How do I find these amazing band-aids outside Germany?
October 30, 2016 2:03 PM Subscribe
I found the BEST BAND-AIDS in the world in a pharmacy in Germany. I bought 7 boxes of them, but now they are almost gone, and I want more!
They were 0.89 € for a box and are super soft/comfortable "sensitive skin" bandages. Unlike some other comfortable bandages, they also stay on super well and come off easily. I would love ideas for other similar products (if I could buy 200 for a reasonable price, it would be amazing), or how to get these magical band-aids from Germany to Canada.
This is the product I bought: Pflaster-Strips "sensitiv". It's a pharmacy store brand and the pharmacy doesn't ship bandages outside Germany. They also sell the same band-aids in the same pharmacy chain in Poland/Hungary/the Czech Republic. I live in Canada and I do not have any friends going to any of these places anytime soon, though.
This is the product I bought: Pflaster-Strips "sensitiv". It's a pharmacy store brand and the pharmacy doesn't ship bandages outside Germany. They also sell the same band-aids in the same pharmacy chain in Poland/Hungary/the Czech Republic. I live in Canada and I do not have any friends going to any of these places anytime soon, though.
I'd be happy to get those to you if you can't find a local alternative, although 200 boxes might be pushing it a bit (or do you mean 200 band-aids = 10 boxes?)
posted by Skybly at 2:39 PM on October 30, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Skybly at 2:39 PM on October 30, 2016 [2 favorites]
Best answer: FWIW, Elastoplast Canada has a "sensitive" variety.
Some years ago I bought a box of Elastoplasts that had crazy-comfy clear sticky bits and a thin hydrocolloid centre. They looked like this; apparently they are called Invisible Protection. I actually have a couple of these hoarded for special injuries because they were so miraculous, but now I'm having a terrible time finding a Canadian retailer with them, at least on-line? I...argh! Discontinued. But, something to look for imitations of if you want a first-rate bandage. (Here's the same kind albeit not in Canada.)
posted by kmennie at 2:53 PM on October 30, 2016
Some years ago I bought a box of Elastoplasts that had crazy-comfy clear sticky bits and a thin hydrocolloid centre. They looked like this; apparently they are called Invisible Protection. I actually have a couple of these hoarded for special injuries because they were so miraculous, but now I'm having a terrible time finding a Canadian retailer with them, at least on-line? I...argh! Discontinued. But, something to look for imitations of if you want a first-rate bandage. (Here's the same kind albeit not in Canada.)
posted by kmennie at 2:53 PM on October 30, 2016
Best answer: This looks like a store-brand version of Hansaplast sensitive, which I like and use. The brand seems to be called Elastoplast in Canada, so the ones kmennie mentions might be very similar to the German ones.
posted by amf at 3:31 PM on October 30, 2016
posted by amf at 3:31 PM on October 30, 2016
amazon.de has these hansaplast ones which look reasonably similar?
not sure what the shipping costs are as it wants me to log in to find out and i don't remember my amazon.de password. it's probably some dumb yiddish pun. i'm so mad at past me.
posted by poffin boffin at 3:31 PM on October 30, 2016
not sure what the shipping costs are as it wants me to log in to find out and i don't remember my amazon.de password. it's probably some dumb yiddish pun. i'm so mad at past me.
posted by poffin boffin at 3:31 PM on October 30, 2016
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posted by Room 641-A at 2:19 PM on October 30, 2016