[2] The company's cloth pads are machine-washable and made from soft cotton flannel that folds and snaps around underwear.
[10] In 2013 Puhl was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Oregon and Southwest Washington by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
[10][9] Typical annual expenditures on disposable menstrual products were US$60 (equivalent to $109.74 in 2023) in 1999; GladRags and Natracare are among the reusable brands recommended for cost-conscious consumers.
[14] Products like GladRags, menstrual cups, and natural sea-sponge tampons are all marketed to self-described "conscientious" female consumers.
[15] Followers of the zero waste movement may use reusable-pad brands like GladRags, potentially in combination with reusable period underwear, reusable period cups or discs, and/or compostable sponge tampons.