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To ask you about toilet paper

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ifyourheart · 09/12/2025 23:26

What has happened to Andrex?? It’s so flimsy and yet expensive!! My friend suggested Aldi brand but they didn’t have any in stock today. Please share the brand that you recommend!

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Chinsupmeloves · 10/12/2025 22:50

I just get the most for the best price now. I have weaned myself off the luxury 3 ply plus ones as at the end of the day they all do the same job!

Some of the scented ones are so strong i feel like the chemicals aren't needed down there. Xxx

bizkittt · 10/12/2025 22:49

I like the Andrex in the pink wrapping. Fairly decent price on Amazon. Similar price to “cheap” brands. It’s not thick but nice and soft. Some of the thicker toilet rolls are like using printer paper on your arse.

soontobeamama · 10/12/2025 22:33

We buy the Nicky brand which you can get in Home Bargains or Savers - think it’s only about £4.99 for 18 rolls and is great quality.

reversegear · 10/12/2025 22:25

We buy “what the crap” online, huge boxes arrive loads of offers and it’s such great quality paper. To be fair it’s me and 3 boys/ men in the house so it lasts a while here.

MoonWoman69 · 10/12/2025 22:24

I see people referring to Izal that we had at school! It wasn't porous, so everything slid off it and you ended up with a hand covered in wee!
Scary, but my maternal grandmother had a porcelain holder on the wall in the bathroom for Izal! There was normal toilet paper too, but she used to buy Izal as well. Then again, she was a sadomasochist so that figures!

MoonWoman69 · 10/12/2025 22:18

Aldi loo roll is brilliant! The one I picked is strong and also makes my bathroom smell beautiful! I picked it up by mistake last time and as soon as I realised it was scented, I thought oh, no! Thrush city here we come! But no, it's lovely, very lightly scented and doesn't cause me any issues at all. I'm sorry I can't remember the name!

Okiedokie123 · 10/12/2025 21:25

merrymelody · 10/12/2025 07:45

If you have to use a lot to get your bum clean, it’s not saving you money.

I doubt I use any more than I would if it was fancy stuff tbh.

IsThisACrazyThoughtDec25 · 10/12/2025 21:05

Who Gives A Crap rolls are superb. Plus double length and donate to charity

nottinghall · 10/12/2025 21:03

Cuddle from tiktok. umder £25 for 120 rolls

GreenGiant167 · 10/12/2025 20:37

I like the Sainsbury’s one. Reasonably priced and fairly thick. The midrange one, not the value…just to clarify.

TaterTots68 · 10/12/2025 20:36

Twittwoooodoyou · 10/12/2025 00:59

Another vote for costco! Worth the cost of the membership.

Interesting. Is it the Costco (Kirkland?) brand? Andrex definitely isn't as good as it was. We've gone back to getting Cushelle from Lidl, but we do have Costco membership.
(Glad I spotted that much phone had changed Andrex to Andrew before posting 🙈😂)

Oldraver · 10/12/2025 20:35

Lidl, but not the cotton fresh as it's scented. We do have an open packet as air freshener

Onceisenoughta · 10/12/2025 20:14

I've chuntered so many times at the supermarket about toilet rolls, it's become ridiculous that there's so many different brands and combinations of how many rolls in different packs, some rolls twice as thick as others. Half of them are crap or single ply so you have to study them all individually. I often crouch down to look at the prices to see which ones are best value per roll but even then going for cheapest or mid-range is a lottery. I also wear varifocals so that's another obstacle unless I actually get on the floor. I see others having the same dilemma often and "I only want to wipe my arse" rings out like a chorus.

Supermarkets have got 1st prize generally in how to piss everybody off by challenging customers brains to the max. I have to sit in a dark room when I get home

Oldwmn · 10/12/2025 20:08

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 10/12/2025 00:14

Cushelle, especially the tubeless ones - great idea

I have just bought a massive pack of naked paper which is v environmental, but not v appealing looking. I am still contemplating it so can't tell you what it's like

It's fine, v environmentally friendly & I never run out! I don't care that it's brown (unbleached), what kind of princess sweats on that? An old lady in our village told me how harmful all the chemicals involved in bog paper were over fifty years ago - she always said that we ought to be able to buy unbleached & now we can!

Trishyb10 · 10/12/2025 20:02

Newspaper if your skint

CWigtownshire · 10/12/2025 19:40

Sainsbury's "double" roll - pack of 4. Nice and thick.

hiredandsqueak · 10/12/2025 19:36

We have Regina Bamboo, stopped getting Andrex when the quality went down. It was at one point the only loo roll I would buy but not any more.

SB2527 · 10/12/2025 19:35

The 3 ply better quality one from Aldi. Just as good, if not better than "brands".

cornflakecrunchie · 10/12/2025 19:23

Thanks @ifyourheart for this thread, it's something I've kept meaning to post about for a while. I hadn't bought Andrex for donkey's years, but got some a few weeks back & couldn't believe how much it had changed.. cheap & nasty without the cheap price.
Myself & others also mentioned how absolutely AWFUL the new All Bran is, too.. I had one helping & threw the rest of the box in the bin.
Ditto Fairy washing up liquid - I remember when it WAS like it shows on the tv ads & a drop would foam up for the dishes. Nowdays I'm practically squirting half the bottle in.
Do they really think we don't notice?

LokiDoki75 · 10/12/2025 18:55

Little Duck from Iceland or Ocado’s own brand. The Ocado one is closest I’ve found to pre- Covid loo roll!

goody2shooz · 10/12/2025 18:52

I’m amazed at anyone liking who gives a crap loo roll - it’s on a par with the ghastly stuff at motorway services. Or are there different grades of wgac? Only stuff I’ve used of theirs is just awful, you use twice as much at least cos it’s so fragile. Grim. Daughter buys it and I’m seriously considering bringing my own loo roll when we visit!

LibertyLily · 10/12/2025 17:53

JDM625 · 09/12/2025 23:30

I've tried Sainsburys and brands and return to these (plus Aldi is my closest shop).

www.aldi.co.uk/product/saxon-quilted-toilet-paper-9-pack-000000000000648727

Another vote for these from Aldi. DH refuses to use anything else and he's very fussy when it comes to loo roll 🙄😁

Single50something · 10/12/2025 17:50

Found same with Andrex. I get the panda bamboo one from amazon or ocado. Its often on deal.

Anjo2011 · 10/12/2025 16:59

gottakeeponmoving · 10/12/2025 01:12

Sainsbury's double rolls. A roll of this lasts forever.

Sainsbury's Super Soft White Toilet Tissue Double Rolls 4 equals 8 Rolls | Sainsbury's

Yes, totally agree. Swapped from Andrex to this, hope they don’t change it.

Beerlzebub · 10/12/2025 16:48

PervyMuskrat · 10/12/2025 00:15

Who gives a crap still the best by far

My friend has that and it drives me up the wall. It never seems to flush!

I use Tesco extra thick/cushioned, whatever they call it.