recently at work. The Viva towels are used by cake decorators. They get the icing smooth,but then lay the paper towel right on it and they can pat it smooth and then peel it off. I watched her do it. I guess it’s a nice finish in some cases.
Viva has two finishes. One textured like most paper towels; the other is smooth similar to a well-worn cotton cloth (likely what cake decorators use). I paint with watercolor and use the smooth Viva to blot out realistic cloud shapes from a wet blue paint on watercolor paper.
@ That’s really interesting! I didn’t like the brand,then I found out it was good for different things.
Worn out or stained towels, washcloths, sheets and T-shirts become rags. I throw them away if they’re too gross to wash. I wash rags with dirty mop heads and bath rugs every few weeks. Paper towels are good for pet messes and greasy messes. For water spills or leaks, I am likely to grab a good kitchen towel or even a good bath towel.
I like to use paper towels for drying my hands after washing them, just because you never know how well someone else washed their hands before you. 🤢
I keep a small stack of washcloths on the bathroom counter to dry hands on. We started this during covid. One washcloth and then it gets tossed into the laundry. Cheap white washcloths work best.
I was so happy to see you do this video! Since I retired I haven't been able to afford paper towels, but I've been thinking I would like to get some if and when I can afford to and I've been wondering which ones were the best. I have gotten use to using microfiber cloths now and old t-shirts I've cut up, but it would be nice to be able to wipe out grease and throw it away... which I have done with the old t-shirts. Probably about 15 years ago I bought about 12 very heavy 100% cotton napkins for a $1 a piece at Target and I never used them all these years! UNTIL I retired and couldn't afford paper towels. I have used them for grease and for getting all the water out of cooked spinach etc... the napkins are all white and some are white with a purple flower in the middle... I have used them for grease and to get all the water out of spinach (that turned them green)... I put them in the sink and put some dawn dish soap on them and then added hot water just to cover and let them soak over night and they were clean in the morning. I rinsed them well and then put them in the laundry.
My mom would have been appalled that you use the same towel on floor! But she always had an abundance of rags and rarely used paper towels.
It goes straight to the washer.
I know Viva is the best paper towel! Expensive but good.
I do use rags most of the time but if I had a large spill like you are showing, I would put a bowl against the counter and sweep it into the bowl eith one then clean the counter. Also if you have a nice thick one you can wring out the soaked towel in a bowl and keep using it. I wiuld never just jeep throwing towels on the spill.
That is a great idea! I am going to start doing it…thanks.
I haven't bought paper towels in maybe 2 years. We were given 6 boxes of napkins. Long story short man would take napkins from restaurant and save them. He passed away and his son gave us the boxes. That was last year. I still have 5 boxes. I don't use them. We use cloth napkins that I sew and I clean with cloth towels. I wash them. Even camping I use cloth rags as much as possible.
I use full size Bounty. I can tear them in half if needed. Not same size paper towels in your test.
When I worked in cafeterias. We were certified in food safety classes. They taught us all things like not using rags in place of paper towels. Not sanitary. I will keep using my paper towels. Oh. I use the mechanics blue towels on everything. Great great oil soakers for frying foods you only need one sheet. Also very cheap to use is the paper towel you find in public restrooms sams sells them also. Great video thank you
I use paper towels In the bathroom because when my Husband had cancer and had chemo the doctor said to use them because of the chemicals absorbed in his body. Now I can't stand using cloth at anyone's place because of the dampness and maybe not people getting their hands clean. Grosses me out
Hello everyone from my Wisconsin Farm.
Generally speaking I agree it's a waste. However, when Walgreens gives it away with coupon magic I do take them.
I’m about half-and-half with paper towels and rags I love having paper towels when my 95 pound dog gets sick. It cleaned it up the best.
Can't believe you wasted that much milk
Swedish cleaning cloths. Just ring them out in the sink and keep using the same one. Put in the washing machine with towels.
I use rags for bigger messes. We put the soiled in a plastic bin in the garage. I wash them about every other week with detergent and bleach.
Same here
I do have napkins for party’s or gathers. But to clean my house and kitchen i use microfiber and rags
I hate the feeling of microfiber on my finger prints. Makes me feel like they're grabbing me. It's awful for sensory sensitive peoples.
🙂 well any other rag will work🙂
I did this for years. Even used material napkins, but got a one for you, cut your old sweat shirts, the side that’s got balls is the best swifter duster for hard wood floors. If dirty use a little hardwood cleaner and a sweatshirt.
I'm a Bounty girl! Always buy on sale, never full price!!
When I was a kid, nobody had paper towels lol. I find it funny that people can’t imagine how you can live without paper towels. I don’t use tons of paper towels either. We have wash/dish clothes and towels that we use for kitchen messes.
