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Toilet paper calculator: How long will your stash last?

Chris Pastrick
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Toilet paper — it’s just about the most prized commodity these days.

Or is that commode-ity?

Anyway, you’re likely guarding your stash of TP carefully. But how do you know if you have enough? How do you know how long your rolls will keep you in business.

Well, enter howmuchtoiletpaper.com. The site, created by software developer Ben Sassoon and artist Sam Harris, will let you know where you stand. Or sit.

Using a variety of sliders, users can enter the number of toilet paper rolls they have and how often they use the toilet each day. Advanced settings let you account for wipes per trip, sheets on your rolls and how long you expect to be in self-isolation.

And maybe you will find that you have more than enough coverage. According to the site, “The average user has 500% more toilet paper than they need for quarantine.”

Sassoon and Harris came up with the idea for the site while they were talking about how much toilet paper they each used on a daily basis, and how it might change during the pandemic.

To date, the site claims more than 5 million people have used the site.

Chris Pastrick is a TribLive digital producer. An Allegheny County native, he began working for the Valley News Dispatch in 1993 and joined the Trib in 1997. He can be reached at cpastrick@triblive.com.

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