As I have promissed, after seeing how important it is for sanitary pads to allow air flow, I am going to briefly present a test we did to check the breathability of an Anion sanitary pad and an Always sanitary pad.

We poured warm water in two glasses (just from the tap):

Then we covered the glasses with an Anion and an Always sanitary pad making sure the pads stick well all around the glass, for the steam not to flow out on the sides.

Then we placed two glasses up side down over the first ones.

As you can see, both upper glasses were clear at first…

…but after a couple of minutes we could see steam being formed in the glass covering the Anion sanitary napkin, which means that the vapors could flow through the napkin.

The glass covering the Always sanitary pad remained clear, which means that the pad did not allow air flow, so it is not breathable.

In conclusion, Anion Sanitary Napkins have this most important quality of allowing air flow, which makes them very comfortable and healthy.

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

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.