Tampon user who struggles with disposal of tampons? Sign up to try FabLittleBag – two chances to win £100! NOW CLOSED

[AnnMumsnet]

We have been asked by the team at FabLittleBag, to find 500 UK female MNers (including 150-200 of their teenage daughters) to put their – well – fab little bags to the test when disposing of tampons out and about and at home and to share their feedback on MN.

We are looking for 150-200 of the testers to have a teen daughter (or daughter at home) to also try the bags and report back via their mum. You can apply to try them yourself, for your daughter or for both of you. All testers need to be regular tampon wearers, and ideally folks who struggle with the disposal of tampons: - perhaps you’re fed up of not finding a suitable bin when out and about, are fed up with having to use loo roll and nappy sacks or even always flush but would like to bin them instead?

The team at FabLittleBag say – "our new bags use clever finger loops to make tampon disposal easy, discreet and hygienic. The biodegradable bags are opaque and seal closed. They provide confident disposal every time, anywhere. We believe they are the best solution to tampon disposal. Period.
They come in a handbag pack of 5 perfect for ensuring confident disposal when out and about, and a bathroom pack of 20 to keep at home next to your tampons. You top up your handbag pack from your bathroom pack as needs be".

FabLittleBag's are available now at Waitrose, Ocado and //www.fablittlebag.com – plus they will be available at Wholefoods from March. Bathroom Packs of 20 bags £2.99 and the re-fillable HandBag Pack £1.99 includes 5 bags for on the go use.

If selected testers will be sent both a Bathroom Pack and a HandBag Pack to get the full FabLittleBag experience – worth £4.98, and asked to try them during their next monthly period.

We'd then want testers to share feedback on a thread on Mumsnet about the concept, the ease of use and overall thoughts. You will also be asked to complete a survey about your views on the bags. If your daughter also takes part, they will need to complete a separate survey (or you can for them).

NB we're expecting this project to last a few weeks – we're looking for feedback to be all in around mid-April - note - this is a tampon disposal testing trial - so please only apply if you will be using tampons some days during the testing time frame and able to share the feedback.

Selected testers who add feedback as required will be entered into a prize draw where two winners will each win a £100 John Lewis voucher.

If you’d like to take part, please add your details here and we will be in touch with those selected soon.


Thanks and good luck
MNHQ

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[fuctifino]

I use dog poop bags but would like to see if these are a quieter option for when out and about. Not necessarily for me, I'm not embarrassed but for my teenage daughter.
In reality, they are far too expensive to use at home but could be useful to have in her school bag.

[Larnipoo]

I'd be up for trying those

[mummylou1982]

This would make life so much easier, I usual roll them up in toilet roll and pop them in the bin. When I am out hiking I usually have to use a dog poop bag! My niece also has the same problems!

[FrancesHB]

I'll try them :)

[OmaC]

I'd like to trial would be a privilege

[fastdaytears]

I only learnt from MN that you're not meant to flush
So I have now bought some san pro bags but they are a very obvious bright purple and smell horribly flowery.
This looks better for me and I'd love to try them. No teenage daughter though I'm afraid.

[torthecatlady]

I've put my name down. Always happy to try new products and give my feedback.

[LuckyBlackKitty]

I had no idea you are not meant to flush tampons. I always flush.

I live in fear of carrying used towels or tampons after my mum shared her horror story:

When on a work trip, She used the loo at the airport and there were no sanatory disposal bins so she wrapped her towel in toilet paper and popped it in her handbag to dispose of as soon as she saw a bin. Then, proceeding through security control she was stopped for a routine search and they looked in her bag. They saw the toilet roll and, mortified, she quickly said 'please don't look at that' - so, what do hey do? Yes, unwrap it in front of her male colleagues and loads of other travellers! Cringe!!!! This happened more than 30 years ago and when she told me (about 10 years ago) she was still as horrified as the day.

Not sure these bags would help in that scenario but thought I'd share

[BennyTheBall]

What is the problem with flushing? Are they not biodegradable?

I flush, my friends flush. Only on mn have I heard of wrapping and binning.

[Dontlaugh]

I think flushing tampons means a) they block major drains in urban areas
B) in smaller developments where there are local waste treatment plants the strings of the tampons wrap around the functioning machinery and stop it working, causing stoppages and blockages.

[EllieJayJay]

Way too expensive!!! Easy to put a used tampon in toilet tissue and in the bathroom bin or down the toilet aren't they biodegradable?

