Mumsnet testers review the Lunette menstrual cup

[JustineBMumsnet]

This is the feedback thread for the 50 Mumsnet users who have been testing the Lunette menstrual cup over the last 3 months.

Here’s what Lunette has to say: “We are revolutionising the future of period care with our small but mighty menstrual cup.

Lunette is a Finnish, women-led company on a mission to change attitudes about periods. Trusted name in the industry, Lunette Cups have been around for almost 15 years and are sold in over 100 countries. All our menstrual cups are vegan, bpa-free, and come in a variety of colors. Ethical, sustainable and easy to use, Lunette Menstrual Cups will provide you with up to 12 hours of worry-free use.

87% of our users say that their quality of life has improved as a result of starting to use Lunette Cup - Join us for period revolution and support women’s rights movements all over the world!"

Testers, please give your feedback by answering the questions below as well as completing the short survey we have emailed you:

• What do you remember of your initial experience of the Lunette cup?
• How is your experience with the Lunette Cup now?
• What have you felt to be the main benefits of using the Lunette cup?
• Will you continue to use the Lunette cup following this test? Why?
• Would you recommend the Lunette cup to others?

All testers who give the required feedback will be entered into a prize draw where one lucky MNer will win a £300 voucher for a store of their choice (for a list).

Thanks and good luck!

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Hi
Just wanted to say thank you for reviews, you have persuaded me to try menstrual cups! These are currently on offer on amazon too :-)

I hope it's OK if I ask a question.

I had a mooncup for a long time, but ended up giving up on it, because it always, always leaked on day 1 (but never on any other days).

I'm now using a Hello cup, but it leaks on day 1 and day 2?!

I twist and turn it to get it to fully pop open, and it feels like the suction is there. When I go to remove it, it's suctioned in like a mofo - I really have to give it an almighty pull to release the suction. But there might as well not even be anything up there, for all the leaking.

I have to wear pads on days 1 and 2 because I'll ruin my clothes and embarrass myself, quite frankly, otherwise. So it's definitely not eco friendly.

What am I doing wrong? I've heard that it needs to be covering the cervix. Well, I'm pretty sure it is. I mean, there's nothing else up there, except my cervix, so it must be covering it. I've tried the small and the large sizes - apparently leaks can be caused by too big cups, because they don't fully pop open.

I just find it so frustrating - is it me? Is it the cup? What?

@MerchantOfVenom maybe try out some of the different folds that Lunette suggest on their website? Also, you say you are tugging, again on lunettes website they explain that you must not do that but instead break the seal at the base of the cup (as explained in their site under instructions), so maybe you don't realise the cup is actually over flowing in the first couple of days and you need to empty it more regularly? It sounds like the way you are removing it probably ends up in a great big painful mess.

Oh and make sure you are also inserting it at the right angle. Lunette is very similar to other products but I found their user instructions were so much better and clearer than other brands so I really would take a look there to correct what you might be doing wrong and see if that solves your issue.

I was interested enough in this product to go and look at the Lunette website. Unfortunately, there is an entire page dedicated to discussing “cis-women” (an offensive term) and multiple “genders”, and lecturing us all on “how feminine-only language hurts” and how they would like to police our language for us.

I will therefore not be buying this product.

uk.lunette.com/blogs/news/gender-and-period-care-products

Hi all. As outlined in the opening post:
"This is the feedback thread for the 50 Mumsnet users who have been testing the Lunette menstrual cup over the last 3 months."
We'll leave the first post that makes the point - but will delete any further ones that make the same point repeatedly.

Can I ask a question @MichaelMumsnet ?

Do you still share the deleted posts with the company?

Michael I should also like to know if the company are given the REAL feedback now that women have found out how little they value women. Can you please answer Audacity's question?

Of course. We'll be passing on concerns to Lunette. We're just keen for this thread to be for the feedback from the product testers. Further comments can be added to this discussion in FWR.

Thank you for the info.