for All Women's Comfort Brief Leakproof Period Underwear vs Rubylove First Period Kit +teen Period Underwear: which is safer?

Rubylove First Period Kit +teen Period Underwear is the clear pick. Thinx for All Women's Comfort Brief Leakproof Period Underwear carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Thinx for All Women's Comfort Brief Leakproof Period Underwear

Thinx

for All Women's Comfort Brief Leakproof Period Underwear

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 21/100

Verdict

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Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

nylon/spandex blend with proprietary waterproof absorption layer

Confidence

42%

PossiblePFAS in waterproof treatment layer

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 PFAS in waterproof treatment layer on the Thinx 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 Thinx.
  • The Thinx is nylon/spandex blend with proprietary waterproof absorption layer 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 Thinx grade, at 42% 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 →

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