Double velvet, double trouble starting off the rolls (Double Velvet Toilet Tissue)

Member Name: Mioliere

Product:	Double Velvet Toilet Tissue
Date:	03/01/09 (26 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good perforations between sheets, tough - but not hard - tissue

Disadvantages: Starting off the rolls!

I have just bought Double Velvet Toilet Tissue for the first time, mainly because it has been on offer in my local Savers at £1.87 for four rolls, plus 2 free. Until now I have always used Andrex. I'm reasonably pleased with the Double Velvet but find the start of each roll is a real pain, resulting in wasting the first few sheets and finding bits of tissue all over the floor. Andrex rolls are so much easier to start off! I had the same problem with Charmin rolls and it stopped me buying them again.

The Double Velvet is a little harder than Andrex but this doesn't seem to be a problem.

The product is made in the EU which means anywhere in Europe so hopefully, it's made in the UK. Seems ludicrous to have to import toilet rolls!

Each roll has an average of 200 sheets of 3-ply tissue, according to the blurb on the wrapper; each sheet is 120mm x 109mm, giving a total area of 15.70sqm and a minimum length per roll of 24.0m, not that I am about to test the specifications!

The perforations always work, unlike Andrex, so it's easy to tear the roll without tearing the sheets themselves. The sheets are well-constructed and seem to be tougher than Andrex but not uncomfortable to use; they are thicker, too, so less needs to be used. (What a delicate subject this is!).

I buy the Pure White toilet rolls. For some reason, I don't like coloured toilet tissue and white goes well with any colour scheme. The wrapper is in shades of blue with the current offer shown in orange and white. In the small print on the back of the wrapper, it says 'This polythene wrap is recyclable where facilities exist'.

I shall probably continue to buy Double Velvet while it is on special offer but, if the usual price is similar to Andrex, the fact that the rolls are hard to start off will not induce me to keep buying it.

Summary: Worth it when on special offer