Brown Kraft Paper Roll Wrapping Reviews Summary

Thickness & Durability

Pros:

• "This is a bit thicker with more grit, somewhere between newspaper and color construction paper."
• "This is two large rolls of Kraft packing paper, each roll being 18” x 1200” of a thick, durable light brown paper."
• "The sturdiness of the paper makes this a good choice for wrapping packages to send through the mail."
• "This paper wrap is perfect for packing and moving. It has a great quality and thickness."
• "High quality and heavy weight paper."
• "This paper is incredibly sturdy and I didn't have any issues with the paper tearing."
• "This brown kraft paper is very high quality! I purchased it to wrap packages and boxes for shipping."

Cons:

• "I purchased this to use to wrap gift boxes that I need to ship and find that this paper is just too thin."
• "This is advertised as being “thick and durable” but it tares as soon as I touch it."
• "The paper is very thin and tears easily when wrapping with it."
• "This paper is very thin. Too thin."
• "This paper is MUCH thinner/lightweight than other rolled paper stock I use, was definitely not what I was expecting and ESPECIALLY for the cost of it."
• "Much thinner than I anticipated. I don't know how well it'll hold up to be used as packaging for shipping."
• "This paper is not as thick and durable as I would have liked."

Size & Length

Pros:

• "These rolls are a great size and convenient."
• "The rolls are a great size to make them easy to use and to crumple into boxes to protect fragile items."
• "These rolls are a great size and convenient."

Cons:

• "Okay when I first got this I was bummed that the length is shorter than I expected. Definitely shorter than your average wrapping paper."
• "I got this for wrapping gifts. However, it is way too short for big gifts."
• "Material is good but it is not 18” wide as advertised. It is not even 17.5”."
• "After Going through several rolls, I have found them also to be only 88 - 90 feet in length, not 100 feet as claimed."
• "The roll is actually a lot shorter than expected so it won’t fully cover bigger gifts."
• "Width was 17 1/2 not 18. I would not call this thick, durable or sturdy."
• "I was shocked by how short the roll is, I thought it would've been wider."

Environmental & Safety

Pros:

• "This is bio-safe paper and I don’t have to worry about chemicals leeching out into food or stored items."
• "It also works well as a more environmentally friendly option for packing material, instead of styrofoam packing peanuts or plastic puffed air bags."
• "I have successfully composted scraps from this paper. I think everyone should have a roll like this in their house, it is a back pocket trick for last minute fun ideas."
• "Not all wrapping paper is recyclable like those with glitter. This year I’m wrapping gifts in recyclable kraft paper."
• "I bought this paper because I wanted a more recycling/biodegradable friendly alternative to wrapping paper."

Cons:

• "..not for wrapping fish and chips, however, as the oil runs out of it and on your brand new sweater."
• "The paper has a definite pink color to it, not a true brown craft paper as I expected."
• "We bought this exact same roll last year and loved it. The roll was like a grocery brown paper bag material and this roll it’s thin, pinkish brown color. More like just paper."