Can anyone tell me why no other company can make a cotton swab that equals the Q-Tip? 

These remarkable little devices, Q Tips,  are perfect in the way they most need to be perfect.  They do each little job as they are designed to do, absorbing, softly burnishing . . . and . . . and you can twist the tips between thumb and forefinger and they will soften even further to provide extra supplety (I know that’s not a word, but it should be in this context) for the delicate task at hand.

When you buy the store brand you get two hard little tips, one on each end.  (Am I making this too simple?)  Trying to add the “supple” phenomenon is next to impossible.  Only a few of them, in each box, offer any sort of pliability and it’s certainly not enough. 

Sometimes Gorgeous can’t pass up a good deal.  Q-Tips cost maybe $3 for several hundred.  The knockoff, store brand usually comes in anywhere from $.99 to $1.99.  You get what you pay for.

Stop buying those lesser quality swabs.  Let’s stamp out mediocrity.  Always buy Q-Tips.

By the way, Q stands for quality and “tips” for the tips.  You can look it up at www.qtips.com.