Last week we did a quick contest for Alice t-shirts on Twitter and Facebook . “What do you think the most popular product is on Alice shelves?” we asked. Our followers and fans had a lot of guesses, but only one was right… Q-tips!
Q-tips beats toilet paper, laundry detergent, hand soap, deodorant, garbage bags and more for the #1 spot on Alice.com users’ shelves. We’ve included some 5-duck reviews below from our customers, so you can see exactly why it’s such a beloved product:
A name you can trust. High quality.
- cdayzee, Fort Hood, TX
A million and one uses. Never setup housekeeping without some.
- mobeus, Warren, NJ
Buy the qtips brand! they have cardboard sticks, rather than the plastic sticks on the off-brand ones that will never decompose!
- Caitlin, Alexandria, VA
Much better than off-brands where the cotton quickly disintegrates and you’re left w/ a cardboard stick.
- djfkd, Chicago, IL
Many uses for Q Tips.
- Dennis1, Spartanburg, SC
The #1 designer product in my house!
- fiddle_dee_dee, Taylorsville, KY
I like how the shaft of the swab is not flimsy like other cheap brands. This is the only one I will buy.
- JeffK, Kaukauna, WI
Q-tips brand is the only Q-tip I trust in my ear!
- Anon, Short Hills, NJ
Q-tip is the best brand of cotton swab. Period.
- Marboogie, Wantagh, NY
And if for some reason you’re not a Q-tip user yet, check out one of our favorite posts from the archives: 30 Ways to Use a Q-Tip.
How do you use Q-tips? Surely not just in the ears?





Never in the ear. It says right on the box, “do not insert into ear”.
I use it to clean in between the keys on my keyboard & to clean the wheel on my mouse.