I am honestly surprised it took this long for toothpaste companies to come out with a 3 oz size, but I imagine the ridiculous margins on the “travel size” toothpaste to have something to do with it. To make a long story short, I randomly strolled into a Walmart because it happened to be the closest pharmacy near my hotel and after picking up some DayQuil/NyQuil I stopped by the travel section and found this:
I have not seen this size in any other supermarkets so perhaps its a Walmart only thing. Let’s see if it gets rolled out everywhere. If not, you know where to find it.
You know you’re a road warrior if this makes you happy. Never having to deal with ridiculous “travel size” toothpaste again is priceless.
If you’re tired of constantly buying overpriced travel-sized toothpaste because of the 3oz limitation for liquids then you have two options:
- Stop buying it and ask your hotel for toothpaste – most hotels have toothpaste to give out to customers but you’ll be in a bind if they are out.
- You second choice is to buy Oral-B RembrandT toothpaste. It’s exactly 3oz so you can take it in your carry-on and it lasts substantially longer than the travel-sized toothpaste.
It’s a little overpriced at $7 but I was able to buy it on sale for $5 and it’s still cheaper than an equivalent amount of travel-sized toothpaste.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
UPDATE: It doesn’t taste like regular toothpaste, so if possible, try and give it a taste test before you purchase the toothpaste. I’m not a big fan.