According to news on the afternoon of November 6, recently, a blogger launched a "sanitary napkin measurement" activity to encourage girls to measure the length of sanitary napkins of their own sanitary napkin brands. According to statistics, the girls' measurements cover almost all domestic sanitary napkin brands on the market. Except for a few panty pads and old sanitary napkins that are inherently short, most of the sanitary napkins' marked lengths are 10mm-20mm short of the actual measured length, and the most missing lengths are as high as 50mm or more.
Among them, many products including Sophie, Kotex, Hushubao, Jieting, Seven Dimensions and other top brands have obvious discrepancies between the marked length and the actual length. For example, the Hushu Baoyun sense cotton (cotton-free head version) has a marked length of 284mm, but the actual measured cotton length is only 226mm, a difference of 58mm; the Sophie elastic close-fitting 230mm version, the actual measured length is only 190mm, a difference of 40mm from the marked size... After the relevant measurement results were announced, topics related to "false sanitary napkin length" quickly appeared on Weibo hot searches, attracting widespread attention.
In this regard, Sina Finance sought verification from multiple sanitary napkin brands such as Sophie, Kotex, Hushubao, and Seven Dimensions on the relevant situation and obtained responses from relevant brands.
Sophie sanitary napkins' official customer service responded: "The products are produced in strict accordance with the national standard GB/T8939, and the width and length of the products have corresponding production standards. There may be slight differences due to different batch production sites, but this is normal. Everything within the range is qualified and does not affect use."
The official customer service of Kotex sanitary napkins responded: "There is no specific value for the actual length of sanitary napkins. Fixed molds are used to produce products with regular sizes, and they are produced on fully automated assembly lines. The size fluctuations are much lower than international ones. Internationally, fluctuations are allowed and do not affect use. They comply with national health and safety certification. Thank you for your support for the product."
The official customer service of Seven Degree Space responded: "The dimensions of our products are strictly controlled and measured in accordance with national standards. The products are laid flat on the inspection table and measured with a qualified steel ruler certified by a third party. If you want to know the actual size of the product, you can send the product back to our company for inspection by professionals at the inspection center, and you can take a video of the entire process."
Regarding the Hushubao cloud-sense cotton (head version) sanitary napkin with the most obvious size difference in this measurement, Hushubao responded: "The cotton length is not specifically measured, but it complies with national standards and does not affect the feeling of use."