Therefore, paper towels are great at picking up liquid spills. Fun fact: a paper towel's design is actually made of small crevices that help the paper towel have a better grip.
Keep in mind when shopping that each brand has a different number of sheets per roll, and that the size of a full sheet differs brand by brand, so comparing price can be tricky.
While smaller sheet sizes can make it easier to use less, you are getting less product for the price. No matter the mess, these paper towels are ready. Shop the best paper towels you can buy:. Bounty paper towels are top performers and GH lab pros 1 choice for their own homes. These paper towels are able to absorb liquid quickly without breaking, and they leave no lint in their path, keeping your counter tops perfectly clean.
We love that they are fairly thick with a plush, soft hand-feel too. The handy select-a-size feature lets you tear off only as much as you need for any size mess. Amazon brand Presto! Reviewers are especially impressed with how large the rolls are, giving you more absorbent paper towels for the price. These 2 ply paper towels are available in orders of 6, 12, or 24 rolls, so you always have what you need on hand.
We know; we spent hours combing through them. After considering the content that is already available, we were able to design tests that yielded new quantitative data to measure just how strong and durable these products are. It was important to us to create numbers that were an accurate measure of the claims printed on the packaging.
We put the top products through five days of home testing to bring you numerical data. Using the paper towels for a variety of tasks — from cleaning windows to prepping food — our eight household tests rated the products for water and grease absorbency, strength, durability, glass cleaning ability, softness and scrubbing ability. Paper towels were introduced as a replacement product for traditional cloth towels in the early s.
With cloth towels, once they have come into contact with chicken scraps, chemical-based cleaner, or even the hands of someone with a cold, they act as a vehicle to spread germs. Because paper towels eliminate the spread of germs, they can be a helpful tool for your cleaning and cooking routine. We understand the ecological and environmental impact of disposable paper products. In fact, for many tasks around the house, we encourage you to use reusable cloth towels.
However, rolls come in various sizes, so figuring out the price per square foot is a more meaningful figure. Each of the six brands that we analyzed listed the total square footage on the packaging. Divide the total cost of the package by the total square footage to find the price per square foot, and you can easily compare two or three brands while you shop.
The ply is the number of layers in each sheet. Two-ply — meaning two layers of paper — is typical for effective single-use towels. Check the packaging to see if the rolls are one ply or two. Of our top six, only Scott Choose-a-Sheet and Viva were one ply. Standard paper towels are by inches, but the sheets in this style are around 6-by so you have the option of using a small sheet for a smaller job — or double up and use two sheets when you need to.
This eliminates waste and helps you save money by ensuring your rolls last longer. Some brands use paper that comes from responsible sources, like Viva; some are made from recycled paper, like White Cloud; and others even come unbleached, which allows them to be composted.
Keep in mind that it might not be worth choosing a green brand if you end up using more paper towels to get the job done. Remember that if you have a compost system in your backyard or live in a city that collects compost, your paper towel tube will be a welcome addition.
With our top six finalists selected, we developed a series of tests to compare them. We looked at the following quantitative and qualitative performance metrics to find the strongest in each category and, ultimately, to bring you our top choice.
Test 1: Absorbency. To measure absorbency, we conducted two separate tests — one for water weight and one for volume. Weight: First, we weighed a dry sheet of each paper towel. We then saturated the sheet with water, held it up until the water stopped dripping from the bottom edge and weighed it again to see how much of the water remained within the sheet.
Brawny came out ahead in this test, holding 0. Close runners-up were Bounty and Viva, each with 0. Volume: Our second test determined how many sheets each brand needed to completely absorb two ounces of water by volume. We poured the two ounces onto a wide plate and used a consistent motion for each brand to drag quartered sheets until the plate was completely dry to the touch.
Brawny, Bounty and Viva all completed the task using just two-and-a-half sheets, pulling ahead of the other three brands. Using this sheets-per-ounce data, we were able to calculate the cost per ounce of liquid absorption for each paper towel. The single-ply products — Viva and Scott — were the most expensive in terms of cost per ounce of liquid absorption.
Test 2: Strength Next, we wanted to test the strength of each brand by seeing how much weight it could support before breaching. We saturated each product with water, stretched it tight, and started piling on the pennies until the sheet broke under the weight. Highly absorbent or reusable paper towels are more durable, which may allow you to go through rolls more slowly, reducing how much you spend over time.
And not all rolls are the same size, so the price per roll for one package may not be comparable to the price per roll of another. Think paper towels are just for soaking up spills and drying your hands? Think again! Try these innovative ways to use paper towels in your home or the office. As handy and functional as paper towels are, you may want to avoid using them in a few instances. Their rough texture and tendency to leave behind lint makes paper towels a poor choice for dusting furniture or cleaning delicate surfaces such as TV screens or eyeglasses.
A soft microfiber cloth is a better option. Paper towels also leave lint behind when cleaning windows and mirrors, making lint-free cloths and squeegees a superior pick.
Lint-free vs. Commercial vs. C-fold vs. Select-a-size options Many paper towel rolls have additional perforations to make it easy to tear a half or quarter of a traditional paper towel, which means each roll could last considerably longer in situations where people often need a napkin or small square.
Absorbency When soaking up spills is of utmost importance, a paper towel with impressive absorbency is a must. Which paper towels performed the best — and worst — in our tests?
Is there anything you can't do with paper towels? Aside from wiping up spills, they're good for cleaning the BBQ , keeping herbs fresh, germinating seeds, seasoning cast iron pans and cooking bacon in the microwave , according to our CHOICE Community. Here are the best and worst performers. Quilton took out the top two spots in our paper towel reviews, but Viva was also a winner — we recommend all seven Viva products we tested. The Viva products demonstrate that ply the number of layers of paper doesn't necessarily mean more absorbency.
The Viva products are all one-ply, but they perform just as well as if not better than two-, three- and four-ply products. While the two Quilton products are both sold under the 'Tuffy' name, they received quite different scores in our absorption and puncture test scores, suggesting that they may be manufactured differently.
There's a price difference between the two as well, so you'll need to weigh up whether unit price or performance is more important to you.
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