To ask for recommendations for COMFORTABLE tights

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I am going spare. And spending a lot of money on tights that claim to be comfortable but aren't!

I am 5' 10' size 10-12. My problem isnt length but waist band. I hate hate hate anything digging into my waist or stomach. And this always seems to happen with tights, even though I am slim, and especially after lunch when I feel like ripping the damn things off and going cold. Please help

Snag tights are pretty good but Heist are better (and more expensive). Look for a really wide waistband.

Snag are great!

Another vote for snag.

Heist are fab. The waist band is over your stomach, under the ribs. Sooooo comfortable.

I always buy tights two sizes too big as I can't bear the feeling of clingy clothes. They can get a bit ruched on the leg but other than that they are so much more comfortable.

Snag - I bought a pair recently and they are fantastic. Worth the money.

Another vote for snag!

Snag tights are the best tights I've ever bought! I have three pairs and i think I've had them maybe 9 months - possibly even a year! Love them.

I'm a size 22 and they fit me so well.

I like Snag and M&S autograph velvet touch.

Thanks everyone. Will look up snag and heist. I had been starting to considering maternity tights (even though I'm not pregnant)

Heist tights without question

Another vote for Snag, fab colours too.

M&S. autograph velvet touch. The waistband is broad and doesn’t roll. I have found the size chart on the back accurate, I am a tall 12 and wear Large

Heist tights have a comfortable waistband, wide, doesn’t dig in, but on me they do dig in at the seam where the waistband joins the more sheer fabric of the rest of the tights. I can see from the odd review that this happens with other people too, so it is probably due to body shape ? I am two inches shorter than you OP, and roughly a size 10, curvy shape.
I did buy some other tights with the same high, wide waist, that were more comfortable, I think they were from next. I will go and look now.
Also Wolford do tights with little sections in the waistband that you can cut, to get a comfortable fit.
I do agree with all that very wide and high waistbands are the thing. I hate the way tights can have that ring of tight elastic, so uncomfortable when you sit down in particular.
I need to try snag !

I looked at the next website, and I think they might have been the “ultimate comfort waistband” ones. Worth looking at the waistband if you go into a next, there is no picture of the waistband online, just the leg.

I've not tried Heist but Snag are amazing. I haven't worn tights in years but now have 6 pairs!

m&s. snag tights are nice, but pretty much single use (as they snag - ironically)

Yup, Snag tights ftw. They're amazing!

M&S seamfree tights! So comfy.

I'm fat and tall, and discovered new look tights. Oh wow they fit perfectly

Hedoine look similar to Heist, but I haven’t tried them yet.

Like most things I am a 14-16 not a 12-14 or a 16-18 and I don’t want massive ones or too small!

I would suggest Heist or the Autograph seam free. They cost more but last longer. They are both well made, have a “proper” cotton gusset (so knickers optional, personally l don’t) and last longer. Most importantly they don’t dig in.

Next tights are lovely but I wore mine once and they were ruined after. They laddered strangely like small tears all up the legs that look like stretch marks