4 Best Facial Tissues From Our Tests

That’s why CR’s José Amézquita brought 10 best-selling tissue brands into our lab to evaluate their tensile strength (how resistant they are to break under tension), softness, absorbency, and abrasion resistance (how much friction and rubbing a tissue can handle).

We left no popular tissue untested, from well-known picks like Kleenex to eco-friendly Caboo tissues that cost more to money-saving brands at Sam’s Club, Walmart, and Costco.

We’ll even let you know which tissue is the easiest and which is the most difficult to pull out of its box (because we understand that frustration). Here are our top picks—and the tissues we don’t recommend.