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QuestionTampon recommendations?
Posted April 18, 2024 by being in Women

I'm trying to find a brand of tampons I like best and I've figured out that I prefer a certain shape once the tampon has expanded, but it's hard to find definitive information online about which brands expand in which shape. And I'm trying to avoid having to buy a bunch of different brands to try, realizing I don't like some of them, and then having lots of leftover tampons I don't like.

So I thought maybe crowdsourcing some info from you all would work. For reference, I'm in the US so it should be something that's available here. I prefer full size plastic applicators, not the compact type. It doesn't really matter to me if it's an organic brand or not. TL;DR at the end.

So far, I've tried 4 brands and have figured out some stuff about what I do and don't like:

  • Tampax pearl: I sort of like it, but maybe there's something better out there? It expands widthwise in a wing shape, or kind of like a book opening, so it's a bit more rectangular/flat once expanded. They are shorter and wider once expanded than the August brand tampons described below.
  • August: this is a newer organic brand that I saw at Target. So far, it's my favorite of the 4 but it's pretty expensive compared to other brands. What I like about this brand is that it has good applicators, and the tampons open in a wing shape similar to what I described for Tampax pearl. But the August tampons seem like they also expand in length and/or maybe are longer to start with?, so they're longer and thinner upon removal and that's more comfortable to me.
  • Playtex Sport: dislike. I don't like the shape it expands in and it's more uncomfortable to me to remove. I've seen this shape described as like an umbrella, a tulip, teardrop, or a ghost. I'd describe what it looked like in my personal experience as kind of shaped like an American football - tapered at the ends and wider in the middle.
  • Lola: dislike. It expands outwards all around, like from the shape of o to O. It was also rather short and wide once expanded, iirc. To me, it was more uncomfortable to remove. I also didn't like the applicators because they were compact style and don't have a good grip section.

TL;DR: recommendations wanted for tampons with plastic full size applicators, that expand in a "wing" shape - specifically that they tend to be longer and thinner once expanded rather than shorter and wider, available in the US, either organic or non-organic

Thanks for any suggestions any of you can provide!

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girl_undoneNovember 29, 2021

If I was a TIF that would make me apoplectic.

All that effort to escape and yet your inability to actually escape is a punchline.

Maybe women should unite and overthrow sexist roles instead of trying to individually escape.

mallowwNovember 29, 2021

Ana Mardoll IS a TIF, weirdly enough. A very screwed up one.

MoonflowerNovember 30, 2021

All that effort to escape and yet your inability to actually escape is a punchline.

This sums it up so tragically perfectly. I really, really hope women who imagine that they can “identify” their way out of misogyny pay attention to stuff like this, because it comes up so ridiculously often.

boogeritaNovember 29, 2021

assigned maid at birth

SulphuricMirror👁BeNotAfraid👁November 30, 2021

Yes, "womanhood" in a nutshell, well, respectable "womanhood" anyway. There's always the other things females are forced to be relegated to because of males...

SulphuricMirror👁BeNotAfraid👁November 30, 2021

What dumb fuck. So, females continue to do the dishes regardless of their imaginary religious identity? No way, how could that be????? I can't believe someone typed that and didn't have a "wait a sec…" moment.

[Deleted]November 29, 2021

The utter stupidity, like thought y'all wanted to be men so you didn't have to do forced unpaid female centered labour hmm?

mil-bilNovember 30, 2021

That's quite a self-own 😂

[Deleted]November 29, 2021

Oh dear lord

JellyfishesNovember 29, 2021(Edited November 29, 2021)

Reposting because I posted in wrong circle

Edit: link so people can read the other comments https://ovarit.com/o/Radfemmery/50903/leftist-men-in-a-nutshell-and-a-clown-proving-the-point

[Deleted]November 29, 2021

Sub-moronic.

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