Comfort, Period. Women's Boxer Briefs Period Underwear Super Leaks 2-Pack vs Rubylove First Period Kit +teen Period Underwear: which is safer?

Rubylove First Period Kit +teen Period Underwear is the clear pick. Comfort, Period. Women's Boxer Briefs Period Underwear Super Leaks 2-Pack carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Hanes

Comfort, Period. Women's Boxer Briefs Period Underwear Super Leaks 2-Pack

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 17/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Cotton blend with applied water-repellent and stain-resistant finish

Confidence

35%

PossibleUndisclosed water-repellent and stain-resistant finish chemistry

PossibleSkin irritation from finish residue or degradation products

Our pick

Rubylove First Period Kit +teen Period Underwear

Ruby Love

Rubylove First Period Kit +teen Period Underwear

PFAS grade

Excellent 100/100

Overall grade

Excellent 92/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

organic cotton, waterproof backing layer

Confidence

82%

PossibleCoating degradation and microparticle shedding

PossibleBacterial or fungal growth if improperly stored

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Undisclosed water-repellent and stain-resistant finish chemistry and Skin irritation from finish residue or degradation products on the Hanes and not on the Ruby Love.
  • We flag Coating degradation and microparticle shedding and Bacterial or fungal growth if improperly stored on the Ruby Love and not on the Hanes.
  • The Hanes is Cotton blend with applied water-repellent and stain-resistant finish where the Ruby Love is organic cotton, waterproof backing layer, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 75 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Ruby Love is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Hanes grade, at 35% confidence against 82%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →

More period underwear, see the full ranking