Kleenex is a brand name and a registered trademark. Also, and perhaps, more importantly, it’s not Kleenex, either. Bathroom tissue is toilet paper, and there’s also the more colorful kind of tissue you use to wrap gifts. It's common to call tissues "Kleenex," but remember, Kleenex is just one particular brand's name.Īre Tissues Kleenex? First and foremost, these are facial tissues. But for the record (and in case you’re curious), we found the long horizontal boxes are the best for quickly pulling out a tissue, while the square boxes usually needed a slight bit of extra force. One of our original tests was also to see how easy it was to pull each tissue out of the box, but ultimately decided not to use that in our scoring, since it quickly became obvious, that was more a question of the shape of the box, rather than the quality of the tissue. Lucky for us (although unlucky for them), during this same time frame, a handful of our Reviewed colleagues were struggling with colds and allergies, so we asked them to use a few boxes and give us their opinions. We spent several days with each box totaling about three weeks of testing. We tested for durability by using the same tissue multiple times and I used each tissue to sop up a teaspoon of water (note: tissues with added lotion don’t do so well here). Together with my colleague, Reviewed Senior Scientist Julia MacDougall, we blew our noses with different force, over and over again and then some more. Testing tissues meant a lot of nose blowing.
But testing the best wasn’t just about the brand names, we made sure to get several examples from some of the brands to see how two-ply might test against three-play or those with added lotion may fare within the same brand. We then added in the Walmart and Target brands to round out the list. We also chose other popular brands you were apt to find on store shelves, such as Puffs and Scotties. As Kleenex is one of those ubiquitous brand names, it was vital to include them. The TestsĬhoosing which tissues to test was pretty straightforward. And more importantly, cold and allergy season is no longer limited to a single season, so I took matters into my own hands (and nose) and began researching tissues. But recently I realized we were missing something: After Reviewed created guides for toilet paper, paper towels and trash bags, there was another paper product we failed to test. I oversee the team of editors and writers who have produced more than 400 of these buying guides to help you compare and purchase the best products. Hi, I’m Alicia Cypress, the managing editor for Reviewed’s “Best Right Now” product guides. That’s why Puffs Ultra Soft ( available at Amazon) is our favorite facial tissue.Īfter putting nine of the most commonly found tissues on the market through our scientifically-designed tests, we discovered that the number of plies a tissue may have, or whether it includes lotion, doesn't necessarily make a great tissue.
It needs to effectively wipe away all that unpleasantness from your nose while at the same time be gentle enough to wipe away a child’s tears. It should be soothing, but it also needs to be durable, so it doesn’t disintegrate if you have to use it again or accidentally leave it crumpled in a coat pocket only to find it the following winter. But as anyone who’s grabbed a tissue on their way out of a doctor’s office, or from a box on a random office desk, sometimes the mass-produced supply-store tissues can be a bit weak or scratchy.Ī tissue’s job is to help you blow your nose and keep the germs at bay. Whether it’s allergies, a cold, or something worse, when you’re standing in a store and staring at all those colorful boxes wondering which to buy, chances are, you won’t go wrong.
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