If You're Going to Use Plastic Wrap, Try Stretch-Tite

While we know that many of our readers have have cut plastic wrap out of their kitchen arsenal and rely on alternatives instead, many of us still use plastic wrap for bundling up leftovers and ingredients. So, if you're going to use it, use the most effective stuff you can find. Which leads me to Stretch-Tite, the best plastic wrap I've ever tried.

This stuff is a little pricier than the usual grocery store-brand plastic wrap, but it's a hefty roll of 500 feet. Why is it so good, and why is it worth the investment? Well, this stuff sticks. It sticks to anything — plastic, glass, metal. It also stretches slightly (hence the name), so a little of it goes a long way.

I fully expect to use this roll for months and months — maybe the rest of the year! It is completely hassle-free, and static-free, too.

Have you ever used Stretch-Tite? If you're looking for it, try Amazon, King Arthur Flour, and online restaurant supply houses. But you can also find it in some grocery and restaurant supply stores.

• Find it: Stretch-tite Plastic Wrap, $10.50 at King Arthur Flour

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Comments (25)

my favorite plastic wrap. I bought it 3 months ago and I don't think i'll have to buy any until the summer

Stretch Tite is great and much better than almost all brands. Cheaper too. And I love the huge roll.

It is almost, but not quite, as good as Saran Wrap. We do keep the "real thing" on hand because it is microwave safe and the others are not.

I've been wondering about this for a while! Next time I'm in the store, I'll get it. Thanks!

Costco sells two-packs of stretch-tite in the familiar yellow box, but also with the kirkland logo. Same stuff. Stertch-tite is also BPA free and is microwave safe. Great stuff!

AGREED x100000. I hated plastic wrap with a fiery passion until Stretch Tite came around.

Stretch Tite is my favorite. I make my parents buy it for me at BJs because my nearest store is the Bronx and I don't have a Costco membership.

My parents used to get Stretch-Tite at BJ's wholesale club (I write the full name, cause just listing the initials causes intense giggles) which is essentially the East Coast version of Costco. Don't know if it still exists as I've lived on the West Coast for 7 years now, but anyway...love it, love it, love it. And am always disappointed when I'm at other people's homes that don't have it :P

Yes! One roll of this stuff is way more cost effective than buying equal amounts of Saran wrap.

Especially if you're able to get the 750 ft./roll boxes from Costco. (Or the 1000+ ft. rolls, but those are too big for my drawer).

I wish i could just buy a giant roll of parafilm instead. Now THAT'S the good stuff!

BJ's still exists. I go to the one in Auburn, ME occasionally.

I only use plastic wrap for freezing food (wrap in plastic first then aluminum foil) so I get the cheap dollar store wrap.

Stretch-Tite rocks!

They have freezer plastic wrap, too, in a longer blue box (think of the size of heavy duty aluminum foil). I get that online, but the regular, yellow box stuff I get at Costco as noted above.

Costco in Japan sells this in an industrial-sized box, and it's worth having a huge amount around! It's also much more economical when you buy the 3000 sq. foot box.

I love Stretch-Tite too. It's the stickiest wrap I've ever used. We got the 2-pack from Costco and we've been using that for years. Literally. We only just started using the second box.

My favorite is the slide-y button thing that cuts the wrap. No more wrestling with tearing it off.

wish i had seen this post BEFORE i went to superarket today. I was a tiny bit more expensive than Glad, but it's definitely cheaper than Saran wrap. Thanks for the info.

I'm sick of plastic wrap in general because it cannot be recycled in most municipalities (and is somewhat challenging to wash and re-use.) Instead, I use the plastic shower caps given out at hotels. They can be washed and re-used many, many times and fit over even very large bowls and containers. Let's create less waste!

Press n' Seal is where it's at, folks. Better than any type of plastic wrap!

Right ON Stretch Tite ! Fresh 'N' Easy used to carry it out here in SoCal, but they stopped, so now I get it from Amazon. Far cheaper than King Arthurs (though I'm not dissin' KA by ANY means, love them too). But Stretch Tite is simply the best. Plus it reseals over a bowl if you open it to remove food from the bowl. None of the other brands that I've tried do that, it's usually one seal only.

Press 'N' Seal....come on....I don't want that sticky stuff on my food, thanks anyway. Um, and I really don't think the shower caps are air tight. Pretty sure Stretch Tite is when it's pulled over a bowl.

I am totally "cling wrap impaired" and consider plastic wrap "the devil's spawn" so I will give this a try.

Love it!
I buy it in my grocery store here in central Florida...there are some things I will not skimp on..this is one them. It's a 250 roll so it's easier for me to keep around.
My only complaint is the end goes back down in the box if you are not VERY careful...it can be annoying.

Actually, the absolute best was the cling wrap that Williams-Sonoma used to sell with their cling wrap dispenser, though it was pricey. Too bad I can't find it anymore. It was like stretch-tite (which I use now) in that it was stretchy and clung to anything, except it was also thicker (ergo stronger) - felt like at least twice the weight. I loved that stuff.

Yes! I love Stretch-Tite!

I've been using this product for a LONG time. AMAZON has it for about $23/4-500sq ft rolls. A bargain if you use their FREE SHIPPING rate. Also try their Freeze-Tite. About the same price for a bit more than than half the amount. A much heavier product if that's what you want. I've also used the latter for about the same time for freezing meats, etc.
Did a test.........wrapped some meat in FT then in light alum foil then Frezzer Wrp. Over a year later no freezer burn. After defrost almost like I'd just bought it.
Both great!

I love Stretch-Tite! I buy it at Costco. I mostly use it for freezing and when I'm baking bread. Awesome stuff, and way better than any other plastic wrap I've tried. The cutting edge on the box means that I tend to use less of the Stretch-Tite than other plastic wraps because it cuts so well, I never cut more than I need.

Stretch-Tite is the absolute best! Additionally it is BPA Free and Phthalate Free and always has been