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Buying couch rolls, also known as massage couch rolls, medical hygiene tissue, paper couch rolls, 20” couch rolls, beauty couch rolls, salon paper rolls, hygiene rolls etc ought to be straightforward. We all have more important things to focus on in our businesses yet couch roll is not only essential, it’s also difficult to choose when you want to understand which suppliers are cheapest and best.
At couchrolls.co.uk we are trying to make buying couch rolls easier. To help you understand why we are the cheapest and best provider in the UK, we have created a price comparison chart, which sets us against the main UK suppliers of couch rolls. Click here to see the chart.
You might also want to ask yourself some questions:
What weight is your roll? The weight of your paper makes a difference to how it feels. Put simply, lighter paper will feel cheaper. A good middle of the road standard tissue paper weighs in at 18gsm (gsm – grams per square metre) some suppliers provide tissue at 15gsm which is why it disintegrates on the couch. Couchrolls.co.uk only sells 18 gsm couch rolls.
How long is your roll? A little easier than ‘how long is a piece of string’ but nonetheless puzzling. Some providers sell rolls with as little as 37.5 metres. Industry standard is 40 metres. The less metres on your couch roll, the more couch rolls you will need and the more delivery charges you will pay. Couchrolls.co.uk only sells 40m rolls.
How many couch rolls do you have? Not always made clear, so if you are buying on a “per box” basis, check whether you are buying nine or 12. Couchrolls.co.uk sells in boxes of 9 for recycled & 12 for standard.
How much to get your couch rolls to you? Some deliveries are free, some are quantity discounted, some 24 hours and others will get there when they get there. Couchrolls.co.uk charges carriage at discounted quantity rates on a 48 hour delivery, please see our products page for the up to date tariff. And our free re-order reminder service means that you are unlikely to run out. Click here for details.
The only sure fire way of comparing the prices is to total the cost of the goods and carriage and divide it by the total quantity of couch rolls supplied, to give you a price per metre. As you know couchrolls.co.uk was set up to make your life easier, so we’ve done the leg work for you in the chart below.
Or, if you want to take our word for it and just buy couch rolls, click here.
Couchrolls.co.uk
| Boxes Ordered |
Product |
Tissue quality (GSM) |
Length of roll (M) |
Rolls per Carton |
Unit cost £’s (inc VAT & Carriage) |
Number of Metres Supplied |
Cost per metre of tissue paper £’s |
Price Per Roll |
| 1 |
20” 2 ply white couch roll |
18 |
40 |
12 |
£24.65 |
480 |
£0.051 |
£2.05 |
| 2 |
£42.26 |
960 |
£0.044 |
£1.76 |
| 3 |
£59.88 |
1440 |
£0.042 |
£1.66 |
| 4 |
£77.49 |
1920 |
£0.040 |
£1.61 |
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GSM Mail order
| Boxes Ordered |
Product |
Tissue quality (GSM) |
Length of roll (M) |
Rolls per Carton |
Unit cost £’s (inc VAT & Carriage) |
Number of Metres Supplied |
Cost per metre of tissue paper £’s |
Price Per Roll |
| 1 |
20” 2 ply white couch roll |
18 |
40 |
9 |
£24.18 |
360 |
£0.067 |
£2.69 |
| 2 |
£36.85 |
720 |
£0.051 |
£2.05 |
| 3 |
£55.27 |
1080 |
£0.051 |
£2.05 |
| 4 |
£64.38 |
1440 |
£0.045 |
£1.79 |
Physiomed Supplies
| Boxes Ordered |
Product |
Tissue quality (GSM) |
Length of roll (M) |
Rolls per Carton |
Unit cost £’s (inc VAT & Carriage) |
Number of Metres Supplied |
Cost per metre of tissue paper £’s |
Price Per Roll |
| 1 |
20” 2 ply white couch roll |
18 |
50 |
9 |
£29.99 |
450 |
£0.067 |
£3.33 |
| 2 |
£59.97 |
900 |
£0.067 |
£3.33 |
| 3 |
£80.96 |
1350 |
£0.060 |
£3.00 |
| 4 |
£83.97 |
1800 |
£0.047 |
£2.33 |
Economed
| Boxes Ordered |
Product |
Tissue quality (GSM) |
Length of roll (M) |
Rolls per Carton |
Unit cost £’s (inc VAT & Carriage) |
Number of Metres Supplied |
Cost per metre of tissue paper £’s |
Price Per Roll |
| 1 |
20” 2 ply white couch roll |
18 |
40 |
9 |
£25.25 |
360 |
£0.070 |
£2.81 |
| 2 |
£44.04 |
720 |
£0.061 |
£2.45 |
| 3 |
£62.82 |
1080 |
£0.058 |
£2.33 |
| 4 |
£81.61 |
1440 |
£0.057 |
£2.27 |
Couch rolls direct
| Boxes Ordered |
Product |
Tissue quality (GSM) |
Length of roll (M) |
Rolls per Carton |
Unit cost £’s (inc VAT & Carriage) |
Number of Metres Supplied |
Cost per metre of tissue paper £’s |
Price Per Roll |
| 1 |
20” 2 ply white couch roll |
18 |
47.5 |
9 |
£23.39 |
427.5 |
£0.055 |
£2.60 |
| 2 |
£46.76 |
855 |
£0.055 |
£2.60 |
| 3 |
£70.15 |
1282.5 |
£0.055 |
£2.60 |
| 4 |
£93.54 |
1710 |
£0.055 |
£2.60 |
The information supplied in this chart was correct as per the specific company websites on 10.06.2008. Whilst every effort is made to be extremely accurate and up to date with the price comparison information supplied, couchrolls.co.uk cannot be held liable for any failure in this process which might lead to a misinterpretation when comparing prices. The four competitors listed were selected at random from Google using the search term "couchrolls".
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