Viva Vantage Paper Towels for Homestead and Holiday Cleanup

Disclaimer: This is a Sponsored post on behalf of TeamVivaVantage and Crowdtap. The reviewer has been compensated and received the product/service at a reduced price or for free in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I use a lot of paper towels here at the farm especially during the summer and the holiday season. They are used for cleaning up messes on tables, floors, countertops and stovetops. I also use paper towels to scrub out animal cages, absorbing blood from meat, absorbing water from produce and that is just the beginning of the role paper towels play here. Most paper towels come in full sheets and Viva Vantage is available that way if you prefer - but there is another option as well referred to as Choose-A-Sheet. This is my preferred option because let's face it, you don't always need a full size sheet of paper toweling plus Viva Vantage has a V-Flex Weave making it ideal for scrubbing plus giving it a sponge-like absorbency. Viva Vantage is a great product that works well around my farmhouse. This is why I was honored to write a Sponsored post for Kleenex TeamVivaVantage and Crowdtap.

Papers towels need to be three things to work for me - soft, strong and lint-free. After all, one of the reasons I use paper towels on top of my cloth dish towels when drying produce is to keep the lint off the produce. As mentioned above, I also lay meat on paper towels before seasoning when I want to absorb excess surface moisture. Some brands of paper towels leave lint specks behind that I have to figure out how to remove without using water. I am so happy to say, Viva Vantage does not leave lint behind. I love that I can choose the right size of paper toweling for the amount of produce I am drying or even the size that best corresponds to the meat I am preparing. I feel like I am being more environmentally friendly and wasting less.

I also love the scrubbing power of Viva Vantage. From animal cages to food spills, I can quickly and easily scrub the mess then toss the paper towel in the compost bin. The absorbency of Viva Vantage paper towels is another real plus. I hate paper towels that drip and simply won't absorb the wetness. With Viva Vantage, I truly feel like I am working with a sponge and I can wring the water out into something if I choose then go right back to using the same paper towel to keep on absorbing. The paper towels are stretchy and cloth-like thanks to the V-Flex Weave technology. In fact, the only problem I have is I have to be careful when tearing off a sheet of paper towel because of the stretchiness of the material! This is easily solved however by placing on hand on the roll and using the other hand to tear off the sheet I want.

Why Paper Towels Have a Place on a Homestead

I use washable cloths for plenty of jobs, but I don't think every mess needs to become another piece of laundry. There are times when a disposable towel is simply the more practical choice, especially around raw meat, animal messes or particularly dirty cleanup jobs.

That was one reason Viva Vantage appealed to me. A strong sheet could handle more than a quick wipe across the counter. I could scrub with it, absorb a spill and, for appropriate clean jobs, wring it out and continue using it briefly instead of immediately reaching for another sheet.

Choose-A-Sheet Helped Reduce Waste

The Choose-A-Sheet option was one of my favorite features because I don't always need a full-size paper towel. Being able to tear off a smaller section made sense for little jobs and helped me avoid using more paper than necessary.

That matters in a working homestead kitchen where you may be drying a handful of produce one minute and cleaning up a much larger spill the next.

I Wanted Soft, Strong and Lint-Free

Those were my three basic requirements for paper towels, and Viva Vantage did well for me.

Lint was especially important when I used paper towels over cloth dish towels while drying produce. The paper towel created a lint-free surface against the food. I also used paper towels when preparing meat so excess surface moisture could be absorbed before seasoning.

For food safety, paper towels that have touched raw meat should be discarded immediately rather than reused or composted. The same common-sense separation applies to towels used for animal waste or other potentially contaminated messes.

Useful During Harvest and Holiday Seasons

Summer harvest and the holiday baking season are two times when cleanup seems to multiply. Produce comes into the kitchen needing washed and dried. Canning and preserving can cover counters with drips. Holiday cooking leaves splatters on the stovetop, spills on work surfaces and crumbs everywhere.

A strong paper towel won't make those jobs disappear, but having cleaning supplies that actually work keeps a small mess from becoming a frustrating one.

During the original Team Viva Vantage campaign, I appreciated having something sturdy enough for heavier cleanup without automatically reaching for a cloth dishrag and adding one more item to the laundry pile.

What I Remember About Viva Vantage

The V-Flex Weave gave the towels a stretchy, cloth-like feel and impressive absorbency. That stretchiness was also my one complaint: I had to be deliberate when tearing off a sheet because the material wanted to stretch instead of tearing as easily as an ordinary paper towel.

It was a small tradeoff for the strength I was getting. Placing one hand on the roll while tearing the sheet with the other solved the problem for me.

My Team Viva Vantage Review in Perspective

This article began as a sponsored Team Viva Vantage and Crowdtap campaign, and I have kept that disclosure because it is part of the history of the post.

What makes the old review useful now isn't the campaign itself. It is the very practical question behind it: what makes a disposable cleaning product worth keeping in a homestead household?

For me, it needs to do enough work to justify using it. I want absorbency, strength, little or no lint, and the option to use only as much as the job requires.

Viva Vantage performed well for the jobs I used it for around my farmhouse. More broadly, those are still the standards I would use when choosing paper towels for a busy kitchen, harvest season, holiday baking or the messier parts of homestead life.