@@kencurtis2403 you are right about that. Growing up there was no such thing as paper towels Mom always used old rags and even as a young mom myself I did the same thing. But we get spoiled and think we can’t do without these things Inflation is hitting us so hard now and I do great at budgeting food and always did but paper towels became my friend haha
Last year I bought unpaper towels (thin microfiber towels on a roll like paper towels). I bought two rolls, but never made it through the entire first roll because I wash them with other items each week, fold and reuse. I still use paper towels for grease, but a roll of paper towels lasts for months instead of days. I'm about half way through a roll of Costco paper towels that I began using in mid October.
It was acually 12 because they were full size sheets and the others were all half sheets.
I use members mark paper towels from Sam's club, very absorbent. one will clean up a raw egg
I don’t waste money on paper towels. I’ve always used dish rags and dish towels. I do laundry every 2-3 days so they go in with my other clothes. I rarely use my dryer either. I have a clothesline in my basement during winter (we have a wood stove down there and they dry fairly quickly) or in spring & summer I hang them on a clothesline outside. I always keep old towels & clothes that are absorbent and make rags from them too. As for the eggs I’d bring the trash can over, use a couple pieces of cardboard to collect as much as possible then I’d get the rag and hot soapy water and finish up. I’d cry over those expensive eggs first though 😂
I use paper towels mostly for bacon grease and cat's vomit lol. I love Costco papertowels and those are the ones I buy. A big pack will last me a couple years.
Yeah... I don't use paper towels for big spills, either. I use a dish towel. I use paper towels for certain things. And I tend to use them for more than one job, too. And we use them as our napkins. We really don't go thru paper towels very quickly.
Thanks for posting your experiment!
I still like a paper towel for some stuff. Dog mess… or nasty stuff. But for the daily I have about 20-30 old rags and wash fold repeatedly. Use all the time. If I need or use a paper towel for just hand drying, I hang and reuse. Hands were clean and it’s just water. Reuse for hands or the nasty stuff. I never did the “cost” like u did. So that’s interesting.
When I drop an egg on the floor, I pick up the big pieces then pour salt on the egg liquid. It helps keep it from smearing as you are wiping it up.
Scott paper towels are great to wrap bread in to steam it on the stove. It holds together great.
I i invested in a lot of bar mop towels for like drying stuff. They last forever. Don't buy Scott toilet paper it sucks. That's why it's cheap. LOL, Bounty is what I get. But my dad goes to Costco and stocks up on paper towels. He'll give me a couple when I ask for one. We're still getting together on Mondays. I've been much better with my budgeting by the way.
Me too. They wash up and bleach so nicely.
@@ohioitis200 I think they're called bar mop towels because that's what they use in bars. Am I right? I heard the idea from somebody and thought it was genius.
@@michellesunshinestar Yes, it's what bars and restaurants use to clean the bar and tables. And, I don't know how the Scott company is in business. Their tp is so thin and feels like neswpaper to me.
@@ohioitis200 LOL, I agree. I hate their TP.
I keep paper towels for oil and grease only, which I then put in a zip lock and use for camp fires. Cloth for everything else. Old worn out tee shirts are great. Old towels get recycled into personal hand towels and kept in a pretty container, so a new one can be used every time one washes their hands.
I think it was the Bounty towels, they looked to be the larger size. Also, when you used the Kirkland ones, the milk spill looked whiter and thicker, not like the thin milk poured earlier. At least to my eyes it looked different.
Great video! I like Sam's Club Members Mark paper towels. I think they do a good job.
I believe Dollar General paper towels ( Green color pkg) are bounty. I buy them and I’m very happy with them. I have been using them for years.
Before washing the mess with the hole-y pair of underwear out of the rag drawer, holler at the dog to get his full of the ruins, then gather the shells and lay them on an old newspaper or paper sack. Throw shells and paper into the garden, birds and chicks eat the shells to keep their bones strong, remainder shells break down to add mulch and nutrients to the garden. Grab the hole-y underwear soak with hot water, a blurb of bleach and dawn, scrub the fridge out first, then the floor, then throw it away.👍
Years and years ago we had life style shift with paper towels and i was going cheap, cheap in the background. I put forth a concered effort to more completely switch to cloth. This did involve ultimately putting the extras out in the garage and the currebt roll behind the flour in the cupboard; grabbing cloth simply became more convient. Then years ago, i was in the grocery store with someone as they plopped 2 big packages of paper towels on the belt along with thier fill-in groceries and the paper towels for the week cost more than thier fill-in groceries for the week!
I cut up old baby cotton swaddlers from the thrift store, they are 100% cotton and don't leave streaks on mirrors, I also knit my own dish cloths and have used the same ones for over 10 years. We use face cloths for napkins, I have 4 real cotton napkins for guests, ( thrift store always have them ) I hang the used dish cloth over night to dry so it doesn't get smelly until wash day. We use old paper bags and the brown stuffing from the shipping company to drain bacon and fries. In a pinch we drain food on the cookie rack over the cookie sheet pan and use newspaper to wipe the grease and throw it in the trash not down the drain. The free newspaper is good for wet floors after it rains or snows, also I have used them for messy food that goes straight into the trash ( fish and meat that will stink up the kitchen ). Orange and lemon peels go in a jar with vinegar to make a cleaner, sometimes dried orange peel is grated to add to banana loaf.
