Full disclosure, I have not tried Thinx. They may be what tampons were to periods, the next best thing. I don’t know. I am confused, worried and curious. Come along on my journey…..
Water Cooler Topic Du Jour: Thinx
Today at work we were engaged in our usual inappropriate conversations. Today’s topic? My co-worker’s first use of a tampon. At the age of 12, she didn’t know a tampon applicator was just a means to an ends, thus leaving it “in there”. She noted that not only was this her first time using a tampon but she also considers it her first lesbian experience. Her friend’s mother is a lesbian and had to assist in the removal of the tampon that was now stuck. Yes, these are the conversations that occur daily. Do you see why I say when I’m at work, I’m home?
“So have you seen those period pants?” She asked me.
“What? No. Oh, like you wear them at night in case you bleed everywhere?” I began to marvel at this, considering a purchase.
“No, you use them in place of your underwear and your tampon.”
“Come again?” I said in shock. “What are they called?”
“Thinks but spelled weird like T-H-I-N-X-S,” she said, spelling out the word.
I turned back around to my computer and began to Google Thinxs, then clicked on the link. What followed next was nothing short of pure awkwardness.
“I…can’t even….what the hell?” I said to no one specific.
SO MANY QUESTIONS! I have screenshot everything I want to ask about. Feel free to answer if you actually know the answer. Feel free to answer if you have a theory? I’m completely lost.
Once I was on a product page, the below pop-up happened. I am all about casual copy, appealing to your audience but I think I would have chosen another way to word this:
Real? Menstruating? Humans? Do you not have social skills?
Next up, the product description:
Has anyone successfully measured what a tampon holds? How do you know what a 1/2 a tampon holds? Then to really drive home the scientific aspect, they use the wording: a lil’ baby amount of protection. I would use the measuring verbage of lil’ baby amount maybe to describe the amount of tea tree oil to put on a zit or how much dressing I want on my salad. To describe how much blood they hold, wouldn’t be top of mind.
Here is there Q&A icon, it’s a little hand. This looks like the icon Dexter would use if he had his own website.
Lastly, what the fuck are these girls doing? Seriously, someone please walk me through this because I’m having a really tough time wrapping my head around this.
Additional Questions
So let’s say you put your Thinx on around 7am and your off to work. It’s day 1 of Aunt Flo. What do you do after you’ve exceeded the 2 tampon’s worth? Do you take your underwear off at work and put it in a ziploc? I don’t know. Do you bring fresh undies with you? Do you see this very valid dilemma?
If it’s not like wearing diapers and you aren’t sitting in a pool of blood, where is it going? Is it evaporating? Is there a little canal collecting it? I haven’t read enough to listen to how it works.
So you can return these things up to 60 days after purchase. First of all, I would never return something I bled in as I’m not an animal. Second, how hard-up are you for a job when you have to take job as the returned merchandise processor at this place. Dear God, where’s my haz mat suit?
Have you seen these things? Have any of you tried them? I definitely want your take on it!
Ummm WT actual ? I don’t know what to say really … other than who the hell came up with these?
I KNOW!!! Check out their website and watch the videos. Even more weird!!
I’m a little scared to do that LOL
So I have totally looked into this! I first saw an advertisement for them with a picture of Mila Kunis so I clicked it thinking if she used them, then maybe they were actually a real thing. So I watched the ENTIRE stupid video and no testimonial at all from Mila Kunis.
But I just want to know who would wear these?! I’m sorry to be graphic, but the whole reason I switched from pads to tampons is that I hate the feeling of like sitting in my own blood while wearing a pad. And I get to just throw that away! But this?! You’re suppose to just wear them all day? Ugh gross.
I know! I don’t know how that works. And imagine the smell! Eventually whatever anti-microbial they have weaved into the fabric eventually looses it’s power.
Yeah exactly *barf*
Never heard of them… and I’m kinda glad lol!!!
