Personal Care Pads 13.5" x 6.5", 96/Case vs Select Ultra Underpad 36" X 36": which is safer?

Tranquility Personal Care Pads 13.5" x 6.5", 96/Case is the clear pick. Tranquility Select Ultra Underpad 36" X 36" carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.

Our pick

Tranquility Personal Care Pads 13.5" x 6.5", 96/Case

Tranquility

Personal Care Pads 13.5" x 6.5", 96/Case

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Good 62/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Cellulose, wood pulp, absorbent core, adhesives

Confidence

72%

PossibleChlorine residues from bleaching

PossibleBacterial growth and contamination during storage or use

Tranquility Select Ultra Underpad 36" X 36"

Tranquility

Select Ultra Underpad 36" X 36"

PFAS grade

Poor 25/100

Overall grade

Bad 13/100

Verdict

Skip

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

Cellulose core with plastic backing/waterproof coating

Confidence

45%

PossibleWaterproof coating composition (polymer/coating hazard)

PossibleCoating degradation and microplastic/leachate release

PossibleIncineration or disposal byproducts (if burned improperly)

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Chlorine residues from bleaching and Bacterial growth and contamination during storage or use on the Tranquility and not on the Tranquility.
  • We flag Waterproof coating composition (polymer/coating hazard), Coating degradation and microplastic/leachate release and Incineration or disposal byproducts (if burned improperly) on the Tranquility and not on the Tranquility.
  • The Tranquility is Cellulose, wood pulp, absorbent core, adhesives where the Tranquility is Cellulose core with plastic backing/waterproof coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • The gap is 45 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Tranquility is the one to buy.
  • We are less certain about the Tranquility grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.

Both products run through the same public rubric: 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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