I am no stranger to interval underwear and different “different” interval merchandise (the place my menstrual cup followers at?), so I jumped on the likelihood to put in writing this information. While you’re in your interval, staying dry and comfy are the highest priorities, so I judged each pair of those underwear by that lens.
I first examined all the above underwear for match, to find out if they’re true to measurement. That largely concerned a whole lot of making an attempt them on, carrying them below pants to see how cumbersome or slim they have been and if you happen to might see panty strains.
Subsequent, I examined the absorbency to see if it lived as much as the claims. Since it will take me effectively over a 12 months to check every one in all them whereas on my interval, I developed an simply repeatable methodology in my dwelling lab (additionally referred to as the kitchen).
I washed every pair of underwear in line with the label and air dried. You will need to wash your interval underwear earlier than you put on them for the primary time to take away any starch or different chemical substances used within the manufacturing course of. Air drying is vital to preserving the underwear’s absorbency — cloth softener or dryer sheets can go away a movie behind that does not permit moisture to move by.
Subsequent, for each pair, I checked what number of tampons’ price of fluid they will maintain and transformed that quantity into millimeters. This isn’t actual as a result of there’s some variation in tampons throughout manufacturers, however usually, one common tampon can maintain 5ml of liquid.
I slowly poured that quantity of water over the gusset of the underwear to see how rapidly it absorbed and if any water leaked. I left them for half-hour after which checked to see how dry they have been after absorbing the water. Some have been simply as moist as once I began the check, others have been dry sufficient to comfortably maintain carrying.
I’ll caveat that this isn’t an ideal check. Menstrual fluid normally leaves your physique slowly over the course of some hours, although some individuals expertise quick gushes all through the day. A few of the underwear I examined did not take up all the quantity of water instantly and/or leaked, however that does not imply they would not work to your interval. In case your circulation is regular over the course of a day, interval underwear can have time to soak up it slowly, which can decrease leaks.
Should you move a number of clots throughout your interval or expertise repeated gushing/flooding, interval underwear would possibly wrestle to soak up fluid and maintain you feeling dry.
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