I love helping the environment and looking for things to make the world better, but this is something I am generally concerned about. I just don’t know if I can get on board with reusable toilet cloth rolls.
Reusable Cloth Rolls
People are ditching toilet paper and instead are using these reusable cloth toilet paper and I don’t know how I feel about that.
How do these things even work?
Usually, with normal toilet paper, you either fold or crinkle it, wipe and throw it down the toilet. So how do you use these things?
Do you simply have to use a little corner at a time and let it hang there? Does it dry and that’s how it is reusable?
It simply does not make any sense at all to me!
To me, using reusable cloth seems so much messier.
Sometimes these rolls are all sewn together, making this all the more complicated.
If you are in a big family, do you all share, or does every member have their own?
I feel like it would make the bathroom smell worse than it already does. Unless, you have a bunch of these cloths and use them one at a time. To me, that is not worth the headache.
If you are reusing these, doesn’t it just mean you are spending a lot of money on laundry soap and other products? Not to mention all the water as well. Isn’t that just as bad as toilet paper?
What are your thoughts? Is this something you would do? I think I will pass and do something else to help save the planet.
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90 comments on “People Are Ditching Toilet Paper And Getting Reusable Cloth Rolls”
What do you think was used before toilet paper?
I could see using this for wiping after peeing. Then using regular toilet paper after pooping. It would still save lots of paper…you pee more than you poop.
you think your underwear dont have invisable scraps of poop and Pee???? they go in the wash and we rewear them. I used cloth and I mention it to people and they think I lost my mind. Money was very tight and I had other things I wanted to spend my money on than throw away diapers. we all survived and no one got “sick” use s pail with vinegar water and bam no smell and you wash often……
You’ll spend more $, use water and detergent washing and drying these things. Yehew it’ll be like going back to a diaper pail in the bathroom,which I did by the way, only Pampers when travelling.
If you use a bidet, you’re already clean, you just need these to “dry” yourself with. I think it’s a good idea.
Disgustingly gross idea; using reusable toilet paper..might as well use cloth diapers. Adults produce alot more #2, than a baby ..would be stinky and messy. What about women having their periods? It’s a yiccjy idea.
I can imagine using these when regular TP is not available. I have some packed away for my family. Each person will be assigned a different color and each bathroom will have a pail with a lid and some bleach water. Much like using cloth diapers for your baby. But, while TP is readily available, I will opt for that. I also have some peri bottles put away for use if needed. One per family member,
I use a bidet. Problem solved.
We use cloth wipes.  Not on a roll like this.  Use one time.  Throw it n a trash can with a wet pail liner.  I’ve wet them n the last and place them n a wipe warmer too.  Wash abt every day.  We’ve cloth diapered n the past.  Disposable is way more expensive than washing.  We also use cloth n the kitchen (not the same cloth we use n the bathroom tho.  Lol).  Feel free to email me with any questions 🙂
They are sick
I’m guessing you never used cloth diapers.
Great point!
Yes, I used them cloth diapers. When they had poop on them, I’d rinse them in the toilet. They were a lot bigger and easier to handle.
I did use cloth diapers and have had my fill with poopie cloth. Â Never again!!
This is one the grossest things I have ever seen….wiping your butt with something someone else has used and has already had someones crap on it or worse if you have teenage girls turns my stomach….how sanitary is that….you would be washing them every single day or more….What if you had the runs…or company….NOPE NOPE NOPE….YUK….I will stick with toilet paper and think of other ways to save the environment…..Â
You only use them when you pee! You use toilet paper for the big jobs. It saves on toilet paper.
so what happens when your in Hospital-all those face washes get washed and re-used and they are also used in the nursing homes for every part of the body so no different
Jill got me cracking up!!
I love my bidet
Ditto!!!!!
This can only work if you use bidets. Then they end up just being towels to dry water. Bidets are 1000x healthier and more sanitary than using plain toilet paper (you may think you’ve removed all the mess, but it’s highly unlikely. U can buy attachments for your regular toilets to make it into a bidet ($20-$30 only). Some use small watering cans and pour as cleaning with hands (sounds disgusting, but better than smelling and harboring it in the area for hours and hours until your next shower).  Yet I’d still suggest to keep different cloths per person. It’s like how all of the feces cannot be truly and 100% cleaned without taking a shower and then using your towel to dry yourself all around your private area.
When covid hit and people started fist fighting each other over toilet paper I literally came home and told my husband that we were switching to cloth. I used some flannel that I had bought on clearance for another project and made several dozen two-ply flannel wipes (6″×6″), stacked them into a cute little basket on a shelf with an old cat litter bucket that I had washed out underneath and a spray bottle next to it. Poop or pee doesn’t matter. We wipe and toss into the bucket. If it needs a little extra help we spray the cloth first. When I have a load of dirty wipes I toss it into our washer by themselves and wash with 2 tablespoons of Felsnaptha (fine grated) and 2 tablespoons of washing soda and run it on sanitize then dry thoroughly. It works great and we’ve all noticed that we feel cleaner. I had a family of 7 when I started this. I wash a couple of loads per week and it has never been a smell issue. I am OCD about keeping things clean so my bathroom has always been smell free so I worried about that, but so far it hasn’t been a problem.