Product Description

Towel Mega Roll Choose-A-Size, 102-Sheet Rolls (Case of 24)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4979 in Health and Beauty
• Brand: Scott
• Released on: 2009-02-17
• Number of items: 24
• Dimensions: .64 pounds

Features

• Mega Roll Offers 33% more towels per roll than our regular roll
• Scott Choose-A-Size is perfect for any size mess, from little touch up to major cleanups
• Scott Brand Products--The Common Sense Choice.
• All Scott Brand cores are made with 100% recycled fiber
• Case corrugate is made from 100% recycled fiber

Customer Reviews

Not as Mega as the ones in the supermarket
I like Scott Towels; I've been using them since the days when Scott Paper made them. They are absorbent, durable, and most of all, they are lint-free and the perfect towel for cleaning glass or ceramic surfaces.

I like the choose-a-size feature. Two of these towels together make a nifty quick placemat, and the single size is less wasteful, since it's usually enough for a single towel task.

But read all that the listing says; these are not the same size rolls as the ones sold singly, and I rather wish they called them something other than "Mega Roll." These are 102-sheet rolls; the ones sold singly in the supermarket are 144 sheets. These rolls are a little less than 30% smaller, if my mental math has not rotted beyond recovery.

So they're not really a bargain at this price, but it's not a horrible price either, although supermarket specials can make them noticeably cheaper; and the convenience of having all those paper towels on hand is considerable. I just thought that the issue of the size of the roll should be mentioned.

Amazon.com Paper Towel Values
Because I am insane, I decided to break down the actual costs of the paper towels that Amazon.com offers. It is hard to tell because of varying roll lengths, sheet sizes, and case quantities. In the end, I found them cheaper elsewhere, but if you are an Amazon loyalist and/or like Subscribe & Save, you may be tempted to order them anyway. [Subscribe & Save discount shown in brackets.]

Cheapest per foot (most accurate measure of value):
SCOTT LONG ROLLS (case of 16) = $2.54 /100ft [$2.16 /100ft]

Cheapest per sheet with "regular" size (10"-11") sheets:
SCOTT LONG ROLLS (case of 16) = $2.32 /100 11" sheets [$1.98 /100 11" sheets]

Cheapest per sheet (mainly because sheets are smaller/half size):
SEVENTH GENERATION (case of 30) = $1.32 /100 5.4"sheets [$1.12 /100 5.4" sheets]

All, with analyses, below---

GREEN FOREST (case of 30) = $40.85 [$34.72 with Subscribe & Save]
65 sheets/roll (8.5") x 30 rolls = 1950 sheets = $2.10 /100 sheets [$1.78 /100 sheets]
65 sheets/roll (8.5") x 30 rolls = 1430ft = $2.85 /100ft [$2.43 /100ft]

SEVENTH GENERATION (case of 30) = $44.49 [$37.82 with Subscribe & Save]
112 sheets/roll (5.4") x 30 rolls = 3360 sheets = $1.32 /100 sheets [$1.12 /100 sheets]
112 sheets/roll (5.4") x 30 rolls = 1512ft = $2.94 /100ft [$2.50 /100ft]

KLEENEX VIVA (case of 32) = $47.31 [Subscribe & Save not available]
? sheets/roll (assuming 10" sheets, there are 52) x 32 rolls = 1664 sheets = $2.48 /100 sheets
519.7"/roll x 30 rolls = 1385.9ft = $3.41 /100ft

SCOTT LONG ROLLS (case of 16) = $55.96 [$47.57 with Subscribe & Save]
150 sheets/roll (11") x 16 rolls = 2400 sheets = $2.32 /100 sheets [$1.98 /100 sheets]
150 sheets/roll (11") x 16 rolls = 2200ft = $2.54 /100ft [$2.16 /100ft]

SCOTT MEGA CHOOSE-A-SIZE (case of 24) = $48.34 [$41.09 with Subscribe & Save]
102 sheets/roll (7.3") x 24 rolls = 2448 sheets = $1.98 /100 sheets [$1.67 /100 sheets]
102 sheets/roll (7.3") x 24 rolls = 1489.2ft = $3.25 /100ft [$2.76 /100ft]

BOUNTY EXTRA SOFT BIG ROLLS (case of 24) = $53.46 [Subscribe & Save not available]
64 sheets/roll (10.4") x 24 rolls = 1536 sheets = $3.48 /100 sheets
64 sheets/roll (10.4") x 24 rolls = 1331.2ft = $4.02 /100ft

BOUNTY REGULAR (case of 30) = $43.54 [Subscribe & Save not available]
52 sheets/roll (11") x 30 rolls = 1560 sheets = $2.79 /100 sheets
52 sheets/roll (11") x 30 rolls = 1430ft = $3.05 /100ft

Just ok... not as good as I was expecting.
These towels are not as soft or as durable as I was expecting. I find that I am using twice as many towels to clean my glass top stove. As the other reviewers have stated, each roll is not very "mega sized". I will say that the select a size feature is very handy, but not exclusive to this brand of paper towels. Furthermore, from the picture I thought these towels would be all white...but mine arrived with tacky prints all over them. Personally I prefer the Kleenex Viva towels which Amazon also sells.