We donate to many different organizations throughout the year. Here is a list of organizations we have donated to in 2023/24. If you would like a details (dates/amounts) please contact us. We don’t often advertise our donations as we are cautious about using them as a marketing tool, because that is not our intention behind donations, but are happy to share details upon request!

(click links to learn more about each organization)

Financial Contributions:

Crag Law Center - Monthly donations

Equitable Giving Circle - Monthly donations

Don’t Shoot PDX - Monthly donations

OPB - Monthly donations

MN Public Broadcating - Monthly donations

Black Resilience Fund

Portland Chapter NAACP

The Loveland Foundation

Black Girl Ventures

Fast Blackfeet

Mitakuye Foundation

St John's Center for Opportunity

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Atlanta

Whales of Guerrero

Taking Ownership

P:ear

The Trevor Project

Transition Projects

Oregon Culteral Trust

Domestic Violence Resource Center

Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO)

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF)

National Network of Abortions Funds

Product or in-kind donations:

Transition Projects

Human Solutions

Dress for Success of Oregon

Pixie Project

If you live in the Portland, Oregon area and are interested in modeling for us the best way to get in touch is to DM us via IG @thunderpantsusa, you can also email info@thunderpantsusa.com attn: Brooke.

We hire independent illustrators/surface designers to create unique prints for us. If you have experience in surface design, and are interested in designing a print for us, you can email info@thunderpantsusa.com attn: Brooke.

The label says wash cold and hang dry. That is the best way to care for cotton. Many people wash in warm and/or dry on low without issue. If you choose to do this you may get some fading in the prints (mostly the darker ones) as we use water-based dyes. PLEASE DO NOT WASH OR DRY ON HOT. Our cotton is sturdy, but the spandex might start to break down when hit with excessive heat. 

While we don’t require the factory to perform official audits, we are physically at the factory at least once a month picking up product. It’s only about 7 miles from our office and we have a very close working relationship with the owner and several employees. We have been in every part of the factory (it’s not very big), and can see our products being cut and sewn, so can be sure none of our production is outsourced. We are very proud to have found a factory to work with that shares our values and is so transparent. 

No, they are designed to sit in the natural crease of your leg, not below it. We find that our styles solve the issues that arise when wearing non-boyshorts (ie riding up, cutting into your leg, uncomfortable around your thighs). Our customers prefer wearing Thundies to other boyshort styles because they fix all those issues without the extra fabric. We are working on a more gender neutral short style.

Our Panel Pant styles come in both Original and Hipster versions but fit differently than the regular Original and Hispter style underwear. They are made with four panels, one front and back, and two side panels. This creates elegant style lines and is flattering on the body. The height of each stlye is the same, but the binding is significantly thinner! If you are used to the regualr, thicker binding, this thinner binding might feel tigher more constricting on your body. We would reccomend sizing up!

The two styles are exactly the same in every way except the hipster is shorter in the waist than the original. Those of us that have a bit of a tummy roll or need extra coverage in the back will want to choose the original style.

Many customers have both as the Original sits just below the belly button (higher waisted) and are great with tight or loose dresses (no seam showing at all) or with tights and leggings. The Hipster sits on your hips and are perfect for denim or any lower-waisted pant! 

That’s why we make Thunderpants with a decent amount of stretch so we can accommodate many different sizes and shapes. For the undies, the place they can feel a little tight is in the legs, so if you feel you are built bigger though the thighs definitely size up. If you like your undies snug and have leaner legs, go with the smaller size. Most of our customers are happier going up a size than down. In the other styles, you may opt to go down if you want a tighter feel or up if you want something loser. You may be able to wear either size because of the stretch, but prefer the fit of one over the other based on how you like your clothing to fit. 

Our underwear are designed to fit a woman’s body, but we have many satisfied customers who do not order along gender lines. We are also in the process of developing a gender neutral boxer style. 

Yes we did! We discontinued this style for two reasons: 1) because of on-going supply chain issues and price increases in both our fabric and manufacturing. We had to cut our less popular/more expensive styles or raise prices across all styles (the Men’s style was A LOT more expensive to produce than our other underwear styles). 2) We want to introduce a more gender neutral boxer and are working on that now. In the process of re-designing it to be comfortable on a wider variety of body types, we are also streamlining the design to be more viable to produce. We hope to launch the new style in the near future.

Yes we do! We make Camis, Bralettes, Leggings, Bike Shorts, and Kid's, and Swimwear.

Thunderpants fabric is machine washable but be sure to use cold water, no bleach and line dry (the fabric is sturdy and will survive drying in a machine, but may fade and/or pill a little bit. Do not dry on hot! They will probably wear a bit faster as well, but many of our customers chose to dry and they still last and feel great for a very long time.)

We use Fairtrade Certified Organic Cotton yarn for our bulk production to ensure that our fabric suppliers abide by the strict protocols required to achieve the certifications incorporating the International Labour Laws and Ethical Trading Initiative base code. You can read all about Fairtrade cotton standards here.

We use Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified cotton. Grown without the use of any synthetic chemicals such as fertilizers or pesticides and never uses GMO seeds, azo dyes, heavy metals, formaldehyde or chlorine.

Yes! The Thunderpants we sell are made in Portland, OR, USA. 

We try to make the color representation as close as possible but colors on screen can vary between computers.

All of our prints are limited edition and will sell out. If a print is very popular we may reprint or cycle it back in later with a color variation.

We add everything online as soon as we can - so keep checking in, sign up on our email list, and follow us on instagram to find out when new prints are coming. 

Yes! We offer a flat rate shipping to Canada and Mexico - you can find all the info here.

Currently, we have suspended shipping to Australia and Europe because USPS has halted shipping to these countries for the time being. We are able to ship via another carrier, but you will have to email us in order to get a quote - it will be a higher shipping charge than in the past.

Shipping is $4.95 flat rate per order or an option of $8.95 priority shipping. Shipping to Canada/Mexico is calculated at checkout. We offer Free shipping on purchases over $70 in the United States.

During sales, our shipping is $4.95 flat rate for all purchases.

From your purchase it will be 5-7 business days unless you select priority shipping. We usually fill the order within two days of receiving it.

Please email us as soon as you discover a mistake at info@thunderpantsusa.com and if we haven't shipped it yet we are able to change it for you.

If you have already received your order, please see our refunds and exchanges page.

Please note we cannot exchange or refund any item that is not in ‘mint’ condition i.e. unworn, unwashed and with it’s original packaging unless there was a defect. We do try to be accommodating, so feel free to email us with questions that are outside what our policy covers.

We use 100% recycled poly mailers to help close the loop and lower our carbon footprint. We know they can be difficult to recycle. Our amazing packaging patners Ecoecnlose have tips on recycling and a take back program.

Click here to visit their website.

1. Resuse them! They have a second sticky strip to be used again.

2. Recycle them at any thin film designated recucling bin near you.

3. Mail them back to Econeclose to recycle (make sure to collect as many as you can before sending them back to lower your carbon footprint).