13 types of tissues loved by rhinitis patients and babies have been tested. Whoever buys them will regret it!

After the first snow, the weather became colder and colder. No matter adults or children around me, they could not escape the cold.

I have to wipe my nose when it runs, and if I wipe it too much, my nose will turn red. For those with sensitive skin, it is so difficult to wipe off a layer of skin!

For them, soft tissues are a skin savior! Because they have added a "moisturizing factor", they feel softer than ordinary tissues. Even if you wipe your nose more than ten times a day, your nose will not easily turn red.

As it happens, after testing 16 types of tissue paper last time, many friends in the background also wanted us to test soft tissue paper:

As considerate as I am, I will respond to your requests, so I will arrange it for you! We bought 13 types of soft tissues with high popularity and sales, including the "pioneer" of this category and the "Pinxixi hot item":

The sample fee for this evaluation is 716 yuan + the testing fee (public price) is 35544 yuan = a total of 36260 yuan. After considering the three dimensions of safety and hygiene, performance, and real-person trials, the final recommendation is:

Before we begin the review, let us first introduce soft tissue paper to those friends who have never used it: What is soft tissue paper?

Left: Soft tissue Right: Regular tissue

In addition to "soft tissue", it also has many other names, such as cream tissue, silky tissue, nose tissue, moisturizing tissue, etc...

Compared with ordinary paper towels, it has an extra layer of "cream", also called "moisturizing factor", so the texture will be softer and skin-friendly, more suitable for babies and people with sensitive skin.

Under a 2000x electron microscope, you can see that there are some granular substances on the fibers of the soft tissue. This is its "moisturizing factor".

We tried to study what this "moisturizing factor" is, but unfortunately, many samples did not have specific ingredients labeled, and only had general words like "imported cream" or "moisturizing liquid".

However, according to the literature, the moisturizing ingredients of most soft tissues are mainly these four categories:

These are common ingredients in face creams and hair care products. If used properly, there is no problem with safety. When purchasing, try to choose products with complete labels on the packaging, which are basically safe and reliable.

If it is used for a baby, to be on the safe side, it is recommended to do an allergy test behind the child's ear first.

As a sanitary product for wiping the face and mouth, the most basic hygiene conditions must be guaranteed. We conducted microbiological tests on 13 samples in accordance with the national standard GB 15979-2002 "Hygiene Standards for Disposable Sanitary Products".

The results showed that no positive results were detected, which met the national standard requirements.

We also tested the migratable fluorescent brighteners in 13 samples according to the testing method of the national standard GB/T 20808-2011 "Tissue Paper", and none of them were detected.

I have told you before that acrylamide is a residue that may be produced during the production of paper towels. It is irritating to the skin and eyes and may cause allergic reactions.

We refer to the national standard GB/T 36420-2018 "Safety Assessment Management System for Chemicals and Raw Materials for Household Paper and Paper Products": Acrylamide in tissue paper should be ≤0.5mg/kg. The actual test results are as follows:

Among the samples tested this time, only No. 4 was found to contain acrylamide. If it is used by babies, it is recommended to avoid it; adults should also avoid the area around the eyes.

Because of the addition of cream ingredients, the pH value of the soft tissue may be affected: too high or too low a pH value may irritate the skin and cause barrier damage.

Considering that a large part of the target audience of soft tissues are infants and young children, we referred to GB18401 "National Basic Safety Technical Specifications for Textile Products" Category A (Infant Textile Products): The pH value of infant textile products should be between 4.0-7.5.

The researchers soaked a paper towel in potassium chloride solution, extracted it by shaking, and then measured the pH value of the extract.

The measured results are as follows:

Judging from the actual test results, the pH values ​​of the 13 samples are within the reference standard range and are not likely to irritate the skin of infants and young children.

For soft tissues, it is true that they are soft and easy to break. For products with poor toughness, it is not impossible for them to break directly when blowing your nose.

Taking into account the product characteristics, we tested the "dry breaking strength" of the soft paper towel this time——

The researchers cut the paper towels into fixed strips and measured the strength required to break the strips. The higher the value, the stronger the toughness of the soft paper towels.

