The relationship between the wet comfort of small disposable incontinence pads and their absorption capacity and rewet properties is studied by asking twenty lightly in continent women to test a range of experimental pads. In Experiment 1, testers use a random mix of three pad variants, log the time at which they put on and take off each pad, and score it for leakage performance, wet comfort, and absorbence using a three point scale ( Good, OK, Poor). Used pads are weighed and pad performance is studied as a function of urine weight, wear time, and put-on time. In Experiment 2, testers are asked to compare the overall performance and leakage performance of different pairs of pad variants, having used each for a week. As expected, pads with high absorption capacity and low rewet work best, but differences are smaller than conventional wisdom would have predicted and often fail to reach statistical significance.
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