Cloth Pads are a washable and reusable alternative to disposable menstrual or incontinence pads.  Worn in the underpants just like you would a normal disposable pad.  With fabrics like ultra soft and luscious velours, or funky printed cottons, Cloth Pads are not only a practical and eco-friendly product, but also more enjoyable to wear than […]

It’s a question I’m sure most people have wondered about. You can go to a fabric store and buy a whole metre/yard of fabric for cheaper than you can buy 1 pad for, so what are you paying for? and why do some pads cost more than others when they seem to be the same? […]

This question comes up a lot. Its natural…..most of us what to spend the least amount of money we can, but the cost of an item and it’s value for money can be different things. “Cost” is simple. it’s how much something costs you to buy. “as little as possible” is probably what most people […]

Wearing a cloth pad is almost the same as wearing disposable pads. The only difference is that a disposable pad has a sticky strip that you use to stick the pad to the fabric of your underpants, and sticks the wings together to keep them closed. With a cloth pad, the wings fasten together with […]

This can be another confusing aspect of cloth pads…. “bamboo – isn’t that like making a pad of sticks”….. What is “PUL?”. Here is a brief rundown on some commonly used fabrics. Bamboo This is a fairly new fabric on the market (compared to the others). You may find it hard to believe bamboo canes […]

The most common style of cloth pad is the “AIO” – however we do have other styles of pad available. This gives a brief explanation of what these more common types of pad are, and what they might be useful for. Pantyliners These are generally smaller cloth pads, with lighter absorbency. These might be used […]

Different pads come in different absorbencies, different styles and different fabrics. The absorbencies and fabrics one brand uses may be different to that which another brand uses. To help make it easier for you while shopping on Cloth Pad Shop, we have an agreed absorbency standard among our vendors and we have absorbency-based product categories […]

If you’re going on holidays, and want to still use your reusable products, here are some ideas of how to deal with this. What products you use and how well you’ll be able to cope using them away from home, will depend on where you are going, for how long and also if you’re used […]

“Mama Pads” and “Mama Cloth” are 2 common names some people use for cloth menstrual pads. Others include “Moon Rags”, “Moon Pads”, “Rags”, “Cloth San-Pro”, “Mama Fluff” and “RUMPS”. You wouldn’t think such a small little name could cause a problem, but it does. There is a bit of a love/hate relationship with the term […]

In many parts of the world women are literally too poor to buy menstrual products – if they even have access to them (many do not). They include young women in orphanages (often orphaned as a result of war, or diseases such as AIDS) and women in remote villages. This has been recently highlighted in […]