What exactly does The UnWipe do?
The UnWipe transforms your own toilet paper – whether basic single ply scraped from tree bark or plush three ply quilted by angels – to be stronger, seriously textured, and a little bit wet. The texture is 10X that of wipes and toilet paper. Texture cleans better. It just does.
Making your paper stronger makes it easier to hold and use. Making it textured makes it better able to reach and clean all the nooks and crannies of your bum. Making it a little bit wet allows your paper to clean better without dripping water everywhere.
Because The UnWipe uses your own toilet paper, and your paper is perfectly designed to decompose in sewers and septic systems, there's no litter or damage, unlike with the #$@!% wipes it replaces.
How do I know The UnWipe is working?
Use toilet paper as you normally would, but not so much that your delicate bits feel raw. (We've all been there ... ouch.)
Then press fresh, scrunched toilet paper into The UnWipe to get it textured and a bit wet, and use it just like normal.
First, do you feel the cool from the wetness and the lack of abrasion, even though it's the same paper?
Now take a peek. If the transformed paper did more cleaning, that's how you know it works! In our research, more cleaning is accomplished about 9 of 10 trips to the bathroom. That's direct evidence that while dry toilet paper alone is useful, it's not good enough for a thorough cleaning.
It's just logical that water will ultimately clean better than dry, right? The UnWipe provides the perfect combination of real texture, a little bit of water, and no scratchiness to get you squeaky clean. What does squeaky clean feel like? It's pulling your clothes back on and going about your day without a further thought about your bum. It's always being good to go. It's "Ahhhhhhh."
Does The UnWipe touch my [bleep] or my [bleep]?
Oh gosh no!
To use The UnWipe, you press a few fresh, clean sheets of your own toilet paper into the mesh. That transforms the paper to be stronger, seriously textured, and a little bit wet.
Then use and flush the paper like normal and go about your day. The UnWipe is clean, your bum gets clean, and the planet stays clean.
What does using The UnWipe feel like?
How does "pillows of blissfulness quilted by charming angels gently but firmly caressing your skin" sound? (We neither confirm nor deny the involvement of angels.)
The first thing you'll notice is that the transformed paper feels surprisingly sturdy. That's not typical for toilet paper, or wipes for that matter, and especially after you've made it wet. Making paper wet by dunking or spraying it makes it flimsier. But The UnWipe makes your paper stronger so that you can clean thoroughly.
When the paper transformed by The UnWipe touches your skin, you'll feel a light wetness that's not soggy and not abrasively dry. It's just right. Check it out on your forearm or cheek as a test. That light wetness will feel wonderfully refreshing on your bum, and is just the right amount for a perfectly squeaky clean.
And you'll see the texture. You can't miss it. Go ahead and poke it. It's serious texture, unlike dry paper and wipes, and since you can see it and feel it, you know that the texture will clean better.
Fusing strength, serious texture, and a little bit of water makes your own paper a sturdy, soothing, cleaning machine that feels blissful on your skin. And there's no proof angels aren't involved.
What is delivered in the package?
You get The UnWipe wipes replacement wrapped in recycled cardboard. There's a colorful container, sponge, mesh, lid, and optional smokey black travel cover. The package has instructions for using, cleaning, and more.
The UnWipe is made of premium silicone, with a patent-pending mesh for texturing your own toilet paper or the paper you find wherever you go. The silicone is hypoallergenic.
The sponge is plant-based cellulose to which you add water as needed.
No batteries are included, which makes sense, because The UnWipe doesn't run on batteries or any other power. There's no USB cable either. And no plastic.
What else must I buy? How often?
Nothing and never!
Unlike other products that you need to keep buying, there are no repeat purchases with The UnWipe wipes replacement.
Just add clean water from a faucet every few days. Use the same toilet paper you’d have used anyway. Nothing else is needed.
What is The UnWipe made from?
The UnWipe is made from sugar and spice and everything nice. Oh wait, wrong lyrics.
It's made from precision-engineered, premium silicone rubber. That's an amazing material that is tough, pliable, non-permeable, hypoallergenic, heat resistant. It has low chemical reactivity, low toxicity, and does not support microbiological growth.
