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  vocaro

  8 months ago

  You're blaming the towels, but the true villains here are the towel holders. Almost all towel holders have a major design flaw: They allow the roll to spin freely. This is wrong! The holders should instead place a certain amount of tension on the roll, not too much to prevent it from turning, but enough so that tearing off a sheet doesn't cause the roll to spin. It's hard to get it just right, but I've seen it done. simplehuman, for example, sells a wall-mounted holder that does this perfectly. You don't have to spend a lifetime training your wrist to pull with just the right flick. Instead, you can tear off a piece with one hand just as naturally as if you were using the other hand to hold the roll in place. The nice thing about this approach is that it works with both regular and select-a-size towels. You get the environmental benefit without having to retrain your muscle memory.
  
  http://www.simplehuman.com/products/paper-towel...
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  thefoodgeek

  8 months ago

  An excellent series of points. I generally get around the poor towel holder design by using Viva paper towels, which stick to the roll and do not create the paper towel trail that you describe. This gives me more freedom in paper towel holder selection.
  
  Although, to be fair, I didn't actually spend the lifetime actively training. But yes, to switch to the select a size might require a year or two, at least.