GladRags Reusable Cloth Night Pad (1-Pack) - 100% Cotton Reusable Menstrual Pad, Washable Absorbent Overnight Pad, Heavy Flow Period Pads, Customizable Absorbency, Washing Machine Safe

Not completely, but almost.When my cousin first told me about these, I was pretty skeptical. It seemed so ... unhygienic. But after thinking about it for a while, I realized that when I had a leak during my period while I was still using disposables, I didn't throw my underwear away. I soaked them, washed them, and wore them again. This is really no different.The next problem was how to deal with the used pads. I can't be doing laundry every three hours after all. With disposables the problem is simple (if smelly) -- wear 'em, toss 'em, forget about them, take out a mountain of trash from your bathroom when your period is done (or when the smell gets to you).With Glad Rags, dealing with a used pad is a matter of finding a system that works for you. For me, that meant having a place that wasn't my bathroom sink to soak the pads in until it was time to do laundry. I purchased an enamel soaking pot, some BioKleen Bac-Out Stain Remover, and two mesh laundry bags (one for the GladRags in the wash and one for the next set that needed to go in), and I was ready to go.Now that I've been using Gladrags for several months, I thought I'd report back by commenting on the claims on the GladRags box.1) Recommended for women with sensitivities. True. Glad Rags are extremely comfortable - dare I say luxurious? - to wear throughout the entire cycle (and mine are on the longer side, so that's really saying something).2) Environmentally sustainable. True. It feels slightly bizarre to go through an entire period without generating any trash, but now that the mountain of stinkiness is out of my life, I never want it back.3) Discreet to use away from home. True. The Glad Rags carry bags have two parts: The outer bag and an inner liner for stashing the used rags. I typically only carry one rag at a time out in the world, but if you needed to carry multiples, you could carry both clean and used rags without getting the clean ones dirty.4) Will it leak? They say no. My experience says yes. However... I have very heavy flows and disposables leaked on me all the time too. So I'd say no worse than disposables on this one. More experimentation is needed to come up with a perfect system, but for now I've minimized the damage by using the night rags as day rags on my heavy flow days and changing them out a lot more than I want to. (I have always needed longer disposables to catch everything, so I never bought the regular day pads from GladRags at all, but instead purchased the extra long day pads -- which I think may be only available from the GladRags site.)5) Will they stain? For the dark rags, this is a non-issue. If they're too dark for the blood to show when you're using them, they are too dark for any stains to matter. As for the light ones, as long as you rinse them before soaking them, they don't seem to stain. But if you were to get lazy one night and just pop them in to soak, well... let's just say your light pads are not going to look as pretty the next time you wear them.6) Won't they smell? No. They really don't. For one, that mountain of smelly trash in your bathroom will be replaced by a discreet little blue pot filled with water with--if you use Bac-Out--a pleasant lime scent. For another, the pads themselves are terry cloth and as long as you change them out regularly, don't acquire an odor while you are wearing them. While you're transitioning from disposables to Glad Rags, you'll have plenty of opportunity to notice that the smell of the disposables is MUCH worse, ALL the time.Finally two comments on cost and size:1) This is an expensive system to set up. No doubt about it. Some of the other reviewers have recommended buying a few at a time, maybe one or two new ones a month and ramping up. I did that, and a nice side benefit of this system was that I was able to work out over time the sizes that work best for me without spending too much extra money on the sizes that don't (for example, once I realized I needed to use the night pads on my heavy days, I stopped buying the extra long day pads and instead focused on stocking up on the night pads). Also, after six months of use, my original pads look as good as my new ones, which makes me fairly confident in saying that these babies will last for years of use.2) Size: If you use both liners in your day pads, they will feel super bulky. However, I've found over time that by the time I've soaked through the outer liner and the first of the two inside liners, I REALLY want to change my pads (honestly, sometimes I don't even make it that long and change once the outer liner is used up). So I never use both liners on the day pads anyway. With one outer and one inner liner, the bulk is manageable. I do use both liners on the night pads, but that's because they are super short compared to the length of the pad itself (even if you swap in the liners from your extra-long day pads), so to feel like I am getting enough protection, I stagger my liners (pulling one up a bit to the top of the liner pocket and the other down a bit below it), so that instead of two relatively short liners concentrated on the middle of the pad, I have one super long inner liner. Again, this helps with both bulk and coverage.All in all, I find using GladRags to be MUCH less disgusting than using disposables.

Wow, this pad is enormous! Lol. The liner is really long, and it comes with two pads to be inserted into this nighttime liner (same size as the Glad Rag day pads): if you use both of the day-size pads in the nighttime liner, you will definitely be protected through the night -- a normal 6- 8-hour night, with a heavy flow. I ordered two sets, got two different patterns, which I like. These are very absorbent, soft, breathable, and they stay put. Use larger underwear (good ole granny panties) because the pad/liner will stay put better and the liner won't be peaking out from your undies! If you wear normal bikini type undies, the liner will be peaking out of the front and back -- that is how large this thing is. That's a good thing, though -- for overnight, especially on heavy days/nights, you want your protection big. I use these as back up for my Diva cup -- even though my Diva cup has been working perfectly, on the weekend I tend to sleep in -- 10, 12 hours sometimes -- and my cup overflows during my 2 heavy day/nights if I sleep that long, so I really need a ginormous overnight pad. This does the trick. The price is great, especially compared to the price of other reusable cloth pads. Btw, in case you are new to this whole reusable pad/cup thing: if you are going to use reusable pads exclusively (no tampon or cup), you should have 2 or 3 nighttime pads, 4 or 5 daytime pads (about 8, if you don't want to do laundry very often), and several panty liner--sized pads, too, for the light days and the days leading up to your period when you don't know exactly when it's coming, and the days after when you're not sure if it's really gone. Not sure if Glad Rag does liner-sized pads, but if not, Charlie Banana does, and they are really inexpensive, comfortable, and dependable. For day and nighttime pads, Glad Rag brand is the least expensive brand and superior quality. Sorry to go on and on, it's just that I'm so happy to not be dealing with disposable pads and tampons anymore that I have to tell you that you really won't regret using these -- I was totally the most skeptical person about reusable cloth pads and cups, and I'm so happy I got over that -- I'm never going back to disposables. Go for it -- Glad Rag products (and Charlie Banana) are awesome (I have four sets of their cloth pads now, and I'll probably get more). If you are willing to spend just a little bit more money and take a chance outside of Amazon, Talula Bean (google it) has pretty good prices, amazing pads and patterns for the pads, and other period accessories, including "starter sets." I think those are a great deal, too. ;)

Not the biggest deal, but I didn't get a “sage” colored one, as per my order. --It was a cute sort of childish deer pattern instead.For a nighttime pad, the pad itself is designed rather efficiently for my concerns. At first I thought it was overly huge, but then got use to the extra material...it does give some additional reassurance for heavier nights. It also took me some observation to notice the “liner” actually goes between the underside of the pad and your panties.The added liner is smaller than expected for a nighttime product...about the size of an actual panty liner. I ended up using a WillowPads brand long liner instead.The product works, but I can see where some would have issues. This hasn't been my favorite design for a re-useable product, but it is better than using disposables. Out of the brands I've tried (including mama cloth, willowpads & imse vimse), glad rags is the hardest to get the stains out of.Regardless of the cons I noticed, I still felt fresher and more comfortable in this nighttime pad, than I did with a disposable one.