25p Well Spent (Tesco Value Facial Tissues)

Member Name: Emmald

Product:	Tesco Value Facial Tissues
Date:	11/05/09 (71 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: An adequate tissue

Disadvantages: It will only cope with lesser tasks!

You hear the letterbox clang and you make a dash to see if the postie has left you anything remotely interesting. This mornings offering came in the form of a leaflet advising how to ward off swine flu, or how to deal with it should you be unfortunate enough to contract it and Natwest would be delighted to sell us yet another of their very tempting insurance policies !...
I know I am slow but I am getting to the point! Here we are trying to Save the Planet, recycle, re-use odd scraps of paper and then wham bam there is half a tree popping through your letterbox!

There is some kind of connection here and in a moment all will become crystal clear, Tesco have the FSC stamp on the base of their tissue boxes ( The Forest Stewardship Council ) so at least we can rest in our beds at night safe in the knowledge that the rain forests are being protected . But it still never ceases to amaze me just how many natural resources we wantonly waste.

If you love your box of tissues to sit daintily on top of the dressing table and look glamorous then the Tesco value tissues will not be for you, unless you can decant them into a pretty box.
My Tesco value tissues sit on my bedside table and in general mop up spilt tea or just wipe either one of our noses so the plain and simple packaging worries me not.

The box has the normal style and design that you would expect from any tissue box but rather than being covered in garlands of spring flowers the box is made from plain white cardboard and it has a wide red band running around the middle of it, the word `Value` can only be seen if you turn the box upside down.
There is the normal run of the mill oval piece of card that tears away from the top of the box to let you gain access and then you are staring at 150 white 2 ply tissues.

First impressions tell me that these are not made for male hooters, the 6 x 6 inch tissue would withstand a gentle sniff but would collapse under the strain of an all king-size out blow.
The tissue itself is fairly white and reasonably soft, some cheap tissues tend to have visible imperfections but these look pure enough to me. Each tissue is two ply and the two layers separate very easily.
If you expected the Tesco tissues to carry out any hard labour then you would need to have five or six and make a stronger wad.
A slight pull at the tissue will split the soft paper easily but lets not forget we are talking 25p a box here, if you buy the man size variety you will need to cough up well over £2 a box.

Two or three put together will ably remove my dab of foundation cream at the end of the day and I always tend to have an endless supply ferreted away in different pockets.
A box will last me over a week and so for the 25p outlay I consider them to be good value.

Busy Mums would surely struggle to wipe sticky fingers and dribbly mouths successfully using these value tissues and I don't see them appealing to the average male.
But they certainly have their uses, removing make up, wiping up a small spillage or maybe for blowing a delicate pair of nostrils.
For 25p a box you can afford to deposit a few in each coat pocket and they are the ideal travelling companion. Put a box in the car and you have an instant napkin for an impromptu picnic.

Tissues can be a bit of a mixed bunch and if you want a solid dependable tissue then I am afraid that you will have to go up market and treat yourself to a box of kleenex but if you are counting on them for light work then the Tesco value tissues are perfect.
25p well spent in my book.

Summary: A run of the mill tissue that will suffice.