Flushable Wipes vs Toilet Paper

[Coach McGuirk]

I have been tempted to tell my wife to stop buying TP all together lately. So I decided to weigh the attributes of each.



Flushable wipes

• job done with less material
• comfortable
• 95% recyclable material
• Roughly $0.04 a wipe

Toilet Paper

• More material to get job done.
• uncomfortable
• 100% recyclable
• Roughly $0.025 a wipe.

Based on my initial data, I am leaning heavily toward flushable wipes. Is there anything else I should consider?

[Indy Coug]

You use one square per wipe? How many average squares would you need per wipe with toilet paper vs. flushable wipes?

[Coach McGuirk]

You use one square per wipe? How many average squares would you need per wipe with toilet paper vs. flushable wipes?

It is factored at 1 and a half feet for TP. For the flushable wipes, one square. Per wipe = 1 pass. With TP you are looking at 4-5 passes. With Flushable wipes you are good with 3.

[Donuthole]

I prefer a flushable wipe with a Charmin chaser.

[pellegrino]

I'll tell you now that you won't be able to use just one of the wipes for most of your business, even if you take extreme measures. At the same time, you'll never be able to go back to just plain tp once you've tried the wipes, it's just disgusting. So you'll have to either use both (tp for major work, wipes to finish) or get a bidet.

[Coach McGuirk]

I prefer a flushable wipe with a Charmin chaser.

Interesting. I have gone boilermaker before, tp first with a fw followup shot, but never the reverse.

[RobinFinderson]

Until we all give in to the one true church of the Toto Washlet, the best alternative is to wash out your butt in the bathtub.

[Donuthole]

Interesting. I have gone boilermaker before, tp first with a fw followup shot, but never the reverse.

Give it a try. You won't be disappointed.

[RobinFinderson]

Interesting. I have gone boilermaker before, tp first with a fw followup shot, but never the reverse.

That is like drying off before you hop into the shower!

[pellegrino]

Until we all give in to the one true church of the Toto Washlet, the best alternative is to wash out your butt in the bathtub.

bidet baby, aka the butt bathtub

[Slim]

Interesting. I have gone boilermaker before, tp first with a fw followup shot, but never the reverse.

It is in your best interest to keep that area dry.

[UtahDan]

Wipes have been my preference ever since we have had baby wipes in the house. PG is right, it seems gross to go back afterwards.

[Donuthole]

That is like drying off before you hop into the shower!

lol. Exactly. For some reason the exclamation point made that statement really funny to me.

[woot]

1. 2 wipes with TP
2. 3 total wipes with the same wet wipe (wipe, fold, wipe, fold, wipe).
3. TP chaser to remove excess moisture.

Omit final step if the wetwipes are only damp, which happens toward the middle of each stack.

[Art Vandelay]

I have the luxury necessity of having my own private bathroom at work and can't not fathom how any human (I learned from my child's book that Everyone Poops) would ever choose to go dry. I don't even care if the darn things are flushable, I will use a baby wipe and clog the toilet if I need to.