How many people are in your house hold? I’m working on a bidet vs toilet paper piece any thoughts?
And I thought I had nothing to do!!! I am retired and I do nothing from Mon - Fri—and then I rest up on the weekends. However I MIGHT find the time to do a personal study on TP usage. I try to poop exclusively in my own bathroom, and, except for an infrequent stay at a hotel, I am quite successful. I am sure I am a higher-than-usual user, because I find it to be one of the most exciting passtimes in my dynamic life.
—John
Ben, just me for the most part, but I do have house guests every now and then. As for bidet vs. TP…since I have no bidet experience, I really can’t comment on it, but I would think that a bidet would be better since it is a wet cleaning versus a dry cleaning. I’m not an expert in cleanliness, by the way.
It’s a very interresting study.
I thought to do the same, to compare your result to mine, I go to shit every day at the same time i.e. at 6:00 AM.
Unfortunately, I wake up at 7:00 AM which is a big trouble for me…
Anyway, I can maybe make a study regarding the number of sheets I use per year…
Josh, Wow. WTF? Your lowest average daily usage is 111 sheets per day. Am I reading this wrong?
My friends find my regularity to be absurd… an average of four times per day. I had a girlfriend that was on the once-a-day schedule… we don’t see each other anymore?!
The math is boggling me, or maybe it’s the method?
- 4 “reading” stops per day
(discounting exotic foods/drinks)
- 2 draws on the roll of 4-6 sheets per draw
(see footnote below)
- seems to equal 48 sheets per day.
Holy bat crapman! You are doubling my usage… not counting the sheets you use periodically for blowing your nose or wiping the stray pube from the rim.
Footnote: I’m a “folder” not a “wadder”. Partly due to a Dad that would cuss you for “excess” TP use, and partly due to my military service in Iraq I, where you weren’t sure when you’d get a TP re-supply. That being said… I pull 4-6 sheets per draw, fold them neatly at the perforation and hit it. I then fold that sqaure in two and hit it again. Total of four hits. Again, diet makes a difference, as you may have to go in for one more double-hit mission. Butt (pun intended) to be sure, I walk around with a happy and clean bum!
Post script: Why in gods name am I posting my bathroom habits here? Gosh, I’m now out of the running for a Presidential Candidate… OR AM I???
Of course, you are taking it for granted that the manufacturers/suppliers are truthful in their claim that each roll has 1000 sheets. I also think the 20,000 per person per year is way off as you are looking more like 50,000 for 1 year, at the moment.
Imagine what the companies could save just by short changing us 5 sheets per roll. Work it out for 250mil people just in the States…
Um….. guys! I would like to put forth the hypothesis that woman use more TP than guys ...since we use it on both occasions, if you see what I mean. I am a huge fan of Sheryl Crow, so I will attempt to defend her (seeming overoptimism) by proposing that she may have had only the first instance in mind when she said “one sheet”, and not the second!
Even if she had only the “first instance” in mind, I certainly use more than one measly sheet.
Additionally there’s a 3rd instance which will require more toilet paper about 5 days per month, but only for about 30 years or so.
Great stuff, where else can such in-depth subjects be investigated!
I have a theory that people pull the same length using either 1-ply or 2-ply tissue. 2 ply rolls have fewer sheets, therefore run out way quicker (faster than 2:1). At one time I cleaned the restrooms in a Bingo hall. When I started they were using 2-ply. When that ran out, I changed to single ply. 2-ply rolls might last a week, single ply lasted a month, at least! A case of single ply was a little more expensive, but because it lasted longer, I think it was less expensive in the long run. Although, when I tried to calculate it, they were closer in cost than I expected.
I just thought I’d mention, it says people use 20,000 sheets a year, it didn’t say what they used them for. With that, I conclude you can blow your nose, wipe your glasses, and whatever else to safely come up with your number. Remember, their number is an average. Some people might use wash cloths, wipes, bidets, their hand, or the Sears Roebuck catalog! The phone book might be a good alternative!
Eagle: As someone who works in the industry, I can assure you that we do not cheat on sheet counts (not the major manufacturers, anyway).
Jeff brings up an interesting point about folding versus wadding…does one method use more than the other?
