Squishiness Ratings

I’ve been asked about comparison “squishiness” of all the cups.  This is hard to rate really, but I will give it a shot.  This is just my opinion, it’s quite hard to judge, and the cup sizes actually make a difference in squishiness.  Some cups are stiffer at the rim, than they are in the body.

I’m rating these from 1-10.  1 being most squishy, 10 being least squishy.   Basically it is rated on how much effort it takes to push the material in.

Squishy at the top rim

Small Yuuki – 1

Miacup (large?) – 1

Large Coloured Lady Cup – 2

Small Diva – 2

Femmecup – 3

Small coloured Lady Cup – 4

Large Mooncup (UK) – 4

Small Mooncup (UK) – 5

Large Lunette – 5.5

Large Mooncup (UK) – 6

Small Lady Cup – 7

Small Keeper – 8

Small MeLuna – 9

Large MeLuna – 10

Squishy at the body

1 – Femmecup & Large coloured Lady Cup

2 – Small Diva & Miacup (large?)

3 – Small coloured Lady Cup & Small Yuuki

4 – Both sized Mooncup (UK)

5 – Large Lunette

6 – Small Keeper

7 – Both sized MeLuna

Yuuki – My Thoughts

I recently received this cup, and had a chance to test it out straight away    I was surprised to find the stem was not a hollow tube… it’s the same size as the hollow tube stems, but it is solid.  Which means if you like the tube stems but don’t like that they can collect blood inside them, then this stem would be great.  I like this cup… not sure why, since it doesn’t have anything that immediately jumps out as being innovative or special… and it has features I don’t particularly like (such as the angular holes and thicker stem)….but I like the degree of flexibility of the silicone, and the lack of ridge around the rim – it feels nice.

Testing it out – I was able to feel the stem for a while… because it is solid, and has lines on it for grip, I was able to feel it while wearing it.  After about 15 mins I was not able to feel it any more (I got used to it I suppose), and I think it pokes less than the hollow tube stems.  Probably because the Yuuki stem has a rounded tip, while the hollow ones have a flat tip (so more pokey).  I found it opened up easily, although they sent me the smaller size.  I had no leaks.

Gear – It came in a tube which was different.  It had an instruction sheet, but no pouch.  I don’t know if they normally ship them with a pouch or not, since mine was a freebie.  To be honest, not having a pouch probably wouldn’t make a difference to me, since a lot of people buy a replacement pouch elsewhere anyway (I used the Lunette pouch that came with my first cup for about a week then made my own because I hated it)

Personal Observations – I haven’t had much to do with the company – I e-mailed them to ask some questions and they replied prety quickly.

Ratings

I’ve rated all the cups I’ve tried. They can be found here: http://menstrualcups.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/my-comparisons-and-ratings