Saran Wrap Versus Glad Press'n Seal Wrap

I'm not really loyal to any one brand for many kitchen products. Baggies, aluminum foil, food storage bags, freezer bags, parchment paper--for all of those, I pretty much buy whatever is on sale or the brands for which I have coupons. But I am kind of picky when it comes to plastic wrap. For years I have always used Saran Wrap. Either of the two types of Saran Wrap are fine with me--I like both the Saran Premium Wrap (which is really the original Saran Wrap--they changed the name and the product package design) and the Saran Cling Plus.

I have tried other brands of plastic wrap--usually when a different brand is on sale--but none seem to work as well as the Saran Wrap does. They either don't stretch enough, or they don't cling very well (or the product clings too well to itself, making it nearly impossible to pull off a piece to use), or they tend to tear easily. I haven't found another brand of plastic wrap that I like as well as Saran Wrap.

I was intrigued, though, when I saw the newest addition to the plastic wrap market--the Glad Press'n Seal Wrap. This plastic wrap was different from any other wrap ever made, or so the advertising said. Apparently, Glad Press'n Seal Wrap has a special kind of way that it seals, which means that it creates an air-tight seal when pressed against nearly any surface--and, according to the commercials, you can even use Glad Press'n Seal Wrap to make bags in which to store food.

This was certainly different than anything I had ever tried, and it sounded pretty remarkable, so I decided to buy a roll and test it out against my tried-and-true Saran Wrap. Would the Glad Press'n Seal Wrap end up being better than the Saran Wrap that I had used for years?

First, I compared the costs of the plastic wraps:

Saran Premium Wrap (100 sq ft) : $2.89
Saran Cling Plus (200 sq ft): $2.99
Glad Press'n Seal Wrap (70 sq ft): $3.99
Glad Press'n Seal Wrap (140 sq ft): $5.89

Wow--the Glad Press'n Seal Wraps are pretty pricey in comparison to the Saran Wraps, aren't they? I wondered how that high price would break down into cost per square foot for each wrap, so I did the math to find out: