There’s underwear with “technology” you can buy that lifts and accentuates your front, top, and rear. But there’s one thing that skivvies haven’t been able to do, and that’s preventing the whiff that emanates from your derrière. Yeah, let’s not dance around it, we’re talking about farts, okay? Thanks to a British inventor, Paul O’Leary, however, he’s using tech in his Shreddies undergarments to help keep your farts from polluting your immediate surroundings.

Available for men ($45) and women ($35), the Shreddies “flatulence filtering underwear” have activated carbon cloth (called Zorflex) sandwiched between layers of regular fabric. The specialty layer absorbs and traps the odor before it can make its way out into the open. “Previous research published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology found activated carbon underwear to be the most effective method of removing flatulence odors,” the company says. The underwear has gone through rigorous testing, and findings from research by De Montfort University were presented at the 86th Textile Institute World Conference; the fabric “was found to remove sulphide and ethyl mercaptan so effectively that it can filter odors 200 times the strength of the average flatus emission.” Shreddies says carbon cloth technology has been used before in chemical warfare suits, but its Zorflex technology has made it thin enough to be used in clothing, to fight a different kind of chemical warfare.

Shreddies doesn’t specialize in just flatulence control. It has a line of washable “incontinence underwear” made with a waterproof and breathable fabric designed to handle No. 1. We wouldn’t be surprised if they’re hard at work developing something to deal with No. 2. As for noise cancellation, Shreddies’ developers can’t help you there, but the folks atSaturday Night Live have some product suggestions (here and here) you could use.

(Via Fast Company)

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nwo you can feel free to shit your pants,

the feelin of bein free to fart is natural.

to have somethin that makes you feel free to fart

can only lead to some most embarrassin moments.

you know the ones...

Wouldn't it be simpler to eat more fiber, drink more water, and go to the toilet on a regular bases. If you're not full of it you shouldn't smell of it.

morningsong said:

Wouldn't it be simpler to eat more fiber, drink more water, and go to the toilet on a regular bases. If you're not full of it you shouldn't smell of it.

whut a concept, huh?

you either comfterble

or you need to work on the prollum...

I'd rather take probiotics, keep myself regular & do a healthy detox on occasion than store my stinkies in my underwear. Personal preference.

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ZombieKitten said:

If your flatulence is obnoxious you're eating all wrong. It's a sure sign of food intolerances.

or Ikea hot dogs

morningsong said:

Wouldn't it be simpler to eat more fiber, drink more water, and go to the toilet on a regular bases. If you're not full of it you shouldn't smell of it.

but then you wouldn't be American

Cinny said:

45 dolalrs for underwear the hide farts? i mean yeah farts are gross... but meh. Most of the time i think people can hold them in.

It's gross to say... but farting is actually healthy. That is if it's not obnoxious like Zombiekitten mentoned. Then your diet may just be shit

The guys i know who ate McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell etc. Everyday... 5-6 days a week in school. Whew

you know, when I'm home alone i have to sometimes and it often smells really bad. I cover my nose with my shirt.

Sometimes I think I already have a built in carbon filter because I can lay some asshole ripping farts that don't smell at all. They're just LOUD. One time it was so loud the cat jumped two feet straight up in the air. Funny as shit!

double post.

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Shyra said:

morningsong said:

Shyra said:

Sometimes I think I already have a built in carbon filter because I can lay some asshole ripping farts that don't smell at all. They're just LOUD. One time it was so loud the cat jumped two feet straight up in the air. Funny as shit!

cat thought it was the trumpets of the second coming?

Don't know what he thought, but he looked like the model for one of those Halloween cats. You know the one with the hunched back and fur standing on end.

ZombieKitten said:

If your flatulence is obnoxious you're eating all wrong. It's a sure sign of food intolerances.

Glad that the farting days are behind me now.

dJJ said:

dJJ said:

ZombieKitten said:

If your flatulence is obnoxious you're eating all wrong. It's a sure sign of food intolerances.

Glad that the farting days are behind me now.

i hadn't actually thought i'd be posting on this thread but yay gluten free!

XxAxX said:

dJJ said:

Glad that the farting days are behind me now.

i hadn't actually thought i'd be posting on this thread but yay gluten free!

it's amazing how little gas there is now!

ZombieKitten said:

XxAxX said:

i hadn't actually thought i'd be posting on this thread but yay gluten free!

it's amazing how little gas there is now!

We'r saving the planet, we are soooooo environmental friendly nowadays.