Tube-free eliminates trash and the frustration of those like me who recycle the tube, and am fed-up with having to pick off and pick off and pick off the paper that sticks to the glue. An article I read says that most people don't recycle tubes (which is not good) and hence the trash. I am not a craft-person, so I'd definitely buy tube-less. I am in Oregon, a major recycling state, and I have not seen commercials for Scott's tube-less, so their test marketing may not have gone well, or it's just not yet available here. (Was tested in two large retailers in the NE in 2010.)