Cheap Sanitary Products

007RP

I just heard yesterday about reusable pads from a friend - will investigate - have to think about practicalities of using them at work.
I buy towels in Savers - 89 pence for 10 Nighttime Bodyforms - cheapest I have found in the high street. I stock up for my daughter and I.

EssexHebridean

No idea whether it's already been mentioned - but Aldi Lunex tampons are every bit as good as Tesco own brand - which are in turn IMO better than Tampax. The Aldi ones come in regular, super and Super+ too.  69p a box which is a substantial saving. Aldi also do excellent Panty Liners - a match for Carefree - 49p a box. 

@007RP Good tip on looking in Savers for Bodyform towels - I've not found any own-brand alternative to be as good as those yet and my previous cheapest was the "2 for £1.90" offer that Tesco often run. 

BFem

MSE_Callum said:

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Thanks folks,

Shocked to see the term 'sanitary' being used to describe menstrual/period products in 2021 by money saving expert.

Using this term is stigmatising as it suggests that periods are dirty and unclean which is not the case. Menstruating people should not have to deal with this stigma and ignorant beliefs, which is reinforced (albeit not so much as it used to be) by this kind of language.

This needs to be considered and changed.

How can I make this point to Money saving expert teams and get them to notice without resorting to Twitter? 

p00hsticks

BFem said:

MSE_Callum said:

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Thanks folks,

Shocked to see the term 'sanitary' being used to describe menstrual/period products in 2021 by money saving expert.

They haven't - for some reason you've chosen to resurrect a thread that's nearly three years old

Pollycat

BFem said:

Shocked to see the term 'sanitary' being used to describe menstrual/period products in 2021 by money saving expert.

Using this term is stigmatising as it suggests that periods are dirty and unclean which is not the case. Menstruating people should not have to deal with this stigma and ignorant beliefs, which is reinforced (albeit not so much as it used to be) by this kind of language.

This needs to be considered and changed.

How can I make this point to Money saving expert teams and get them to notice without resorting to Twitter? 

Boots refer to them as sanitary products.

Superdrug refer to them as sanitary products.

Even GOV.UK refer to them as sanitary products:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/tampon-tax-abolished-from-today

As do 'save the student':

https://www.savethestudent.org/save-money/health/save-money-on-sanitary-products.html

And good old BBC too (although this article is 6  months old):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-53236870

I guess you could contact the originator of this thread by sending a private message and requesting a change of terminology.

ipp123

Nothing has been said about incontinence products, yet so many of us older people need them. :-(

Pollycat

ipp123 said:

Nothing has been said about incontinence products, yet so many of us older people need them. :-(

Incontinence has been mentioned in this thread.

Hasbeen

BFem said:

MSE_Callum said:

Hi!

This is the discussion thread for the

Cheap Sanitary Products guide.

Click reply below to discuss. If you haven't already, join the forum to reply.


Thanks folks,

Shocked to see the term 'sanitary' being used to describe menstrual/period products in 2021 by money saving expert.

Using this term is stigmatising as it suggests that periods are dirty and unclean which is not the case. Menstruating people should not have to deal with this stigma and ignorant beliefs, which is reinforced (albeit not so much as it used to be) by this kind of language.

This needs to be considered and changed.

How can I make this point to Money saving expert teams and get them to notice without resorting to Twitter? 

Shocked to see that you have posted an old thread from way back in Feb 2018. So not 2021.  LOL.    But good try.

They are free in scotland 

Period poverty: MSPs back plans for free sanitary products - BBC News

If you want everyone to start calling them with a different name there is a forum for attempting that: Campaigns Corner

unforeseen

There are already other names for them. Unfortunately none of them are polite enough to be said in public. 

slenderkitten

donnac2558 said:

Okay, sorry but I am going to give TMI

Trying to use none applicator tampons when you are bleeding like a stuck pig. PMLS. Forget it.

I was one of those people with very heavy periods so Super Plus Tampon, with a Super pad. If out and about I actually had to use the disabled toilet as the blood on my hands etc looked like I had murdered someone. The cheap own brand products just did not cut it at all!

The simple case of one size does not fit all when it comes to sanity products and cheaper does not work out as money saving.

I have heavy periods too, abnormal i take tranexamic acid as i can literally bleed out handsful in mins. Even the supers in always were not enough until i take this drug which sorts the problem.  I have also found that if i eat too much sugary products it will make my periods heavier, i'm not diabetic.  So my issue could be more dietry. I would mostly use always or bodyform as my second choice.