Have you ever tried to see how long you can stay under water or how long you can hold your breath? Or have you ever choked and felt the desperate need to breathe? If you have, then you know how precious a good breath of fresh air is. Oxygen is the most important element for our life.

But why is it so important for sanitary pads to be breathable?

If you have been using regular sanitary pads, you have most probably experienced irritation and felt very uncomfortable. One of the reasons this happens is because of the sanitary pads not being breathable. In order for the sanitary pads not to allow the liquid to flow through, the manufacturers use an impermeable bottom layer, most often made of plastic, which does not allow liquid or air to pass through either. This way, moisture and heat are kept inside, creating a very good environment for bacteria to develop.

Most of the bacteria that can cause women’s diseases are anaerobe, which means they will die within 30 seconds to 1 minute in oxygen. That is why it is very important for sanitary pads and pantyliners to allow air flow.

Anion Love Moon sanitary napkins have a base film which is permeable to air but not to water. This way, no leakage will occur, while oxygen will still be allowed to flow through, stopping bacteria from developing and keeping you healthy and feeling comfortable.

In the following posts we are going to show some tests that check the breathability of different brands sanitary pads.

I hope you understand better now why it is so important for sanitary pads to be breathable and I am looking forward to sharing more practical information with you about this. Hope you all have a great week!

Ruth Taylor

Here is another absorbency test –Anion vs Kotex– the last one in this series. Someone might say they are getting tired of hearing the same story, and I could understand that. What is harder for me to understand is why some women would go through the same bad experiences with sanitary pads month after month, and still not grow tired and decide to change the brand they are used to. You don’t have to feel uncomfortable every month, and always uneasy at the thought that some leakage in your pad might cause spots to appear on your clothes. Anion Sanitary Napkins can keep you dry, feeling very comfortable and very safe even on the worst days of your period.

So let’s see how the Anion vs Kotex absorbency test went. We poured the same amount of water (50 ml) over an Anion and over a Kotex sanitary pad. We colored the water so that it is easier for you to see it.

Then we took two dry paper towels and pressed them against each pad to see how much liquid is coming back out. When pressing the hand against the Anion Love Moon Sanitary Pad, the paper towel remained completely dry:

Let’s see what the test results were for the Kotex sanitary pad:

As you can see from the pictures, the Kotex pad was so soaked, that the paper towel got wet when simply laying it on top of the pad, without even pressing it at all. And then, when pressing it with the hand, water came flushing out, as you can see.

I think the message is pretty clear. And, unlike some advertisments say, I would add: Be my guest and feel free to try this at home. I am sure you will not only be convinced, but also happy to have discovered some sanitary pads that can help you feel comfortable and safe: Anion Love Moon Sanitary Napkins.

Now that we have seen a comparison between how Anion Sanitary Napkins and Stayfree Sanitary Pads are packed, what their top layer looks like and what it is made of, let’s go one step further and put them to the absorbency test.

We have repeated the same procedure as in the tests presented in the previous posts: we poured an equal quantity of blue colored water over an Anion and over a Stayfree sanitary pad. Then we pressed a dry paper towel against each of them to see how much liquid is coming back out. Have a look at the pictures below to see what the results were:

You can see in the pictures above that, when pressing the hand against the Anion sanitary pad, even though the pressure was firm, the towel remained completely dry. Let’s see what happens with the towel pressed against the Stayfree pad.

As you can see, when lightly tapping the finger against the pad, the paper towel already got wet. And here is what happened after the hand was pressed against it:

In conclusion, Stayfree pads have a lower absorbency capacity than Anion Sanitary Napkins, even though they are better than Always sanitary pads as far as absorbency is concerned.

What is your first thought when looking at the following pictures?

Stayfree sanitary pad top layer

Anion  sanitary napkin top layer

The first one definitely looks nice. When seeing it, craftsmanship came to my mind. But is that really a quality? Have a closer look. Doesn’t it look like plastic? The top layer of a sanitary pad should most of all feel soft, absorb well and be healthy. Synthetic materials are obviously not healthy. They can cause rashes and irritations. Cotton won’t look as nice, but is definitely the most healthy and that is why one of the most important things to look for when choosing a sanitary pad is to make sure the top layer is made of cotton.

The second point is the absorbency. The plastic top layer will not allow the thicker parts of the discharge to get into the pad. It will just stay there, on the top of it, and the plastic will make it turn into something sticky and nasty.

Cotton is definitely not only much more healthy, but will also feel softer. Of course that also depends on the way it is manufactured. The top layer of the Anion sanitary napkins produced by Winalite is made of premium quality cotton, feels very soft, absorbs well and is very comfortable.

In our previous posts you saw the results of an absorbency test in which we compared Anion Love Moon Sanitary Napkins to Always Sanitary Pads. As you could see from the pictures, the Always pad did not have good absorbency results, and we thought we might have been to hard on them testing a regular lower price Always pad. So we did the test again, this time comparing Anion Love Moon Sanitary Napkins to Always Infinity Pads which are their more expensive, latest technology pads. Their label specifically states “NEW Powerful Absorbency”. They claim to be designed for heavy flow and “made with an incredibly absorbent material called Infinicel”.

So let’s see how the test came out this time.

We repeated the same procedure: poured the same amount of water (50 ml) over the pads

and then we pressed a dry paper towel against each one of them. Let’s see how they did this time:

You can see how hard the finger is pressed against the pad. Does it get wet? No!

You can see the fingerprints left on the towel because of pressing it so hard, but the towel still remained dry. Then I pressed the had firmly against it:

As you can see, the towel is still dry after all the pressing. You can see the print of the hand though.

Let’s see how the Always Infinity did when tapping it lightly with a finger:

Then I pressed my hand against the Always pad.

Water came flushing out, soaking the towel, even if the label points to some “microdots for fast absorption”. And when I wanted to lift my hand I had a nasty surprise:

The paper towel pressed against the Always pad was so soaked that it got stuck to my hand!

Finally, have a look at the picture comparing the results of the absorbency test Anion vs Always:

So, if you want a sanitary pad that will keep you dry, you know what to get.

In the following posts we will show you more absorbency test results for Anion versus some other popular brands.