Right?!?! Only a matter of time till they invade the UK. Prepare to sit in your own blood.
Thanks God I barely suffer is all I’ll say lol!
I’ve heard of them, and they aren’t for me. My sister and a few co-workers use cloth pads and swear by them but I’m not carrying the used one around all day! It’s the same deal as a cloth diaper- they go in a wet-proof bag. (Which I don’t want to carry.) Not my deal but as long as no one forces me to use them I’ll pretend they aren’t there 🙂
After reviewing the website I was trying to block it out of my memory…forever.
It’s annoying to continually have people try and “sell me”- I’m not interested. Why do I have to keep explaining myself??
LMAO I DID THE SAME THING!! I was too embarrassed to ask my mom how to use it! Jokes on me I had to have her help me get it out ?? I’ve been intrigued about think but kinda grossed out tbh
I know, in my head there really isn’t a way to stay clean and dry with these??? I’m so confused. I mean, who even invented these?
These just really gross me out, and that was before I even though of what happens if you’re at work and you’re full? Ew that sentence really just grossed me out too.
That’s my whole point! What do you do if you are at work and it’s time to change? Invest in another $30 dollar pair?
I laughed so much reading this ? I’ve heard of these and seen a couple of youtubers test and review these online but honestly I have the same questions as you, especially with returning them and having to change them when full! If anything I’d use them as extra protection at night or something, but I can’t imaging using them normally!
Jas xx
Right!?!? So glad you liked reading this. Another question I thought of, if you exceed your 2 tamp
sorry, I hit send too soon. my other question is what do you do if you already have the two tampon full and you make a mess of yourself. Do you suddenly look like you had an abortion?
?? they really didn’t think this through
Hahahaha! $40 for a pair of underwear I’m going to bleed all over? Hell no.
I know! It just doesn’t seem right!
I’m laughing reading your take on this, hahahaha!
I’ve never heard of them, although the next website I’m visiting is definitely thinx dot com forward slash OH MY WORD! I love your review of the site 🙂
I kinda get it. I’ve heard of the whole freebleeding movement and I can see why it appeals to some menstruating humans 🙂 but it’s not practical for most people, and these pantaloons are obv trying to cash in on this.
It’s not for me, but at least it’s another option, although I’m pretty dubious about how much use they would be in the real world. Especially the thong ?
What did you think of the site? Did you check it out?
I did! I don’t really have words. It uses period as a verb:
“Ok – here’s what happens when you period into THINX”
That just blew my mind ??
I really am lost for words. My idea of period pants is that they are a pair of comfortable yet all encompassing pant to wear to keep your sanitary towel/ tampon in place and to help minimise leakage. I don’t think I would trust wearing just these pants without traditional sanitary products – then again, I’m unsure about menstral cups too. I’m just paranoid about leakage!! ?
Full disclosure, last night was the first time I’ve heard about menstrual cups. I just don’t get it. If it’s not broken (tampon), why fix it?!?!
I really don’t have an intelligent contribution to add here… but I thought a member of the superior sex such voice some sort of barbaric yawp 😉 😉 😉
Well I appreciate you being brave and steppin’ up to the plate. You are the first and quiet honestly it’s an awkward topic for women too! 🙂
There was a huge campaign for these last Summer in NYC. They were giving away free ones and the pictures of women in panties all over the subway stations.I wouldn’t use them, I have too many accidents to be that carefree. Too many things can go wrong for me with this idea, I think this is for women that have two day affairs, possibly?
I agree with you. I think this is a fad that will come and go after sometime. But they were giving away free ones? What?!?! Those things are expensive! I think I’m most curious about the absorbent factor. So odd.
