![]() The difference between Öko Creations’ two liners (I haven’t tried the two larger pads which would be more suited to menstruation or bladder leakages) is size (as shown below, with two sizes of Always liners for comparison) and composition. The best endorsement I can offer is that I completely forget that I’m wearing a cloth pad at all! Yes, they are comfortable! I’ve worn my Öko Creations liners at home but also out and about all day, every day. I have been using the mini panty liners and panty liners in place of my usual Always liners for over a week now, and the only time I’ve reached for a disposable liner is when I was away from home and ran out of my 10 reusable liners. Presenting the Öko Creations line of cloth pads… From left to right: Mini panty liner, Panty liner, Regular & Heavy flow pads. Well, guess what? I’m happy to announce that I’ve found a reusable panty liner that exceeds my “comfort criteria.” I’m keeping more than 1000 liners (and all their non-biodegradable components) from touching my skin and from hitting the landfill if I make the switch to reusable liners. But honestly, like with cloth, I’m not actually that concerned about the financial savings. ![]() If I can find a cloth pad that meets these criteria, I’m saving about $125/year (based on the average price of Always dri liners and 3 liners per day). I don’t want to change my cloth liner any more than I would change a disposable: usually once per day and once before bed. Comfortable meaning…ĭiscreet: I don’t want to notice I’m wearing it and it needs to stay in place so other people don’t know I’m wearing it! (Picking out a wedgie in public is bad enough, I don’t want to also be trying to adjust my cloth pad!)įunctional: It needs to keep me feeling dry for a good part of the day. But considering I use a panty liner every single day of my life, any product I try is going to really have to do the job, and that means it needs to be comfortable. ![]() It’s less than a week per month, after all. After cloth diaper laundry (not as big a kerfuffle as skeptics would have you believe), laundering cloth pads is no skin off my back. I plan on using the a menstrual cup once my period comes back, and using a cloth pad as a back up seems to be the natural choice. I shudder to calculate how much garbage and how much money have been thrown away in the past 18 years. ![]() In fact, due to what my gynecologist was delighted to tell me is called leucorrhea, aka: heavy discharge, I’ve been using a panty liner every day since preadolescence. For now I am still breastfeeding and jolly Aunt Flow hasn’t returned yet, so for the time being I am not discussing reusable pads for menstruation, but for…. Almost, because there is one single-use item for which I’ve only recently considered an alternative: panty liners. Show me viable, reusable kitty litter and we’d be almost waste free at our house. I’m a devoted user of reusable bags, coffee cups, water bottles, food containers, nursing pads and of course wipes and diapers. Overall, I am willing to accept a measure of inconvenience and upfront cost for products that reduce waste and save money in the long term. ![]()
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