Stop messing with sanitary pads

[Elsa2000]

I’m so annoyed that people at these companies keep finding ways to “improve” pads.

I used to use Always but then they introduced that hideous scent that literally gave me an itchy feeling all day. I felt like it was burning. Not to mention I could smell the stench of artificial perfume all day. Almost headache inducing.

Recently bodyform have started messing.

I use the night pads as I’m so heavy. Now they are no way near as absorbent, plus the adhesive is not as sticky to the wings don’t stick properly. Bloody awful.

AIBU to think they should stop messing and actually get women to feedback on these “improvements” and “new designs”

Brilliant, thank you for your reply!
I think I'll invest in some and give them a go.

Cheeky wipes have a charcoal grey/brown fleece top which doesn’t seem to stain or bleach.

I’ve had mine 3 years and they look pristine. I have a few with white fabric and I use ACE bleach to get rid of any stains, but I hang them in the sunshine and they don’t stain.

Ha ha ha. Are you me? I had maybe two years solid use out of them. TBF, my periods seemed endless and extremely heavy at the time so they were put through their paces. Then I had my ovaries whipped out in emergency surgery last year and now I just get a rando bit of HRT enduced spotting and I find them useful again.

I want to second the dark bamboo cheeky wipes reusables, for those interested. I got a combination of the white and dark pads. The dark pads are pristine. The white ones started to discolour recently. Amazingly they did not discolour when I was bleeding heavily.

I didn't put them in warm water, I used Vanish when I did wash them - and left them to soak in cold water when I changed them. Job done.

Any recommendations for period pants? I like the idea of using them vs reusable pants - avoiding that issue of pads rolling up or moving around etc.

But do you find they last a long day at work - say 12 hours - without getting minging?