Why didn't you just use water instead of expensive milk? Maybe I missed that part?
When my mother wiped up water off a countertop or table with a paper towel, she would dry it out and use it again. It was only water so why throw it out.
I had a spill like that this week. I dropped one to stop it from going into the next room and then down with some cotton rags. I'm learning. I realized I now have to keep a stash of old rags in the kitchen.
I buy 1 giant package of Costco brand every 2-3 years because I do not use them to wipe my hands or anything that a cloth towel can handle. I mainly use them for food when cooking. Also, I don't let company use them by hiding them before they show up 😆It's amazing how you get that look from someone when you say "Use the cloth dish towel" 😂🤑 I'm about to cry over all that spilt milk 😂
You would need to use a bowl of hot, soapy water to clean the egg shell mess up anyway. Otherwise, it would dry a sticky mess.
Perforated towels ..two to make one regular one.
I use cloth towels I wash them with the regular towels, hand cloth.
So, Viva was the best?
Thank you
I have two cats and a husband.
I buy the largest package of great value ultra strong from Walmart.
It is 911 when I run out of paper towels. 🤣
For the nasty stuff. Dog poo etc it’s worth the cost for the paper towel and throw away! But that’s rare.
I use paper towel only on things that would stain my towel like beet juice or on my cast iron pans. FYI before I throw a wash rag for washing body in bathroom I wipe bathroom down too before putting into laundry
So glad i switched to rags on your advice a while ago. It's funny, this morning i looked and still have 2 rolls left and decided to not add to my grocery list yet...lol.
Great!!! Thank you!!! I have recently started on the rarely use paper towel journey. This is added incentive!
Why would you waste all that milk?
I also use rags with spills I don’t want in the machine
And they were free clothes I got
I mainly use rags. When i purchase paper towels, it's viva.
I hope your countertop stays ok! Great analysis!
The big paper towel sheet should be counted as two paper towels.
Same size as the other single sheets.
Plus you have to add the cost of the water to wash 🧼
I’d like to see a test and price comparison on kitchen trash bags 13 gallon size (most common) I’d be interested in your thoughts 💭
I used reusable paper towels and only use paper towels for draining bacon grease. The last time I bought paper towels or toilet paper was in 2020. I also have reusable toilet paper that I use for number 1 only and toilet paper for number two. I bleach my reusable toilet paper in the wash, and I save on toilet paper.
Thanks for the demonstration.
You should do a home ec series, since they don’t teach it in school anymore
For spills like that I only use rags or a towel
Great video. The wisdom of the people before us the good old rags. By the way, have to use paper towel we do buy Costco.
I only use one or 2 paper towels for grease or anything really disgusting but otherwise I prefer rags because I feel they do a better job. I only buy paper towels once maybe twice a year at the most
Glad u did this
Anyone that waste all that paper towel for a spill deserves to be broke, I mean who don't have washcloths in their house, crazy time
I keep paper towels for emergencies. I have a dog and he occasionally may get sick or have an accident. I save the paper towels for that. Other than that i use rags.
If I was doing a clean liquid meaning not dog pee, I’d squeeze out and try to gather more liquid
Not gonna lie... I have never before even heard of "professional" paper towels before. 😂 My paper towel use has always been the amateur kind.
I buy try fold towls a whole box last me over a ye, when i can afford to do that i do, other wise i use rags, i have never thaught paper towls where important also if u put a little cheap white glue in some water u will get that milky look ,that way u arnt wasting real milk
Love this. I’m needing to heed this advice. I use too many paper towels.
Thank you for this video!
I’m assuming Kirkland is cheapest, even with including the cost of the membership?
Questions: can you microwave your dish cloth or sponge to sterilize it? Obviously, not ones with meat, eggs, etc. bacteria?
Can you wash rags in washer in cold water without laundry sanitizer or bleach? What would you use as your laundry sanitizer?
Killing me to watch I waste milk and paper towels! lol. Thanks for taking the hit for us.
She could have used water to demonstrate her point. I believe you could see the water just fine.
It was about 10 cents of very expired dried milk.
I needed this vlog. Thank you! We'll done.
I brought paper towels first time for over $30 years
For berries and grapes to keep in jar in fridge
They keep longer couple squares in bottom
I have used rags and thew in bin
I’m getting low so should wash them
Iv knitted dish cloths so not buying any sponge or dish rag in shops
I used rags to clean toilet on outside it’s just me now not the 5 kids
Also some times I have my dd and 2 grand kids come
Technically....
You should be using a disinfectant in the wash on the dish cloths & dish towels.
Walgreens has 2 for $5 toliet paper which is 8; rolls and $4 or $5 6 rolls paper towels