Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am so excited about this cup, I had been using a Diva Cup and I was growing more and more unhappy with it with each use. The Diva Cup was too long for me, I couldn't get it in properly without having the stem sticking out some, and if I pushed it up further so the stem wasn't a problem, I'd end up having it leaking a lot and hardly anything in the cup. I know, I could have cut the stem some to make it somewhat more comfortable, but I would have had to cut pretty much the whole thing off, and the thickness of the silicone of the Diva cup made it less than ideal for comfort as well. This cup is a thinner silicone, it is VERY flexible. It doesn't have the small suction holes as many others do, that usually get gunk in them and look nasty unless you take something like a toothpick to clean them out. The top part folds down inside the cup to make it spill-proof, and its size makes it hard for me to imagine even my heavy flow causing this to leak on me as long as I'm changing it every 8-12 hours. I like the ring on the bottom that makes it easy to pull out, its much more comfortable than a stem. I honestly cannot feel this cup when it is in. I know every menstrual product boasts that you can't feel it, but honestly, this is the only thing I can use and actually not feel. The only things I've found to be negatives about this, which don't really bother me, are: -The flap at the top needs to be pulled out of the cup in order to empty it, but what I do is hold it from the bottom and push my thumb into the bottom of the cup until it pushes on the flap enough that it pops up. I've not had to stick my finger inside to pull it out once. -If you have used a menstrual cup before, this one is completely different. With other cups, you're supposed to have them expand inside to their original shape, which they can do because of those little suction holes. This cup doesn't have them, so it doesn't actually expand much inside, it feels sort of deflated and will make you worry, but I read up on these cups and knew that it didn't have to fully expand in order to work, and I haven't had any leaks either. -Mine makes a sound of suction being released when it is pulled out. I'm a stay at home mom, so having it make that sound in my bathroom is absolutely no big deal for me. If you think you will need to be emptying your cup in a public bathroom on a regular basis, it could be embarrassing. Since this is supposed to hold up to 12 hours of flow, it isn't too hard to work around that, unless you have excessively heavy flow.