Everyone's disposable cost per month is different,

as well as everyone's cloth pad stash varies greatly in styles and cost so

the following formula is designed to calculate your personal savings.

Cloth pad life expectancy: 10 years.

HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR SAVINGS

     __________ Amount you spend/spent on disposable pads per month x 120

                         (12 months x 10 years)...at $5 per month the cost would be $600

   - __________ Total cloth purchase cost...usually $100 is a good estimate

  = __________ TOTAL SAVINGS OVER 10 YEARS...at the above estimates your

                          savings would be $500

You don’t even calculate in laundry costs because the pads just go in with whatever laundry you are currently doing so they piggy back on the cost you would already be putting out for laundry anyway.

If you haven't yet purchased your pad stash, the above formula can help give you an idea of what you would like to spend to get the greatest savings (just calculate in the cloth totals with the tentative totals you are looking at spending). It's a great way to help you set a cloth budget.

This is your savings in just 10 years.  The average woman menstruates for approximately 40 years.  Imagine how much you can save by switching to cloth permanently.  The sooner you switch, the more you’ll save!