The sponge is made from plant-based cellulose.
The water is made from water.
How much plastic is in The UnWipe?
None. There's no plastic in the product and no plastic in the packaging. Since there's no plastic, then of couse there's no single-use plastic, either. We are the only wipes replacement that can say this.
The awful, synthetic wipes are sold to you in throw-away plastic packaging. Sprays are sold to you in single-use plastic bottles with plastic pumps, or in single-use plastic refill bottles. Bidets, unless you invest in a separate porcelain fixture that requires its own plumbing drain pipes, are made with a lot of plastic.
If you're as interested as we are in ditching plastic, only The UnWipe ditches it completely.
How sustainable is the packaging?
While we're a small business with limits on how much we can influence vendors, we do speak with them about their practices and make responsible choices with their guidance.
We do not wrap The UnWipe in plastic. The silicone rubber container and lid, by design, allows us to avoid single-use plastic and keeps everything nice and clean.
The outer packaging is made from Metsä Board, which is a compostable and recyclable paperboard that originates in the forests of Scandanavia. The manufacturer's commitment to forest sustainability is exceptional.
The inks are water-based. The packaging is printed in USA.
Our shipping cartons (office-to-warehouse) are recyclable cardboard sealed with plain Kraft paper tape with plant-based glue.
We control that which we can control. Beyond that, we celebrate that every time someone uses our product, not only are they not adding to the pollution and micro-plastics problem, but they're also keeping synthetic fabric out of our water treatment systems and landfills. So yay for all of us!
Where is The UnWipe manufactured?
The UnWipe is manufactured by a wonderful partner in China, because that's where we found the expertise to work with the premium materials we use and to meet our exacting engineering standards.
Those same skills aren't easy to find elsewhere, and we're commited to maintaining high standards for the products we make and sell.
Packaging and other services originate with superb partners in the United States and Canada.
The UnWipe is a product for all the world's bums, so we embrace the world and all it has to offer.
How long will The UnWipe last?
The UnWipe wipes replacement is designed to last indefinitely, though that depends on how you treat it. It’s made of premium silicone, which is really tough and should not degrade in the course of normal use.
We've been testing the same units of The UnWipe for more than six years, and they are still going strong.
If used as directed, including regular cleaning, The UnWipe should last a long, long time.
Just Add Water, sure, but can I add anything else?
Plain, clean water is the perfect way to clean your bum with The UnWipe. Tap water is typically sanitized by the local municipality, and has chlorine or other useful chemicals that will help to keep germs at bay.
Bottled water and distilled water also work. They're treated before being bottled to kill off practically all of the germs.
Water is free or inexpensive, and with The UnWipe you use just a small amount, so stick with plain, clean water if you can.
But I really really want to add something else. Can I?
That's up to you. We can't begin to test all the possible potions and elixirs people might want to add to The UnWipe, so we only recommend the use of plain, clean water.
We've heard of a variety of therapeutics and aromatics being applied to the bum. Witch hazel, rose water, aloe vera, and more.
While only water is needed to get your bum wonderfully clean with The UnWipe, if you do wish to use something in addition, consider adding it directly on the toilet paper after pressing the paper into the The UnWipe's mesh, rather than adding it into The UnWipe directly.
Let us know what you use and how it works for you.
How is The UnWipe better than my regular ol' toilet paper?
To only use dry toilet paper is like only using a dry paper towel to wipe off a dinner plate or the counter. Think on that for a second.
Texture and water work so much better.
We get it. People, and maybe you, have survived on dry toilet paper since 1857. (Well, none of us since then, but our whole lives.) Keep using your own paper, or the paper you find in the stalls where you go. It's useful as a first pass ... a first wipe, if you will.
The more times one wipes with dry paper though, the more the abrasiveness of the paper irritates the skin. And no matter how many times one wipes with dry paper of any quality, there's always some cleaning left to be done.
Worded more bluntly, toilet paper alone ain't good enough, but The UnWipe works with your own paper to get your bum thoroughly clean, whenever and wherever you go.
