Wuka Period Pants Review – Are They Good?

Are you curious about period pants? I’ve put together this Wuka period pants review because period pants can be quite expensive and (like I was) you might be unsure whether to try them out yourself.

I was considering buying period pants for a long time, I didn’t want to buy them and then not like them. Perhaps you’re concerned about this yourself..

I have heard a lot of great reviews about period pants recently so I decided to take the risk and try them out myself.

I will go through everything that you need to know about period pants and that should help you decide if you want to try them out yourself.

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Why Period Pants

You might be wondering why period pants anyway?

There’s a huge environmental issue with disposable tampons and pads.

It’s estimated that approximately 12 billion disposable pads and 7 billion tampons are thrown away in the US every year. This is so much waste! Because the disposable pads and tampons are essentially made from plastic, they take years to decompose as well.

I should also mention that even though people are advised not to flush pads or tampons, they still do and this causes so many issues by clogging up sewage systems.

Tampons are the 5th most washed up item on Britains beaches, which is shocking!

There’s also some health concerns with tampons and sanitary pads too, it’s estimated that a pack of tampons contains 3 to 4 plastic bags worth of plastic! Plus the bleached and dyed cotton that is used in sanitary pads and tampons as well.

“Not to be all hippie dippy but it’s wild that we spray cotton with pesticides to keep up with demand but then shove that cotton up our vaginas”

Chrissy Teigen

There are a lot of sustainable options for periods available. There’s menstrual cups, cloth pads and period pants. It’s estimated that you could save £2000 from switching from disposable products to the reusable alternatives because a lot of the reusable products last about 10 years.

Why Period Pads Though?

You might be wondering why period pants specifically..

“What are period pants? WUKA Period Pants are underwear that fully absorbs your period and doesn’t let it leak, so you can wave goodbye to disposable pads and tampons!”

Wuka

I have been using reusable period products for many years, although only recently added the period pants to my collection.

Menstrual cups are great! Particularly if you have a heavy period and they are the closest to tampons (although they do sit much lower than a tampon).

However, I have the contraceptive coil and since having this fitted, my periods have been much lighter.

This is why I had been using cloth pads only during my menstrual cycle, until I bought the period pants.

The problem with cloth sanitary pads is that they can be a bit bulky and they do sometimes shift around if you’re doing exercise or just going about your day.

This is where period pads can be a good alternative, they’re not bulky so you can wear them with active wear and not worry that they’re visible.

There is also a huge variety of different styles and flows available to choose from, even if you have a particularly heavy period.

About Wuka

Wuka was founded in 2017 as a female led start up and they’re the UK’s first ever period pant brand.

“When studying for my Environmental Science degree, I discovered that more than 200,000 tonnes of tampons and pads were sent to UK landfills every year, contributing to the mounting tide of plastic pollution. This was my ‘lightbulb moment’. I knew something had to change about the way we handled menstruation.” – Ruby Raut, Founder & CEO

Wuka actually stands for Wake Up Kick Ass, which I didn’t realise until recently. I love that!

Wuka make underwear and period pants from sustainable and responsibly sourced materials. They use GOTS organic cotton, tencel modal from sustainable beech trees and econyl made from plastic waste in the ocean.

On their website they state that a year’s worth of disposable menstrual products for one person produces 8.9kg of CO2, which is crazy! This means that there’s x6 less carbon when you choose period pants instead.

They don’t add any harmful chemicals to their period pants. They also send their period pants in a film made from corn starch, so it looks like plastic but it is in fact compostable and biodegradable.

They only stock black period pants to keep the amount of dye that they use to a minimum.

Wuka have given a lot back to Charities such as Kujuwa Initiative, Choose Love, Days For Girls and Mermaids. They’ve previously also given to a lot of other Charities and organisations such as NHS, City To Sea, Surfers Against Sewage and Freedom For Girls.

Their range is carbon neutral. They’re also a vegan and cruelty free brand which is registered with The Vegan Society and Peta.

You can download a PDF with their carbon footprint on their website here.

What I Like About Them

There’s so much that I like about Wuka but I’ll list some of the main things below:

• Commited to sustainability
• Sustainable fabrics
• Transparency on their website and sustainability reports
• Female led start up
• Giving back to charities
• Their mission to educate
• UK brand

How do Wuka compare to other Period pant brands.

Name	Style	Fabric	Flow	Quantity	Price
Wuka	Ultimate Midi brief	Tencel	Medium	1	£23.99
Fluxies	Essential Brief	Cotton	Moderate	1	£18.00
Modibodi	Classic Full Brief	Bamboo	Moderate – Heavy	1	£23
Thinx	Cotton Brief	Cotton	Moderate	1	£14.81
Bodyform	Bikini Basic	Polyester	Moderate	1	£24.99

Wuka have a lot of different styles available to choose from as well. Midi brief, Hipster, Bikini brief, High waist, Thong, Swimwear, Boxer short, Leggings, Overnight, Postpartum and Shorts.

There are also different flows..

So this is the amount that it will hold and you can wear them all day:

• Light – 7ml 1 tampons worth
• Medium – 15ml 3 tampons worth
• Heavy – 20ml 4 tampons worth
• Super Heavy – 60ml 12 tampons worth

Wuka Period Pants Review

Now I’ll get to my Wuka period pants review and give you my thoughts.

As I said I wasn’t sure whether to give period pants a try but I’m so glad I did!

I bought the Wuka Basics Thong & Hipster bundle. It includes a Thong light flow and Hipster medium flow made from BCI certified cotton. Currently priced at £24.

Full disclosure, I bought this bundle secondhand on Ebay and managed to get it much cheaper. I know that some people wouldn’t want to buy period pants used and that’s understandable. I just wanted to save money and try them out.

They do really work great! I can wear it all day and feel fully comfortable. I don’t even notice I’m wearing them to be honest.

It’s layered as well so it draws the blood away so you don’t feel it (which doesn’t happen with some cloth pads) and there’s no scent or leaking at all.

They have a size guide on their website. Before I bought the pants I did a bit of research and a lot of people were saying to go for a bigger size than you’d buy usually in underwear. Some people were saying to go up 2 sizes, if you’re not sure I would read some reviews to get an idea yourself.

I’m an 8-10 usually so would have bought their Small. Instead I went for Medium and I’m glad I did because they are a perfect fit.

Washing them is fairly simple as well, you just rinse them out in the sink or wherever you want and then when you next do a load of dark washing, wash at 30 – 40 degrees. Just don’t use fabric conditioner as that will effect the absorbency of the pants.

I do hope this Wuka period pants review has been helpful. I wanted to include as much information as possible so that you can decide if period pants are suitable for you or not.

There are so many more sustainable options to manage your period now, I’ve also written a guide to menstrual cups and cloth pads, if you wanted to read that next.

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