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I remember that waayyy back in the day, I reviewed the Diva Cup because I was really sick of pads. Since then I've stopped using it, because I am now sick of the Diva Cup, or more specifically having to jam this thing in and out and boil it and unseal it from the cervix and just
so now I'm trying out PADKIX http://www.padkix.com
There's a couple of brands of period panties floating around, but I just happened to back the Kickstarter on this.
THOUGHTS BELOW
I'm still on my period, but it's kind of the leftover dregs at this point. So! Padkix. It's pretty much a cloth reusable pad attached to a pair of regular underwear. I say this, but I haven't really used any other cloth reusable pads, so I'm not sure how they stack against each other. These were comfortable though, and after awhile I wasn't even aware of the pad itself. No smell either, and I got my nose PRETTY CLOSE. The only time I could detect anything was when there was goopy stuff resting on top of the pad, unabsorbed.
Padkix absorbed A LOT of stuff, but it will leave that goopy stuff on top. Not a lot of it, though? It looks as if the pad sucks the moisture out of it, leaving it sort of diminished. The pad itself is dark, so you won't immediately be able to tell how much you've bled onto it.
I've heard variously that one Padkix can take anywhere from 3-8 hours of bleeding. Obviously this will depend on your individual flow. For me, this particular period was a little lightweight, but I have a friend who was testing hers out with heavy flow AND exercise, and it never spilled a drop. I would wear mine overnight and never detected any stains on the outer underwear at all, and definitely not on my bedsheet.
They do have to be washed, which might be the one drawback to these, I suppose. What I would do is just take them into the shower with me, and do a first rinse with just water while I showered. It doesn't actually look as if all that much blood comes out?? The benefit of the Diva Cup is that it has little measurements on the side, so you know exactly how much you're bleeding at any time, which can be useful knowledge for yourself, your gyno, etc. The Padkix obviously doesn't have such a feature, and seeing the blood this way made me think my bleeding was fairly light this time around. It may have been my usual amount! I'm not sure.
After the first rinse, when the water's run clear, I use soap and water, scrub vigorously, wash out the soap and let it hang dry. You'll want more than one pair to get you through the week, at least two, but I only had the one so I occasionally had to switch to regular pads while the Padkix dried out.
Final verdict? I... think I really like this, actually! I was skeptical at first, but all the reviews of things like Padkix, Thinx, are consistent in their comfort level, absence of odor, ease of use. I definitely want one more! The only stopping point right now is that they're kind of expensive, like $35, BUT they pay for themselves pretty quickly. Padkix recently finished their Kickstarter, so they don't have a storefront yet, but they're taking orders and Thinx has theirs open!
http://www.padkix.com
https://www.shethinx.com
so now I'm trying out PADKIX http://www.padkix.com
There's a couple of brands of period panties floating around, but I just happened to back the Kickstarter on this.
THOUGHTS BELOW
I'm still on my period, but it's kind of the leftover dregs at this point. So! Padkix. It's pretty much a cloth reusable pad attached to a pair of regular underwear. I say this, but I haven't really used any other cloth reusable pads, so I'm not sure how they stack against each other. These were comfortable though, and after awhile I wasn't even aware of the pad itself. No smell either, and I got my nose PRETTY CLOSE. The only time I could detect anything was when there was goopy stuff resting on top of the pad, unabsorbed.
Padkix absorbed A LOT of stuff, but it will leave that goopy stuff on top. Not a lot of it, though? It looks as if the pad sucks the moisture out of it, leaving it sort of diminished. The pad itself is dark, so you won't immediately be able to tell how much you've bled onto it.
I've heard variously that one Padkix can take anywhere from 3-8 hours of bleeding. Obviously this will depend on your individual flow. For me, this particular period was a little lightweight, but I have a friend who was testing hers out with heavy flow AND exercise, and it never spilled a drop. I would wear mine overnight and never detected any stains on the outer underwear at all, and definitely not on my bedsheet.
They do have to be washed, which might be the one drawback to these, I suppose. What I would do is just take them into the shower with me, and do a first rinse with just water while I showered. It doesn't actually look as if all that much blood comes out?? The benefit of the Diva Cup is that it has little measurements on the side, so you know exactly how much you're bleeding at any time, which can be useful knowledge for yourself, your gyno, etc. The Padkix obviously doesn't have such a feature, and seeing the blood this way made me think my bleeding was fairly light this time around. It may have been my usual amount! I'm not sure.
After the first rinse, when the water's run clear, I use soap and water, scrub vigorously, wash out the soap and let it hang dry. You'll want more than one pair to get you through the week, at least two, but I only had the one so I occasionally had to switch to regular pads while the Padkix dried out.
Final verdict? I... think I really like this, actually! I was skeptical at first, but all the reviews of things like Padkix, Thinx, are consistent in their comfort level, absence of odor, ease of use. I definitely want one more! The only stopping point right now is that they're kind of expensive, like $35, BUT they pay for themselves pretty quickly. Padkix recently finished their Kickstarter, so they don't have a storefront yet, but they're taking orders and Thinx has theirs open!
http://www.padkix.com
https://www.shethinx.com