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Charcoal Reusable Panty Liners

Turn the Extended Liner over in your hand and you’ll find two very different sides. The soft, dark one is bamboo charcoal, and it goes against you. Spotting and everyday discharge don’t show on it the way they do on a white liner. Flip it and you’re looking at a waterproof back, with wings that snap shut around your underwear. Each one is 6.3 by 8.7 inches and holds about 2 tampons’ or disposable liners’ worth. A rinse takes about 45 seconds, and it lasts 5+ years.

What the dark side does, and what it doesn’t

It hides stains. A white liner ends up carrying a faint record of every light day you’ve worn it through, and this one doesn’t show them. That’s the reason to choose it.

Here’s what we won’t say. Plenty of charcoal pads promise that the charcoal makes smells disappear, but we’ve never tested ours for that, so we don’t claim it. Smell is handled the ordinary way: change the liner when it feels damp, and give it a cold rinse once it’s off. If you want more on that, read our guide to getting smell out of reusable pads.

Dark side or light side?

You can’t read color on a dark liner. For most people that’s the point. If you keep an eye on your discharge, though, or you’re tracking spotting between periods, you’ll want to see what’s there, and the 7-inch Liner with its light side does that. It’s also wider, which helps when leaks reach the edges of your underwear. The Extended Liner is narrower and longer, so it covers more from front to back.

People often ask whether our Black Liners Set is the same thing. It isn’t. That set is black on the outside only, and the side that touches you is light, so stains show on it.

Which side goes up?

Dark side against your body. The waterproof side lies on your underwear, and the wings fold under and snap together.

For heavier days

On days when a liner won’t be enough, the Super Pad also has a dark absorbent side, and it holds about 4 tampons’ or disposable pads’ worth.