And out and about will usually have a sanitary bin

£2 for five bags for on the go, that makes a a period cost with the cost of tampax being £6-8 £8-10 - it's an annoyance at best

[Solobo]

You definitely shouldn't flush. It says so on the packet. They had a campaign about it back in the 1990s.

Some are biodegradable, but will take over a year to do so in water. lots aren't and many dioxin, a bleaching agent that leaches into our water system.

[angielou123]

I'd like to give them a go. Don't very often get picked for stuff though so I won't hold my breath.

[DoomGloomAndKaboom]

I use biodegradable nappy sacks - they don't rustle! - which work out at less than 4p each (Boots do the brand I buy but I'm sure there are more out there) Also they tie at the top, whereas it looks like these ones have an envelope-glue type seal? I think tying is more secure and, frankly, watertight. Less likely to leak.

How small do these little bags roll up? The nappy sacks I use squidge up to smaller than the tampon, so they fit in the small black tampon box I keep in my handbag.

It seems like a good idea but it's a bit gimmicky and for me, I'm not inclined at all to try these new bags.

[MotherMarshall]

I work for a small firm and I am the only female in the building. They have not provided a sanitary bin so I find it extremely stressful every month to dispose of my tampax and be quick/discreet about so this product so perfect for me.

[BananaramaLlama]

Would really like to try these, great idea

[WeAllHaveWings]

way over engineered for their intended use and price point way to high when alternatives are only 2p a bag.

[BertrandRussell]

Yep- because there's nothing the world needs more that more plastic.

[senorita26]

I feel the same as most posters here in that there are a lot more things I would prefer to spend my money on other than these extremely overpriced little bags. I don't feel it is a very productive use of anyone's time road testing these bags. Another money making scheme aimed at those of us who don't have a choice but to go through this every month!

[BertrandRussell]

Also, maybe it's time society started thinking "Hmm, maybe we ought to think of a better way of managing this thing that happens to half of us every month" I bet if men had periods there wouldn't be a loo in the land that didn't have a high tec state of the art disposal bin. Men just wouldn't tolerate wrapping their used tampons in loo roll and hiding them in their wallets..

[Stylingwax]

Well I think they're a nice idea. I gave birth 8 weeks ago and due to a just diagnosed part of retained placenta, am still bleeding. I've had two months of wrapping of different things at home, out and about and when visiting. I use nappy bags as I have them around but they are thin, see through and look a bit flimsy so I'd never put them in a bin not my own. I could I suppose hunt around for a biodegradable opaque, and of course non bloody scented and flower patterned bag option but I don't really have the spare energy. so despite not being awash with cash, if these were parked next to the towels in the shop, I would probably now think sod it, and spend the money for a bit of piece of mind next time I'm trying to hide a wrapped tampon or towel at the bottom of a friend's kitchen bin.

[elpth]

All the problems and expense many of you are complaining about would be solved by getting a mooncup... Just saying They're fantastic (and I used to think tampons were great before I got a mooncup).

[BertrandRussell]

For those of you who don't think nappy sacks are adequate for a used tampon- why is a tampon somehow more ....extreme.. than a poo filled nappy?

[CrotchetQuaverMinim]

well I do generally think nappy sacks/wrapping in layers of tissue are adequate, but nonetheless, I would still prefer a sack that is a darker colour/opaque if I am going to use one. At least with a nappy you can kind of fold it up so it's not all leaking/showing everywhere, but with a heavily used tampon, covered in blood and clots, it's really very obvious in a fairly see through white bag. It's a bit grim to look at, so why not avoid it if possible? And people don't necessarily want to advertise that they're on their period, not because of shame, but just because you might want to keep it a bit private. Or, at least the fact that it's really heavy. Just personal preference really. And I think it makes a difference because it's your own, and for adults, that is embarrassing somehow - I'd be more embarrassing if I had to throw out a nappy/incontinence pad that I had been wearing in front of people that made it obvious what it was and what was in it, than if I had to throw one out from a baby that I'd been changing. It might not be right to feel that way, but I would, and I would rather have a discreet solution for getting rid of it. So not so much that it's more extreme than a nappy, but that it's more extreme because it's something from you, rather than from a baby/other person.

[Jeanniejampots80]

Would definitely try them. I hate my bathroom bin at that time of the month, it's too tiny and gross.