To ask about your opinion on moon cups?

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this honestly isn't a thread about a thread....so no flaming please.

But as part of a thread earlier moon cups were mentioned.

Now, I am all for being Eco-friendly where possible, and we do recycle. I am no Arthur Fowler but we did grow a few tomatoes and courgettes this year.

But moon cups - REALLY? I just cannot go so far.

So MN panel......what am I missing here? What are your views?

Personally the very thought of them makes me feel sick

Especially when people describe how they empty them in a public toilet and shove them back up again.

I mean they can hardly rinse them at the sink can they?

Fantastic invention. Mine doesn't seem to sit right (small leaks) but I still love it. In public toilets you can empty it and wipe it with loo paper (after all you use the loo paper on your body anyhow!).

how on earth can you use them when you work???? I can hardly rinse at at the communal sink can I?? but as a very very heavy perod woman I am considering them for nights and weekends ya know

Mooncups are great.

But IMO Jam Sponges are even better.

I much prefer reusable san pro.

Way comfier than tampons or sanitary towels.

I am far from being a lentil-weaving hippy btw.

Bought one but then had mirena coil fitted and bleeding dried up so no need for it a mo, the sponge looks interesting though.

I use one precisely because I have very heavy periods. I would be changing a tampon every hour, so the logistics of rinsing a moon cup twice in a working day is far more doable.

I am no lentil-weaver, but I do feel better about the lack of sanitary waste I need to dispose of each month.

I had one and loved it, BUT then I gave it the blame for my coil coming out, However it has now been exonerated of all charges.

We are back in action and I love it.

You don't need to 'change' it as often as tampons or towels, so the public loo thing just doesn't happen IME.

I don't like wearing anything internally, so I use washable towels.

The whole idea of disposable sanitary stuff just seems insane to me now, so much waste.

Love it, so much easier, nothing to remember and I don't get recurrent thrush anymore.

Yes, it's very slightly ickier than tampons (which always had icky strings when I used them) but if you use a disabled toilet when you're out, the sink is right next to the loo so very easy to keep clean, otherwise a quick wipe and you're good to go.

I find it more hygienic than either tampons or towels.

yabu

They're BRILLIANT - honestly. I wish I'd got one sooner.

Takes a couple of months to get used to, but now I love it because:

• it's so comfortable
• I have less period pain
• I don't have to change it nearly as often as I used to change tampons
• there are no tampons floating around in our septic tank any more
• it's cheap!

I do mostly work from home though - I can imagine it being a bit more problematic if you work in an office which doesnt' have a cubicle with a basin in.

Not my cup of tea.

I have no intention of shoving a small plastic sink plunger up Old Faithful.

I use reuseable pads.

I shudder at the thought of them. On which note, who thought of them? And who said, yes that sounds good, let's market them! Can't exactly see it going down well on Dragons Den. To each their own and all that, but a bridge too far for me.

I don't understand the 'go so far' reference really.

Familiarity means mooncups are thought of as more icky than tampons but they're not really.

Lack of a sink and changing at work not an issue, just empty and wipe. The only minor issue is you need to make sure the blood flushes away and doesn't sit in the bottom of the toilet pan.

I don't like tampons so nor do I like mooncups.

Menstrual cups were patented in the 30s so they're hardly a modern invention either.

I would not be without mine, which I have used since 2002 or thereabouts, so plenty of time to test it out throughly. Tampax = expensive, thrush-inducing, carry a risk of toxic shock, and an environmental nightmare. Mooncup = the perfect solution. I recommend them to everyone, sometimes virtual strangers . They are wonderful.

sevenyearoldsarecrazy - are you sure you are using the correct size? Mine has literally never leaked.

I thought they were a good idea, so I bought one. The first time I used it, it got stuck. Nothing worked to get it out, so I ended up at A and E. I live in a country where most women don't even use tampons so they found it very strange.
I might try the jam sponge.

I have had mine for about five months now and wish I had heard about them years ago! It does take a bit of getting used to, but if you have very heavy periods as I do it is the easiest way to copy IMO.

I have used mine since 2004 and have never had to empty it in a public loo, nor has it leaked. But it is far more comfortable than tampons.

I have used mine for 7 years now (well not the same one! ) and it is fab. I carry wipes all the time anyway, so in a public loo I empty it, wipe with loo roll (which isn't 'icky', you wipe yourself with it anyway), and put it back in. Then use a wipe on my hands before I button up, flush and go and wash them properly.

No waste, saves a bundle on sanitary wear, and I don't ever have to worry about running out of towels or tampons.

It even comes in a dinky little cotton bag.

I've had mine for about 5 years and love it.