Tissues!

Just to clarify, my DH doesn't use them to wipe his nose. He has a lung condition, the result of damage caused by pneumonia, and produces masses of mucus. He coughs a lot and needs a lot of tissues to deal with what comes up. Kleenex can cope, the Sainburys ones just disintegrate. So does some cheaper loo paper.

I'll try the Lidl brand. No Costco account, sadly — but perhaps it could be worth it. After posting yesterday I sat down and tried to count how many tissues he's getting through, and it's probably around a box of 44 a day. I know it's only £1-£1.50 a day, but it adds up over a year. We don't need to economise yet but we're looking through the bills and trying to find places to economise if necessary.

We buy Floralys man size tissues from Lidl, no complaints here.

I use Tesco plain white paper napkins. Much stronger than tissues and a decent size. If we're in a restaurant with paper napkins I keep mine too as they will just be thrown out (and can't be recycled of course) and use it as a paper hankie.

Do you have a Costco account? Their own brand (Kirkland) ones are very good- all Kirkland products are very good. I don’t know the price, and you may have to buy a pack of 12 or something, but they are for resale so are usually significantly cheaper than other brands.

I am sorry but I like kleenex too. I like the "man" size in the soft variety. I have tried all other options but if you have to use so very many and don't want to get a sore nose, there must be other ways to economise, surely?

Long term conditions are miserable in the first place, being as comfortable as possible whilst enduring them is surely important.

Obviously if someone comes up with "as strong and as soft" as kleenex - let me know too!!

Nappy liners make wonderful tissues, strong,soft and if they accidentally get in the wash they don’t break up..

My DD bulk buys tissues and loo roll from the dreaded Am.....z.n and has them delivered by the box load. Works out a lot cheaper she says.

Thanks for the ideas. He does use loo roll and kitchen roll at times but having loo rolls scattered around the house looks a bit meh and isn't practical if we're going out. They seem to have stopped selling the Kleenex 4-packs anywhere locally: I used to bulk buy whenever I saw them. The Ikea napkins sound good but he can get through 30-40 tissues a day and I doubt he'd be motivated to cut them up.

We'll have to try some other own brands. I'm not a brand snob, but Kleenex do hold together where other brands fall apart.

Kitchen roll here too when it's a heavy cold. Always keep a pocket pack of tissues in my bag though and admit, they are rather small.

We always use kitchen roll, and I buy the cheaper ones so that they aren't too thick. They're usually perfectly strong enough and the sheets are a decent size for the job.

Ikea packs of white table napkins are big and strong and soft, and wonderful if you have a really streaming/filthy cold.
www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/fantastisk-paper-napkin-white-50035752/#content
Even torn in half (which I do) they are better than most tissues, and at a pinch you could even tear them in four. They are 3- ply and 40 X 40 cm, and come in colours as well as white. £1.50 for 50, which is 100 if you halve them.

How do they compare for price with your usual ones? (I have just looked up Kleenex and they are £1 for 80 sheets - or
Kleenex® Extra Large Tissues 2 Compact boxes
£2.50 so Ikea no cheaper. Kleenex are 2-ply. They don't say how big either size are, so can't compare that.)

When I get hay fever with a streaming nose I keep a roll of toilet paper next to me when at home. I buy Nicky toilet roll in huge packs, it’s excellent.

I use cheap kitchen rolls and tear them in half?