Q-Tips may be a horrible shape for cleaning your ears, but it’s absolutely perfect for detailing the tiny nooks and crannies in your car or motorcycle. Use them alone to give those hard to reach ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Most people don't use Q-tips properly and wind up putting them inside their ears to feel "clean." Big mistake! Not only is ear wax good for you, but putting a Q-Tip ...

If you've ever struggled to clean tight spaces—like keyboard crevices, jewelry, or the edges of appliances—you know how ...

Many people use Q-Tips brand cotton swabs as tool to remove excess ear wax from inside the ear canal, but the Q-Tips box clearly says that the swabs should not be used for this purpose.

The cotton swab, better known as the Q-tip, is the most common device used for cleaning your ears. Its shortcomings illustrate the basic problems with using these types of instruments for earwax ...