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Women's underwear gets an upgrade
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#12would be interesting to hear a woman's opinion here. My understanding was that panties are usually bought on the merits of fit and, especially, quality of material. Is the built-in pad an improvement or gimmick?
Not a woman, but its well known they buy several pairs of "period panties" as to not ruin their nicer ones. This seems to be tapping into that market by making an explicit "period panty" that'll last longer, come in dark colors, has a pad, etc. So instead of buying a cheap set of disposable panties and using those, you'd buy a few pairs of these that are specialized for the task. No idea how pricing works out. In the…
I don't think that the period panty product is actually what they're sending to Africa. They mentioned that "the purchase of a pair of THINX also buys seven washable pads for girls in Uganda."
I don't think the majority of startups are out to 'help the world,' though many are out to change/'disrupt' (even this one claims to be disrupting). I don't know that I find that such a bad thing, though. Many products try and fail to change what they see as a problem, but there's really no harm in that. They're just trying to help.
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#13would be interesting to hear a woman's opinion here. My understanding was that panties are usually bought on the merits of fit and, especially, quality of material. Is the built-in pad an improvement or gimmick?
Having not tried it, I do not know the answer to your question. But, as a woman, I know one issue that is common for women is that pads often fail to cover, get accidentally repositioned, etc and then you end up bleeding onto your panties. This can lead to an unfortunate mess (leakage) even if you are not bleeding very heavily. Plus, some women have very heavy periods and find it a challenge to keep everything clean no matter how many precautions they take. Speculating: I can imagine it being something some women would prefer simply for potentially superior coverage.
But I suspect I will not ever buy them. I have a compromised immune system. If I bleed on my clothes, I throw them out. Washing blood out is not sufficient for my needs. So I am kind of grossed out by the idea of buying underwear with the intention of bleeding into them and then washing the blood out and then doing that again.
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#14The next product is obvious: Pants. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/02-i-was-a-tee...
Huh. See, I thought this would be about the pajama jeans. But that makes more sense.
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#15would be interesting to hear a woman's opinion here. My understanding was that panties are usually bought on the merits of fit and, especially, quality of material. Is the built-in pad an improvement or gimmick?
Not a woman, but its well known they buy several pairs of "period panties" as to not ruin their nicer ones. This seems to be tapping into that market by making an explicit "period panty" that'll last longer, come in dark colors, has a pad, etc. So instead of buying a cheap set of disposable panties and using those, you'd buy a few pairs of these that are specialized for the task. No idea how pricing works out. In the…
Never are they claiming it is not a luxury good. Why are you being so dismissive of them? It's like saying Tesla can't save the world because they're making $80k cars, it's short sighted.
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#16This is pretty amazing. I spent grades 5-12 worried about bleeding through to my pants in school. There's already so much going on at that age, dealing with 'learning to be a woman' was just more anxiety.
Even as an adult who can typically tell when my cycle is about to start I still end up with stained undergarments and sometimes pants. The worst is at night when things move around and you wake with stained sheets and ruined pajamas.
Considering I have cheap cotton underwear that is 2-4 years old, if these prevent leaking as they claim they could potentially save me time, anxiety, embarrassment and money.
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#17would be interesting to hear a woman's opinion here. My understanding was that panties are usually bought on the merits of fit and, especially, quality of material. Is the built-in pad an improvement or gimmick?
If it prevents leaks like they claim it would be a huge improvement.
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#18would be interesting to hear a woman's opinion here. My understanding was that panties are usually bought on the merits of fit and, especially, quality of material. Is the built-in pad an improvement or gimmick?
Not a woman, but its well known they buy several pairs of "period panties" as to not ruin their nicer ones. This seems to be tapping into that market by making an explicit "period panty" that'll last longer, come in dark colors, has a pad, etc. So instead of buying a cheap set of disposable panties and using those, you'd buy a few pairs of these that are specialized for the task. No idea how pricing works out. In the…
The changing the world line and the bit about a 'week of shame' sounded like complete BS.
But leaks don't just affect panties, I've ruined many sets of sheets, expensive pairs of jeans and even a very nice dress. As a very frugal woman I would buy a pair.
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#19I believe the purpose of the underwear is to prevent stains and leaking from accidents, and is not meant to be used INSTEAD of normal sanitary products. This is similar to those disposable plasticy ones that have existed in some countries for years, but I like what they've done with the fabrication and design here. It's silly that it's taken so long for someone to bring this type of product to market. I hope it's successful!
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#20would be interesting to hear a woman's opinion here. My understanding was that panties are usually bought on the merits of fit and, especially, quality of material. Is the built-in pad an improvement or gimmick?
I analyzed this pretty critically with my girlfriend who is sitting right next to me and had heard of them before. She agreed that there was definitely a demand for this product, but that 1) the cost was too high 2) she would rather just buy regular panties + some tampons or pads to put in her purse 3) it may be more applicable for women who have had children and have more issues with incontinence/etc (we're both 23). We also both pointed out that regular panties are something like 6/$24 at Victoria's Secret... a sixth of the cost of these things.