According to the test results, No. 9, No. 5, No. 2, No. 1, No. 4, and No. 10 have better toughness and are less likely to break during daily use.

Whether it is for patients with rhinitis to wipe their noses or for babies to wipe their butts, if the paper towels are not absorbent enough, it is inevitable that you will have to use a few more, and the price of soft paper towels is...

In a constant temperature and humidity environment, the researchers cut soft paper towels into long strips of fixed width and stuck them on the capillary effect tester.

Immerse the bottom of the paper strip in deionized water and let it stand for 10 minutes before measuring the liquid absorption height of the paper towel. The higher the height and the larger the value, the better the water absorption capacity.

According to the test results, No. 5, No. 11, No. 13, No. 2, No. 7, No. 12, No. 9, No. 8, and No. 1 have better water absorption and absorb more water under the same conditions.

When paper towels are taken out, some tiny particles will inevitably float up, which is the phenomenon of paper towel shedding.

The last time I did a paper towel review, I didn’t test this item in order to give you the results before Double Eleven. I will include it this time!

This evaluation simulates actual use. When the test sample is twisted in the test box, the air in the box is extracted and the lint value in convection is calculated. The lower the lint coefficient, the less lint is in actual use.

According to the test results, except No. 4, the other products are pretty good.

They are all called "soft" tissues, but which sample is the "king of softness"?

Since the soft tissue samples are relatively soft, we used a more intuitive and accurate bending length meter this time and adopted the inclined plane method to test the softness of the samples.

The researchers cut the sample into fixed strips, extended one end of the strip out of the platform, and calculated the bending length. The lower the value, the softer it is.

According to the test results, No. 13, No. 4, No. 7, No. 1 and No. 11 are more suitable for friends who like soft touch.

In order to present a more targeted trial experience to everyone, we recruited 13 rhinitis patients in the company and summarized this report after trying it one by one:

According to the trial report, the soft tissue paper is softer than ordinary tissue paper. However, after trying each sample, the editor still felt a subtle difference.

For example, some samples were too thin and transparent, and were very easy to break when actually used; some samples seemed to have "conceptually added" "moisturizing factors", and the feel was not much different from soft tissues...

In general, the most popular samples among "rhinitis patients" are No. 1, No. 2, No. 5, and No. 13. Congratulations~

Before summarizing the purchase suggestions for everyone, let’s take a look at the difference between “paper towels” and “soft paper towels”——

We can intuitively feel that although soft tissue paper is soft, its water absorption and tensile strength are far inferior to those of ordinary tissue paper. Based on this, we have summarized the "soft tissue paper purchase and use suggestions" -

To be honest, products like soft tissue paper are very niche and have no corresponding national standards. Not many people use them, and perhaps even fewer people read about them.

Even so, we spent a lot of time and thought on the dimensions, methods and presentation of this review, and I hope you can feel it.

Maybe some of our reviews don’t come in time enough, and we can only catch up with everyone’s returns and refunds, but please believe: we are always running forward and trying our best to become the dad review that fulfills your wishes!

Editor | Yuanyuan, Caicai

Design | Sour

References

[1] Zhu Chaoyu, Chen Nannan, Yao Xianping et al. Preparation of tissue cream and its application in facial tissue[J]. Paper Chemicals, 2020, 32(4): 1-4.

[2] Fang Lifeng. New demands for softeners for household paper and thoughts on their evaluation criteria[J]. Household Paper, 2019, 19(9): 77-79.

[3] GB 15979-2002 Hygiene Standard for Disposable Hygiene Products

[4] GB 18401-2010 National Basic Safety Technical Specifications for Textile Products

[5] GB/T 35613-2017 “Green Product Evaluation for Paper and Paper Products”

[6] GB/T 18318.1-2009 “Determination of flexural properties of textiles - Part 1: Inclined plane method”

[7] GB/T 24218.10-2016 Textiles - Test methods for nonwovens - Part 10: Determination of dry linting

[8] GB/T 20808-2011 Tissue Paper