Product Review: Lunapads & Lunapanties

Ladies, how many of you have opened a box of sanitory napkins and thought “Wow, these are really pretty!”  Or, ever put the words incontinence pads and sexy in the same sentence?

Zero to none of you. That’s what I thought.

And yet, when I opened my package of Lunapad cloth menstrual pads my very first reaction was “Wow, these are really pretty!”

And when I looked a the the Lunapanties, “Wow, these are really sexy!”

A year ago, I purchased the DivaCup, a menstrual cup, and wrote a product review. The good ladies at Lunapads suggested I try their reusable pads. And knowing I was a runner, they also suggested Lunapanties for the occasional urinary leaks.

Lunapanties

Let’s start with the Lunapanties.

Sexy red low rise panties, with a sewn in absorbent gusset of soft brushed cotton.

That’s right. Sexy! Not old granny pants. And not bulky incontinence diapers.

I wear them during my period over night, either with or without the DivaCup. Zero leaks onto the bedsheets.

I also wear them when I do high impact sports like running. No uncomfortable wetness to put a damper, pardon the pun, on my run.

Lunapads

My second thought when examining the Lunapads was “These will never stay in place.” 

They are built with wings that wrap around the gusset of your underwear and simply snap together. Surely the pad was going to slide back and forth.

I was wrong. They do not budge. Ever.

As a matter of fact, they are more secure than traditional pads with sticky tape. Probably because the Lunapads are thin enough to be held snugly to your body by your underwear. And they are super soft, so they aren’t chaffing against your skin, which also causes disposable pads to shift.

Care of both the Lunapads and Lunapanties

Just chuck them in the washing machine and dryer. Simple as that.

And since I do the household laundry, I don’t have to worry about the males in the house running screaming into the night.

You can also wash them in the sink and air dry them.

When you are out and about

I just carry a two small zip lock bags in my purse. One for the clean pads and one for the dirty pads. And I actually find the pads so absorbent, I don’t need to change them as often as disposable pads anyway.

Oh, and on that note, basically no odour either!

Cost

Loving my Lunapad experience so much, I purchased a kit with enough pads to last an entire average cycle. While the investment may appear expensive at $130 USD, the savings quickly adds up.

The pads last 3 – 5 years, making that a cost of  $25 – $45 per year. How much do you spend on pads in one year? I was certainly spending way more than that!

The panties are $15 USD. I wouldn’t spend that for old grannie pants, but for sexy underwear? I wouldn’t even blink.

Good for the environment

According to the Lunapads website “over 14 billion pads, tampons and applicators going into North American landfills every year”.

And that is just the North American statistics!

Given the convenience and comfort of cloth pads, there is simply no excuse for junking up our planet with disposable feminine hygiene products.

Purchase information

Lunapads and Lunapanties are available to purchase at www.lunapads.com

Remember that silly commercial about having a happy period? Well, with Luna products I actually am!

Only this time, as the Lunapads company tag line says “happier periods, naturally”.