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

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.

Probably the most important quality of a sanitary pad is ABSORBENCY. Actually that is why we use them -to keep us dry. How well do different sanitary pads manage to do that job?

Here is an easy test we suggest. You can do it yourself or, if you don’t want to spend your money on several different kinds of pads, you can just take a look at how our tests turned out.

After carrying out the tests I realized we gathered so much material that it cannot all go into one post, so I will just show you the results of one test today.

ANION LOVE MOON SANITARY NAPKINS versus ALWAYS

You can see how we filled two different glasses with some blue colored water (5o ml. each) and then poured the water over the pads.

Then we took two dry paper towels and pressed them against the pads.

In the above pictures you can see how wet the towel got after pressing it against the Always pad. Actually it did not only get wet when pressing the hand against it, but even at a simple light finger tap.

Let’s see how the Anion did:

And here you saw how the towel pressed against the Anion Love Moon Sanitary Napkin remained dry, though I did press it hard! See how the finger goes deep in, pressing hard against it (above picture). And then, I pressed my hand so hard that the print of my hand can be seen on the towel, and it still remained dry.

In conclusion, you can obviously see the difference in between Anion and Always pads. Anion Love Moon sanitary napkin has a much higher level of absorption and that is what you need if you want to stay dry and feel comfortable.

My next post will be about Anion versus a different famous brand pad, so keep following us for more interesting tests results.

Ruth Taylor