I’ve always used Ora Kitchen towels since their creation. I love the one handed approach. Makes them very accessible and lovely to use. They were the perfect kitchen towel for me.
However, I’m on now my last tube, so was looking to order more, and they’re out of stock everywhere, and have been for at least a month. Their socials went uncharacteristically silent at the start of June and stopped interacting with folks. They’ve stopped responding to emails. to me it paints a gloomy picture of probably being bust, so now I’ve got to start researching kitchen towels again.
They’re my most used kitchen product but I’ve hated most supermarket brands I’ve tried. Even Regina blitz.
What kitchen towels do you use? Any you’d recommend? Preferably with good environment credentials.
You wrap your birthday cake slices for friends to take home in a dishcloth?
It’s something I’ve researched quite well tbh, and normally I’d be team reusable here, but for cleaning it’s not quite as practical as it is for say bath towels. Factory in laundering, water, electricity, etc, I generally believe the good old paper towel, when sourced sustainably, is both better for your wallet and the planet.
I’ve actually gone through the same calculations with disposable bath towels and the like. They make a lot of sense for salons, and are great for vacations, but at home it’s probably better to just stick to laundering your cottons. But it’s a closer match than you might think.
I’ve not paid any cancellation fees worked out well as I’m covered on travel insurance for my work health insurance, so downgrading to the £2.99 plan for the gadget cover pays off over time.
I still also buy the cheap ones there was a decent large 3 pack of paper towels from Iceland for about £4 had them for a couple weeks normally only use them to wipe off oil from when I make homemade roast potatoes or other similar stuff
I use them for pretty much everything you can imagine, and the cheap Tesco stuff lasts ages still. I looked up Ora – £22 for 8 packs of what looks like small but quirky paper towels?
Not judging but I wish I had that money to spend on super fancy version of basics
It’s the stacking. Game changer for me. It’s £2.75 for 100 sheets, and they’re frequently on offer. I like the environment and sustainability credentials too. And the lack of any sort of dye.
Price wise, they’re pretty competitive in my view. Compared to Regina (the leading brand from what I gather) which is £5 for 140 sheets.
It’s 3p per sheet from Ora vs 4p per sheet from Regina.
This stuff is 2.37 per 100 sheets (100 sheets per roll) and is bamboo so decent for the environment. Not tried it yet myself but might be a good match for what you’re looking for.
Oh man. Tea towels are the things that dry dishes for me, is that the same thing?
I think all of mine of those are like ones we’ve bought from national trust visits and stuff. Probably more than £1 each but who knows, I’ve had them for like 10 years now.
see paper towel as a waste of funds personally.
worked out well as I’m covered on travel insurance for my work health insurance, so downgrading to the £2.99 plan for the gadget cover pays off over time.
In this area Regina is roughly £1.60-£2 for single rolls