I like the commercial grade that you buy by the huge roll at Sam's the best.
But otherwise I like Reynolds.
Linda c

I can't believe you have to be a paid member to see the America's test kitchen results...GAH!!!!! I used to be active at a busy soap makers forum and everyone LOVED the Great Value Profession Strength to use to wrap their soaps with. Many of these people were in business full time selling their soaps. So anyway, I bought some and I do like it a lot. I also like that Glad press and seal but it leaves a sticky residue on your dishes.

I tried to find some google results for that america's test kitchen but I couldn't find anything.

I believe it was Costco's Kirkland brand and also Stretch Tite (which may be Kirkland in disguise).

I like Costco's the best. I just wish the huge box were not so ugly since at that size, it must sit on the counter. I also love the slidey-thing that cuts it.

I think Pam is right, but Stretch Tite supposedly does not stick to itself and therefore would not be one of my choices. I've been using Saran Wrap (which I like a lot), and I press the sheet that I've just cut next to my chest to prevent it from folding into itself, which I learned from Michael Chiarello. I'm not a Costco member, and so that brand is not a consideration for me.

Lars

Cook's Illustrated has tested plastic wrap twice over the years. The first time, the Stretch-Tite brand won, due to its clinginess, stick-ability, and it was less permeable than the other wraps which means food will stay fresher and there'll be less odor transference. The second time they tested plastic wrap, in a Cook's Country TV episode, they still liked Stretch-Tite for those reasons, but had complaints about the packaging and that the teeth were on the exposed bottom of the box, rather than the top. Glad Wrap was their winner with respect to packaging, and location of the teeth, and Glad Wrap came in second for permeability, though not clingability.

I have used both Stretch-Tite and Glad Wrap so I can speak with direct experience. (BTW, Stretch-Tite is sold at my local grocery stores, not just at Costco.) I have found Stretch-Tite to be far superior in terms of clingability, and keeping food fresher, that Glad Wrap isn't even in the same league. But Cooks Illustrated is right that the Stretch-Tite packaging is not good - you have to wrestle with it every time you want to pull out some wrap, it often gets twisted inside the box, and then you have to tear it super carefully to get it to tear properly. Nevertheless I buy the Stretch-Tite. If I had small children in the house, I know they'd never manage with the Stretch-Tite packaging, and the wrap would be constantly mangled, in which case I'd get the Glad Wrap even though it doesn't keep food as fresh or cling as well.

I have been meaning to try the Great Value Premium Wrap sold at Walmart. I've heard it's as good as Stretch-Tite with easier packaging, but I haven't tried it myself, so can't say for sure. I know you have to be careful to buy the Great Value Premium Wrap with the "Premium" in the title, cause the Great Value Wrap without the "Premium" in the title isn't supposed to be good.

I bought one of the Costco giant boxes over 4 years ago to pack dishes and other fragile items for a move. Wrap a plate, stack it on another, wrap that, etc etc. End up with a big bundle of squish that has plates inside it. I also used it to hold disassembled furniture parts together. It takes a lot of plastic wrap to stick legs and shelves to a desk top. And I've used it in the kitchen. I've used it and used it and used it and I still have it. I thought I'd use it up with the packing so I didn't mind the oversized box. When I remodeled my kitchen I made sure to have a spot for it.

I think I will be wrapped in it when I die and still have leftovers. I just can't use it up!

I think it was Sam's Club that I bought at Walmart, they may have changed it over to Great Value by now. But that beats the Saran Wrap I just bought at my grocery store. Good deal, and a nice big roll that was easy to manage.

Thank you to everyone, and particularly to shannonplus2 -- that *was* the episode of Cooks Country I saw! It drives me crazy when I can't get plastic wrap out of the box easily, or when it gets twisted inside the box, so stretch-tite is probably out for me. I think I'll try the Glad and the Great Value Premium, since I wrap a lot of granola bars with it, and that sounds a lot like the bars of soap that arkansas_girl described!

I don't know what brand I buy, but it's purple and I get it at Publix.... it doesn't seem to stick to itself as badly as the clear stuff and looks little better if I'm taking food to work or an event. I always cut my hand on the metal strip of teeth on the box though... wish it had a sliding cutter built in.