Rubylove First Period Kit +teen Period Underwear vs Intimates & Sleepwear Thinx for All Women's Period Underwear: which is safer?

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

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

Thinx Intimates & Sleepwear Thinx for All Women's Period Underwear

Thinx

Intimates & Sleepwear Thinx for All Women's Period Underwear

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 0/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 5

Material

Nylon, spandex, cotton blend with waterproof barrier layer

Confidence

55%

LikelyPFAS in waterproof barrier (fluorinated coating chemistry unknown)

PossibleAzo dyes in synthetic fibers

PossibleMicroplastics from synthetic fiber shedding

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Coating degradation and microparticle shedding and Bacterial or fungal growth if improperly stored on the Ruby Love and not on the Thinx.
  • We flag PFAS in waterproof barrier (fluorinated coating chemistry unknown), Azo dyes in synthetic fibers, Microplastics from synthetic fiber shedding and Coating adhesion and leaching as barrier degrades on the Thinx and not on the Ruby Love.
  • The Ruby Love is organic cotton, waterproof backing layer where the Thinx is Nylon, spandex, cotton blend with waterproof barrier 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 55% 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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