Evaluation of 16 paper towels: An unknown brand with monthly sales of over 100,000 pieces is actually more expensive than Depot and Nepia?

Every time Double Eleven comes, the must-have is tissue paper! Every time I stock up on tissue paper, I stock up a year's supply. It is very important to choose the right one with low price and good quality.

In order to make everyone feel at ease when buying, Dad's Review launched the "16 Paper Towel Reviews". The samples include popular players with monthly sales of hundreds of thousands, well-known big-name players at home and abroad, and a common player in snack bars:

Sample fee 648.2 yuan + testing fee 34001.6 yuan (public price) = a total of 34649.8 yuan

We screened from three dimensions: cost-effectiveness, safety and hygiene, and performance, and finally recommended the following:

1. Price/performance ratio Before we officially start, let’s play a little game: Which of these two paper towels do you think is cheaper?

When we were sampling, we found that the prices of paper towels with sales of hundreds of thousands on shopping platforms were basically very low, and you could buy many packs for just a few or a dozen yuan. In comparison, the big brands suddenly don't seem so attractive!

Even the Double Eleven promotion can’t offer this price, and you still have to wait for live broadcasts, get a certain amount of discount, and get up in the middle of the night to pay the balance. It’s such a huge loss, okay?

If we only look at the purchase price, of course, "pay less and get more" is cheaper. However, we found that these paper towels have different sizes, numbers, thicknesses, etc. This comparison does not seem to be very rigorous.

Unit price comparison

In order to find out whether we have wasted money over the years, we calculated the price per pack and per 100g, and the results were shocking:

In fact, when I calculated the price per pack, I already realized something was wrong. How come the two "qualified products" No. 14 Li B and No. 15 KaiX Duo D are more expensive than the "superior product" No. 7 Vitamin D?

When we calculated the price per 100g, we exclaimed: Wow! No. 14 Li B stood out from a group of big players and won the championship; No. 15 KaiX Duo D also surpassed No. 8 XinX Yin...

I have to say that the prices of these brands are too deceptive! They let you spend extremely low prices to buy seemingly great value products, but in fact, the merchants are always the ones who make the most money.

Comparison of internal volume

This is not the end. We also conducted a very "staff-intensive" test: we asked two editors to personally count the actual number of samples drawn from each package.

After a long counting process, we finally concluded that the actual number of draws for No. 3, 14, and 15 was less than the marked number, and there was a deviation in the internal quantity.

It seems that what you think is "cheap" is not "really cheap"! (Listen to your words, just like listening to your words).

2. Safety and Hygiene 01 Microbial tissues are disposable sanitary products, and the most basic hygiene conditions must be guaranteed. No microorganisms were detected in the 16 samples evaluated this time, which meets the national standards.

02 Fluorescent agent: "The snow-white paper towels are added with excessive fluorescent agent." Have you ever heard of similar sayings?

No migratable fluorescent brighteners were detected in any of the 16 samples evaluated, which complies with the requirements of the national standard GB/T 20808-2011 "Tissue Paper".

Even the cheapest No. 16 did not detect fluorescent agent. Now everyone can choose products according to their preferences and feel at ease~

03 Acrylamide monomer residues Acrylamide monomer residues may be produced in the production process of paper towels, which are irritating to the skin and eyes and may cause allergic reactions.

According to the requirements of the national standard GB/T 36420-2018 "Safety Assessment Management System for Chemicals and Raw Materials for Household Paper and Paper Products", acrylamide in tissue paper should be ≤0.5mg/kg.

Among the samples evaluated this time, only No. 2 was found to contain acrylamide, with a content of 0.46 mg/kg. Please pay attention to this when purchasing.

III. Performance in use 01 Water absorption performance Have you ever encountered this situation in life: accidentally knocking over a cup of water, using 4 or 5 pieces of paper towels in a row, not only can it not be wiped dry, but it also drips down. In order to measure the "water absorption king", in a constant temperature and humidity environment, the researchers cut the paper towels into strips of fixed width and stuck them on the capillary effect tester.

By adjusting the height of the instrument, the bottom of the paper strip is immersed in deionized water, and the height of the liquid absorbed by the paper towel is measured after standing for 10 minutes. The higher the height, the larger the value, indicating that the water absorption capacity is stronger:

From the test results, it can be seen that samples 1, 9, 14, 15, 3 and 5 have better water absorption.

02 Resilience In life, social death is inevitable. When using certain types of tissues, the probability is higher. In one word: absolutely!

Paper towels tend to tear when wet, which is a sign of poor toughness, also known as wet tensile strength.

The researchers cut the paper towels into strips of fixed size, added two drops of water in the middle of the strips, and measured the strength required to break the strips. The higher the value, the less likely the paper towel will break after being soaked.

According to the evaluation results, you can consider choosing No. 9, 6, 7, 5, 8, 13, 4, and 10 with better toughness.

03 Softness Do you prefer tissues that are hard or soft? The softness of tissues is particularly important for people with rhinitis, sensitive skin, and babies. Especially when you have a runny nose, if the tissue is too hard, you can feel the pain of breathing after blowing it a few times. A "Red Nosed Clown Experience Card" is also included.

We tested the softness of paper towels using a softness tester. The lower the number, the softer the paper towel.

According to the evaluation results, friends who like soft touch can choose samples 14, 4, 8, 16, 6, 12, 13, and 10.

At the end of the article, we have also prepared a "Paper Towel Purchasing Guide" for everyone as usual:

Although the joy of shopping is irresistible, we still want to remind everyone: working is not easy, consume according to needs!

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[2] Guo Sheng, Fu Xingxing, Huang Deyi, Lin Bingkun. Rapid prediction of the migration of fluorescent brighteners in tissue paper[J]. China Paper Industry, 2015, 36(14): 68-70.