Our meticulous research shows that for about 9 of every 10 times one uses The UnWipe after dry toilet paper, additional cleaning was accomplished – yay! – and The UnWipe doesn't irritate the tender skin! That's useful to know if you don't think about the details too vividly.
So one use of your toilet paper dry, followed by your paper made stronger, seriously textured, and a little bit wet by The UnWipe is an awesome way to get your squeaky cleanest no matter how many years you've made do with regular ol' tp. It's one of those "small change, big result" things.
Can I just pour water directly on toilet paper?
Of course you can, but that doesn’t make it a great way to clean your bum.
Wet a sheet of toilet paper and see how easily it tears.
Toilet paper, whether dunked or sprayed, quickly gets soggy. Soggy paper tears and leaves 'bum crumbs' behind. That's not comfortable. Soggy paper has no texture or firmness, and you need texture for the best cleaning. Paper that's wet without texture just gets slippery, and that feels cringey in use.
The UnWipe wipes replacement uses just enough wetness to create the unique, sturdy, patent-pending texture that makes this product better than others at cleaning your bum. Not dry and scratchy, not soggy and dripping. Like Goldilocks’ porridge, it’s juuuuuust right.
Do I need special toilet paper?
No, any should work. We’ve used it with single-, double-, and triple-ply, and it worked perfectly with each. With paper from recycled sources and paper from bamboo, and it worked perfectly with them, too. The cheapest to the plushest, and it worked perfectly with all.
It even works with facial tissue and paper towels, though they aren’t meant to be flushed (please be kind to your sewer).
Perhaps best of all, The UnWipe wipes replacement worked great with both the softest papers and the scratchiest we tried. Seriously, there are some brands that are so abrasive they could take paint off woodwork. The UnWipe wipes replacement gave them all the desired texture, and made them as refreshing for wiping as a carpet of dewy soft moss. Well, we really don’t know what that’s like, but it sounds divine. The abrasiveness was gone and the skin was clean, so along with every other benefit, The UnWipe mellows out any abrasiveness on the toilet paper to let you wipe without hurting your skin.
If you’re still unconvinced, try wiping first against the inside of your forearm to note what it feels like before you really put the paper to work. The bonus is that your forearm will be squeaky clean, too!
I already carry enough stuff with me. Why carry one more thing?
For many folks, it will mean carrying less! If you currently carry flushable wipes, The UnWipe wipes replacement is much smaller than a pack of wipes and it has no disposable plastic like they do. Simply replace that with this.
If you don't currently carry wipes, this is the perfect way to get your bum clean wherever you go. Most people find that dry toilet paper doesn’t do that, and especially the crappy paper they find in public stalls, yet it'd be nice to be clean when on the go.
The UnWipe doesn’t even have to be carried with you most of the time. At home, it can stay on the vanity counter or toilet tank top. At work, it can stay in your desk drawer till you sneak off, or saunter off, to the bathroom. It can be in your gym bag, backpack, or luggage when you’re traveling. If it’s nearby, it’s good to go when you are.
It will fit, and fit in, almost anywhere. Even better, it’ll get you squeaky clean wherever you go.
Must I share mine with everyone in the house?
You can, but do you want to? You’ll want to have it with you, because when you gotta go, you gotta go.
What good will it do if it's at home when you're at work? Or if it's in the main bathroom when you're in the other bathroom? Or if it's with your spouse, and they say, "Get your own!"?
So keep one in your bathroom at home, but maybe also have one in your desk at work and in your backpack when you travel away from home. Wherever you go, it should be there to keep you squeaky clean.
While sharing is caring, you'll definitely want to have one that's all your own wherever you go.
Is The UnWipe better or worse than a bidet?
They're both better than flushable wipes, so yay for both of us!
One costs more, is made from plastic, requires plumbing changes, creates an aerosol of black (dirty) water, cannot be carried in your pocket, purse, or backpack, and doesn't have texture to remove stubborn residue from skin and hair, from nooks and crannies.
The other has no plastic, doesn't change your plumbing, is totally clean to use, goes anywhere to any bathroom, cleans your bum better because it has texture, and is wayyyyyy quicker to use.
Aside from that...