WUKA Stretch™ High Waist Super Heavy

So I have always used sanitary towels only. Thought I would give these a go as they looked like they would be comfortable. Have always been paranoid about leaking so was a big step. Can honestly say these are the best thing I have ever bought and I wish these were around when I was younger. I would say I have a medium to heavy flow, they didn’t leak at all. They hold so much. And the biggest thing for me was that o was so much more comfortable wearing them. They came and I thought oh my goodness I will never fit in these but they are ridiculously stretchy. However they still hold you nicely and don’t seem to loose their firmness. They wash well and then I hang to dry as recommended. I can honestly say I have been as impressed with anything in a long time. I have since bought more and will 100% never be going back to sanitary towels. Literally a game changer!

These are the comfiest pants I have owned.. no leaks at all and I suffer from super heavy periods which gives me confidence to go about my day. No VPL, the fabric is lovely and silky which feels great!

I can use up to 4 pairs of Wuka in a day and washing them is no problem.. I use a fast spin and shake them out the pad is flat, if I’m drying inside it usually takes about 24/36 hours to complete but much faster on the line!

My only gripe is that the pad does not go all the way up the on back of the pant and the risk of a leak if I slept on my back would be a real worry for me so they will only be used for day time use, which is a shame considering the price! But because they are so comfortable I still think they deserve a 5/5

I've always used pads and hated how they'd move about when I slept. I have regular-heavy periods but I tend to use super heavy just for peace of mind. (I don't use tampons so this is fine for me.)

These are my first period pants and wish I'd had these years ago! I have 13 pairs to see me through a week of period and they're an absolute dream. I could only afford them with a discount code, but I think they were worth the cost in the end.

There are a couple of cons: they last about 48 washes but after that, I have no idea how I can recycle them and I don't think that really is very sustainable in the long term. It makes them better than disposables but I still have about 15 years of periods ahead of me so that's a lot of money for me on something with a finite lifespan. It's about £900 to continue using these pants for the rest of my period years compared to about £540 for disposable options. It's not clear what I can do with the pants once they stop working, so I'm not thrilled by the prospect of binning them every four years.

The non-pad bit does feel a bit flimsy so I'm not sure they'd last beyond the 48 washes really. For me that's about four years of wear. (1 wash and wear a month x 12 months x 4 years). I try to buy clothes I know will last a very, very long time so this is a bit of a problem for me.

They're also so absorbent they take ages to wash if you can't dry them on a line (even over radiator) and you can't spin them on full whack because the internal stitching which keeps the pad in place looks very delicate. I find I'm having to do lots of wringing out, squishing into towels and lower intensity spins which take ages. I know that on wet summer days when my radiators won't be on and I can't use a line, this is going to be a faff and they're going to take a long time to dry.

They're also all black gussets so I'm never sure if my period is over or not or if they're really clean.

Despite all of the above, I really do recommend them. They don't smell, they stay in place, they're very comfy, they're very absorbent, I don't have to work out which absorbency I need, I only need to change them once in the day and once in the night, they aren't too bulky, they look fine, I can put them on and forget about them, I don't have to worry about running out of pads, they don't have weird blue gel or silver or anything funny in them.