What reusable/eco friendly thing is not appealing to you?

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I have reusable pads. I have silicone straws. I have reusable pouches for frozen food.

But I don’t think I could bring myself to use reusable toilet paper

Mooncups and other reusable sanitary items

Cloth nappies - I tried them but found them horrible.

Not as eco but Dove bars work well instead of shampoo.
You can buy liquid shampoo in the refill shop instead.

My friend has the same problem and has to use a mooncup plus period pants when she is operating. Tampons and panty liners don’t absorb enough. That could be a better solution for you too.

Reusable sanitary items. Mooncups... no thanks! The other resusable things need a substantial (to me) outlay. I am fine with my Always pads, thanks. They work for my body and bank account.

@woodhill The head part is a material cover that clips on to the plastic handle. It’s supposed to be used without any cleaning liquid. It doesn’t have a stand. You’re supposed to scrub your toilet with it then unclip it and wash it.

I've never understood how you would empty a mooncup in work toilets/public toilets and not end up with blood all over your fingers and clothes, door handle, taps etc.
Sorry for TMI. How is it done?

As others said you may not actually need to empty while out, but in case you do, you could look for a larger toilet that has a sink inside, most larger toilets have one (not disabled loo) or if you know of somewhere that only has one public toilet that functions as men/women/disabled. Then you have access to a private sink.

Otherwise wipe fingers with toilet paper so that blood does not get on your clothing, if there is some visible dried blood on fingers (usually around nails), hide them in sleeve or tuck fingers into a fist while you walk to the sink. Once at the sink with water flowing nobody is looking that closely at your hands and can't see anyway. As it's a fresh stain, it washes off easily.

Sadly, my mooncup doesn’t fit the same after I gave birth so I really miss it.

You can get different sized cups, look at different brands. You might need a larger or smaller cup, or a firmer or softer one.

@Thatsenoughnow it's completely different to faeces. Faeces carry bacteria such as ecoli which you can get ill from if you get it on your hands/don't wash hands. You aren't going to catch a disease or get ill from touching your own blood or uterus lining. Menstrual blood is actually very sterile and it's an out of date misconception that menstrual blood is 'dirty' or 'unsanitary'.

"when for £50 and a youtube video you can attach a bidet sprayer to the water line going to your toilet."

I wouldn't want to have the conversation with my landlord.
Also, you say you use cloths anyway so not a huge improvement imo.

Really don't care, still don't want it on my hands.

I thought that as used to use super tampons and pads at once. Mooncup lasts 12h and never ever leaked.

They also give u a 100% money back guarantee if u don't get on with them (well they did when I bought mine about 12 years ago)

I used to be the same with my periods, super tampon and a pad on, would last 2 hours max and always had to change both. I thought my flow was horrific but my mooncup is 30ml and lasts me 12 hours. I get no cramp now either when in the past I'd be bent double with it and my periods have gone from 7 days to 3-4.

I had the Mirena for 5 years with no periods, had it removed and went straight to using a cup so I don't know if my flow has changed following the Mirena, or if my flow is the same but using the cup shows that it's actually a lot less then I thought it was. I've seen lots of people on a FB group say they've been surprised at how much they actually bleed.

Could be worth giving it a shot if it's something you wanted to do, if it doesn't work there's a selling group for used cups that didn't work for someone that you'd be able to sell it on :)

Thank you everyone for the mooncup info. I really think I'll try it now as you've answered worries which have put me off for years! It would pay for itself in 6 months with the amount of disposable stuff I get through.

I've just bought these for that exact reason.

I've never fancied a moon cup but I do use period pants . I draw the line at reusable toilet roll

@PineForestsAndSunshine For washing up, I use Spontex non-scratch sponges. The sponge part is cellulose so it's biodegradable, and the scrubber is recycled. They have 50p off at Sainsbury's at the moment, but Ocado and some Waitrose stores sell them too:
www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/spontex-super-absorbent-scourer-x2

Although they cost more than "normal" washing up sponges, I find they last far longer.

Use reusable kitchen roll, washes well nor rough, so baby wipes def ok, buy with bamboo towelling

I think reusable sponges is something I'd like to find, too. I use the throwaway (long lasting) sort pp has just mentioned.

I have scrub daddies that I put through the dishwasher but I accept these is not the best solution as they are plastic which are eventually tossed.

Reusable sanitary protection. That said, if I were 10 years younger I probably would invest in it, but at my age I expect to stop needing them in a matter of weeks to months!

Shampoo bars

Also agree that I would not want to give up my electric toothbrush.

I wouldn't give up my electric toothbrush either, but I did find some eco heads on Amazon. I think they're fine.

Would a small spray bottle instead of bidet work?

There are portable bidets, often advertised for camping or postpartum care, which are basically squeeze bottles with a long nozzle - it works really well for and has meant I use less toilet paper, especially when menstruating.