Do Not Buy Lidl's United Office Paper

[Bo Bo Olson]

Do not buy Lidl's United Office paper, by Pro Na GmbH

A worlds worse '90 g' Buetten/hammerslag or verge paper. Shocking bad.

 

This is a warning for those who live in Germany or where there is a Lidl. Like England.

(Lidl is a large discounter supermarket chain.)

 

A couple of months ago I bought the competition of Lidl...Aldi paper by Zebra, under the name of Rex Office. It was very good paper (set of 5 papers) for 1.99 or could be 2.99 each. They are rated in my test of 46 papers thread.

 

This Lidl paper cost € 1.69 my wife thinks. She saw the paper and bought thankfully only one pack of 75 sheets.

 

It feathers and bleeds through on both sides.

 

I have just put it on top of my printer paper. It is worthless for writing with a fountain pen....absolutely the worst paper I ever bought since coming back to fountain pens.

It is an ink jet/laser printer paper masquerading as a fountain pen paper.

Well there it gives one a better looking paper than normal copy paper. Looks good...for that, and that only.

 

 

How bad is it...BBQ starter paper or printer nothing else...well I'm sure you can write on it with a ball point.

[Scribblesoften]

Perhaps you can use it in the kitchen if you run out of sponges.

[Bo Bo Olson]

:roflmho:

I could fold it in quarters and put it under my tea cup.

[JimB]

If it's sufficiently soft, I have another suggestion... but perhaps that suggestion might be verboten on this polite forum.

[Bo Bo Olson]

No, it's not quit smooth enough to be French Paper nor rough enough to be real old fashioned German paper...

Old Germans use to be proud of their more than stable rougher than a cob paper.

 

 

I will admit much from America is no where as good as it is replacing in Germany with the Globalization.

With that type of paper, I'm so glad the Germans could afford fly to to America for a week end's shopping or a couple of weeks of vacation and get properly spoiled.

 

 

American toilet paper is the best the world has ever seen.

It's still nice to know American is still number 1, at something.

 

Yep one don't need to stuff one's suit case when going to Germany...

The French don't allow that sort of American influence. So if you are going to France or a few other places in Europe bring a roll or two of supplies.

 

A wise traveler is always Charming.

 

They do sell Charming in Germany.

 

 

Oreo's too, everywhere now. Two years ago, I had to wait for this or that Chain to offer American week....now they even got fake generic Oreo's. :roflmho:

Edited December 27, 2011 by Bo Bo Olson

[sparky.88]

If it's sufficiently soft, I have another suggestion... but perhaps that suggestion might be verboten on this polite forum.

 

:roflmho: Got a good laugh this morning as I read this!

[Phormula]

It's still nice to know American is still number 1, at something.

 

Guess the reason is because it is the only thing still manufactured in the US and not outsourced to China. :roflmho: It has been ages since I bounced into something with a "Made in U.S.A." written on it. I remember a Hercules video card for the original IBM PC, dating back to 1985, a Paper Mate pen more or less the same age and a pair of Timberland shoes, about the end of the last century. Now it is "designed in the US, manufactured in somewherebutcheapland".

 

Thank you gor the good laugh :roflmho:

[arcaneradio]

It is true, our bog roll technology is years ahead of the rest of the world.

:roflmho: But it is still unsuitable for fountain pen use. :roflmho:

[Pepin]

The best toilet paper in the world are scented alpaca fibers woven with genuine 18k gold threads. No streak and leaks and oh so soft. Another alternative is air dried sturgeon skin. When I was in Indonesia, a small hotel offers freshly cut banana leaves. All of these are better than Charming.

[79spitfire]

From office paper to T.P. in one thread!

 

Gotta love FPN

[Bo Bo Olson]

The wife went shopping and saw paper she'd not bought me so she bought me some 120 g Linen effect and some 90 g laid paper from Lidl's United Office paper, by Pro Na GmbH.

 

Back to the paper report, 120 G linen effect paper should not bleed through, and it feathered badly.

It became copy paper like the verge...defiantly can't write with a fountain pen on either.

 

That is what happens when the Boss writes with a ball point...one sells ball point printer paper.

Had the Boss used a fountain pen, he'd of course checked out the paper and found it poor.

 

The 90 g laid paper is ok. It goes into the scribble on pile of papers.

[DonLeone]

Maybe you can use it as blotter paper? Does it absorb quickly enough?

[Bo Bo Olson]

Blotter will not help against feathering. Feathering happens too fast.

 

IMO good paper should not feather, or you should not see feathering unless looking under magnification.

I use a 2.8X mag 4x3 inch magnifying glass to look close.

I use Bare Eye Feathering - BEF to say I don't see any, or a little or sure do see the feathering; when the paper is in writing position.

 

There are ink and paper combos where you see some feather under magnification that you don't notice if the paper is in the writing position. = no-BEF.

In that Lidl and Aldi are in major competition, and often have the same product at the same price, one would expect Lidl to keep up with the Aldi Jones.

It did not.

Aldi's Rex Office from Zebra was perfect on the marbled 90 g, and the Blueten/Verge 90 was ok.

The Laid 90g the Lenin 120 was adequate, but not as good as the Marbled paper.

They are a full class higher than Lidl.