Ok. Im gonna be the unpopular one here I guess. Note: I have not invested or tried these things. I recently did however buy a Knixwear bra, they also sell period panties. I would never wear them on a regular flow day as my protection of choice. But here are a few of the selling thoughts I have had which make me curious:
Fuck I hate my period panties. I don’t even use the word panty because i hate it so much and it doesn’t do justice to my normal lovely underpants. But period panties. They be trippin. Ugly ass full back cotton bikini that I won’t care about when I miss getting to the bathroom in time to keep myself from having leaktrhough and my stupid ass liner has bunched up and clung to my leg and ripped at my delicate flower instead of protecting me the way the cute 16 year old kotex commercial girls promised they would. Ugh. My period panties are ugly but I don’t invest because they will just get ratched up by adhesives and bled on and stained. Even when I try hard for them to not be.
1)ugly period underwear I am over it
2)period underwear gets bled on anyway
3)these won’t have adhesives used on them so will last longer. I would buy black so they don’t look stained.
Suggested articles and stuff I have seen in reviews don’t say “go all day and just bleed yo!!!!!” these are suggested more as a backup for regular days- they take the fear our of your period and lightwash jeans when Youre in tampon land. Or for the last days when its too much to do nothing (see period panties and liners above) but not enough to merit tampons. Enter a light solution for all day that is an investment, not a disposable.
These are usually designed with fabrics with multiple benefits. A breathable fabric for the most of the knickers. Then a membrane in the area where moisture collects-so none of your pick escapes. There’s a sorbent in the groin area it sucks the moisture in and traps it. With that sorbent also being antibacterial (usually an infusion of silver which keeps bacteria from existing) smell is not the issue it is with cheap plastic nasty pads. Science! Additionally the layer next to your brittny is hydrophobic, meaning it keeps you feeling dry by moving your ick to the absorbent area and keeping you fresh as a daisy- or at least as fresh or more so as you would with the disposable pads and liner thing happening between your legs.
4) save money on not buying liners
5) not smelly & fresher and drier feeling
I think I already deal with enough accident that it happening intentionally won’t kill me and it might let me be a bit environment conscious. So I am thinking about it. But not without tampons or a super light day.
But I will probably order from Knixwear since I already know I like their underwear its just not period proof kind.
Also- mila kunis talked about the period panty thaaaang in glamour. That’s why she always comes up in google when you search thinx
http://hellogiggles.com/mila-kunis-talks-period-underwear/
Oh Lord!
Do you work for the company? Yes! You area Scientist for them, aren’t you? LOL! Great response! 😉
Hahaha I know it seems like it, maybe because they are doing what my dream job is- designing things to really work for people. I think the difference between their undies and a pad is that their undies are full of science, not sciencefrom the 50s and cheap sorbents…. I believe in women designed product because they have felt all the stupid things you have. If it means someday I get to work there… Good for me! Right on! Things I already think would be handy: these built into a bridal spanks girdle because brides seem to always be on their period and will change into sexy underwear later but for the party they generally gear spanx or something like it… So that’s where I would start.
Actually, these are a great idea for those mid-life…surprises. When one “super plus” won’t get you halfway through your commute, this might be a bit better than “wear black pants and pray.”
My word these are ….um…. interesting! I don’t think I could even try these they just a little to far. I’ll stick to tampons thank you ?
You and me both sista’. Out over everything that needs improved, they pick this as their “invention”?
I could give them a long list of things to invent like pants that don’t ride up and give you a wedgie – if they wants to stay in the pant improvement arena ?
WTF is all I can think of something like that. But then I remember, I don’t have to worry about that kind of stuff anymore.
Not sure if anyone posted something similar already in the comments (too many for me to read through, sorry, not sorry), but I watch this YouTube channel and this girl covered these in great detail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTuaYQjWA4
Check it out if you wish. It answers a lot of your questions.
And no, I would never use them.
Thank you! I’ll see if it’s one of the reviews I watched already.
LOL, Nope I haven’t tried them. But, I agree with you…who measures how much blood their tampons hold.
you clearly have to be an odd bird in order to do something like that. these are just odd all the way around.
Yep, and I ain’t that curious.