Comparing organic cotton cloth pads with our bamboo charcoal Eco Pads? You're not alone. We make two separate cloth pad ranges, and each one does a slightly different job. Good news: both are reusable choices. The difference comes down to feel, absorbency and how you like to manage your flow, not one being better.
Our Eco Pads all have a bamboo charcoal StayDry topper. It wicks moisture away from the surface, so it feels drier when you wear it. Eco Pads are our most absorbent cloth pads, and the size you choose sets how much they hold:
Eco Pads come in mixed prints, and every pack comes with a wet bag. Browse them all in our Eco Pad Packs, including the Eco Liner Pack ($54), Eco Pad Regular Pack ($59) and Eco Pad Overnight Pack ($62).
Our organic cotton cloth pads are a separate range, made in a lighter, natural fabric. They're purer through the middle layers too. They still have a TPU backing to stop leaks, but it's lined in cotton. So the outside has a soft cotton feel, rather than the shiny plastic feel of a nappy shell. The inner fabric is super breathable and natural.
They come in three sizes and five colours: bottle green, coral, light pink, lemon and natural.
Each pack comes with a wet bag. Keep in mind they hold less than our Eco Pads, so they suit lighter to moderate days best.
The lighter cotton fabric shows your flow clearly, which makes these pads ideal if you like to track your cycle. The trade-off is that blood marks are harder to get out, even when you rinse thoroughly and wash in cold. A bar of tallow soap or Sunlight soap rubbed into the mark before washing can help lift it.
Ask yourself a few honest questions:
Plenty of our customers use both. They choose organic cotton for lighter days and tracking, and bamboo charcoal Eco Pads for heavier days or overnight. Your collection doesn't need to match, and mixing ranges lets you build a set that suits how your cycle changes across the month.
Both ranges are made to be washed and reused for years. Here's all they need:
For the organic cotton range, rub tallow soap or Sunlight soap into any marks before you wash.
New to cloth pads? Our Eco Pad Cycle Starter Pack ($99) gives you 9 bamboo charcoal Eco Pads across three sizes, plus a wet bag.
You can't make a wrong choice here. Both ranges give you a reliable, reusable alternative to single-use pads. Choose Eco Pads for absorbency and a drier feel, and organic cotton for a light, natural fabric that shows your flow. Still torn? Start with one pack of each, wear them for a cycle, and see what feels right. Find your perfect cloth pad.
Eco Period Team x
