Bonds Action Brief

Cheap overseas products means poor quality goods! – Where do we start ? Let's get rid of manufacturing clothes in Australia - and use overseas countries like China and India - where it will be cheaper for us. Right ? Wrong ! Cheap usually means poor quality and thats what you get with today's Men's Bonds Underwear and Anko Hankies. The owners of Bonds can say whatever they want, to prove that using China for Bonds Underwear is a winner for Australia. However, look at the photo attached. The bigger underwear is my partner's old underwear for a regular size man, the smaller underwear (same size) is the new Bonds range for men. It looks like they're saving money by using a lot less material! If anyone thinks that they are comparable, they need glasses. If you want your circulation cut off at the waist (the elastic is super tight), buy Bonds Underwear. If you want chaffing around the genital area, buy Bonds Underwear. If you want to accumulate sweat and generate unwanted heat below the waist, buy Bonds Underwear. Only a 12 year old boy (before puberty) could fit into the 'Large' size of Bonds Underwear. Absolutely ridiculous. So it's not cheap, if you then have to buy a larger size in underwear to replace the inadequate ones that you bought previously.

And just for extra measure we bought some much needed men's hankies. These ones belong to Anko. Again, an overseas country like India or Bangladesh make this product. Please see photo attached. Poor stitching around the edges means these hankies will fray from the first use. And the material quality is also poor, very thin. And there was a strange smell when we opened the package for the first time, which made us want to wash them before use... Again, not cheap if you have to buy another lot of better-made hankies to replace the 'about to fray' ones that you previously bought.

And in today's age, where the western world is constantly talking about their 'carbon footprint', how does it make any sense to have planes or ships transport clothing items from China or India to Australia. So when companies like Kmart, Target, Big W and countless others brag about their 'carbon neutral status', they need to be strongly reminded that producing items overseas count for their carbon footprint...