Toilet paper that doesn't leave lint

Reel Premium Bamboo Toilet Paper has the best record by a wide margin: 34 of 37 shoppers said it left no lint or bits behind. Charmin Ultra Strong Toilet Paper comes next at 21 of 29. Several soft, plush rolls land below half, and since people tend to mention lint when they find it, low shares are common on this page.

  • 252 store reviews counted
  • Target shoppers
  • Oct 2019 to Oct 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it leave lint behind? What shoppers said
  1. Reel Premium Bamboo Toilet Paper 37 said either way
  2. Charmin Ultra Strong Toilet Paper 29 said either way
  3. Angel Soft Toilet Paper 13 said either way
  4. Cottonelle Ultra Clean Toilet Paper 35 said either way
  5. Quilted Northern Ultra Plush Toilet Paper 16 said either way
  6. Cottonelle Ultra Comfort Toilet Paper 27 said either way
  7. Charmin Ultra Gentle Toilet Paper 20 said either way

Share of shoppers who stated an outcome for lint. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Reel Premium Bamboo Toilet Paper Best record Reel Premium Bamboo Toilet Paper 34 of 37 say it left no lint or bits See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

The two Charmin rolls here show the trade-off: 44% of Ultra Gentle reviews call it soft, but 56% mention lint, compared with 20% for Ultra Strong.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points shoppers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 Reel Premium Bamboo Toilet Paper

Reel

Premium Bamboo Toilet Paper

34/37 say it left no lint or bits

34 of 37 shoppers said this bamboo roll left no lint, the highest share on the page. 45% also call it strong, and price is the main complaint at 10%.

What shoppers praise

  • Strong 45%
  • Soft 23%
  • Roll lasts 10%
  • Good value 8%

What shoppers complain about

  • Too expensive 10%
  • Thin or tears 8%
  • Rolls run out fast 5%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 34 of 37
  • Brand site 7 of 7 shown, not counted
2 Charmin Ultra Strong Toilet Paper

Charmin

Ultra Strong Toilet Paper

Best for strong sheets

21/29 say it left no lint or bits

Strength is what shoppers praise (52%), and 21 of 29 said it left no lint. 20% still found lint or bits behind.

What shoppers praise

  • Strong 53%
  • Soft 33%
  • Roll lasts 5%

What shoppers complain about

  • Thin or tears 8%
  • Too expensive 8%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 21 of 29
  • Brand site 6 of 8 shown, not counted
3

Angel Soft

Toilet Paper

Best for good value

8/13 say it left no lint or bits

A smaller group weighed in (13), and 8 of 13 said it left no lint. 41% call it good value, while 29% mention lint.

What shoppers praise

  • Strong 47%
  • Good value 41%
  • Soft 29%

What shoppers complain about

  • Thin or tears 12%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 8 of 13
  • Brand site 7 of 9 shown, not counted

Share of 17 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

4

Cottonelle

Ultra Clean Toilet Paper

15/35 say it left no lint or bits

Reviews are split: 38% call it strong, but 20 of 35 shoppers said it left lint or bits behind.

What shoppers praise

  • Strong 38%
  • Soft 25%
  • Good value 13%
  • Roll lasts 8%
  • Fine for plumbing 5%

What shoppers complain about

  • Thin or tears 18%
  • Too expensive 5%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 15 of 35
  • Brand site 3 of 4 shown, not counted

Share of 40 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

5

Quilted Northern

Ultra Plush Toilet Paper

6/16 say it left no lint or bits

47% of reviews praise the softness, but 53% mention lint and 53% say it's thin or tears. 6 of 16 said it left no lint.

What shoppers praise

  • Soft 47%
  • Strong 21%

What shoppers complain about

  • Thin or tears 53%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 6 of 16
  • Brand site 4 of 5 shown, not counted

Share of 19 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

6

Cottonelle

Ultra Comfort Toilet Paper

9/27 say it left no lint or bits

Lint is the big complaint here, in 58% of reviews, even though 45% praise how soft it is. 9 of 27 said it left no lint.

What shoppers praise

  • Soft 45%
  • Strong 23%
  • Good value 10%
  • Roll lasts 10%

What shoppers complain about

  • Rolls run out fast 10%
  • Thin or tears 10%
  • Rough 6%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 9 of 27
  • Brand site 3 of 5 shown, not counted

Share of 31 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

7

Charmin

Ultra Gentle Toilet Paper

6/20 say it left no lint or bits

It has the weakest record here at 6 of 20. 56% of reviews mention lint and 32% say it's thin or tears, though 44% call it soft.

What shoppers praise

  • Soft 44%
  • Strong 24%

What shoppers complain about

  • Thin or tears 32%
  • Too expensive 12%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 6 of 20
  • Brand site 3 of 7 shown, not counted

Share of 25 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 7 products ranked here carry 34,136 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about lint, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Oct 2019 and Oct 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

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Amazon buttons appear only on products that most shoppers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. Reel Premium Bamboo Toilet Paper Target (40 reviews counted)
  2. Charmin Ultra Strong Toilet Paper Target (40 reviews counted)
  3. Angel Soft Toilet Paper Target (17 reviews counted)
  4. Cottonelle Ultra Clean Toilet Paper Target (40 reviews counted)
  5. Quilted Northern Ultra Plush Toilet Paper Target (19 reviews counted)
  6. Cottonelle Ultra Comfort Toilet Paper Target (31 reviews counted)
  7. Charmin Ultra Gentle Toilet Paper Target (25 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which toilet paper doesn't leave lint?

Reel Premium Bamboo Toilet Paper has the best record (34 of 37), followed by Charmin Ultra Strong Toilet Paper (21 of 29) and Angel Soft Toilet Paper (8 of 13).

Does softer toilet paper leave more lint?

Often, in these reviews. Quilted Northern Ultra Plush Toilet Paper and Cottonelle Ultra Comfort Toilet Paper get praised for softness, yet lint comes up in 53% and 58% of their reviews.

Is bamboo toilet paper soft?

Some shoppers say so: 22% of Reel Premium Bamboo Toilet Paper reviews call it soft. More of them praise its strength (45%).

Why are the shares so low for some rolls?

People tend to bring up lint when it bothers them, so reviews that mention it lean negative. A low share is a warning sign, not proof that every roll sheds.

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