iCare Box similarities
There is a company on AliExpress (http://rockbrook.en.alibaba.com) who seem to make the iCare menstrual cup. There are a couple of cup brands whose boxes are very similar in design, and whose cups are the same style. The reason I want to bring this to your attention is because if the other brands of cup are actually the same as the iCare, but named something else. You should be aware that some of the rebranded cups are selling for a lot more than the iCare cup. Also it’s interesting news 🙂
The Luno Box has the same cup-flower design on the box (although due to the difference in the pouch, it’s unclear if Luno have bought iCare cups, or if iCare have copied the Luno)
The Improving Birth cup appears to have the same flower designs on the side of the box and paragraph spacing for the writing, and even the same wrinkles on the pouch (eg they photoshopped logo on)
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Also…… there are other Aliexpress stores, like “Easy Joy Time” (http://www.aliexpress.com/store/1166401) and “Care for Women” (http://www.aliexpress.com/store/1920862), who don’t seem to be Rockbrook, but are selling the same design cups as the “Anytime” or “iCare”, but calling it the “care” cup, using the same font as iCare, and what appears to be the same writing on the side of the box, and even the same box design – just with the i removed. I suspect these businesses are buying the iCare/Anytime cups and rebranding them as “Care” and “Femcup”?
Or the same “Anytime” cup with a box that is the same as the Greek Femecup
They also sell that Femcup box/pouch with an iCare style cup too (could Femcup be an iCare rebrand?)
Sckoon knockoffs?
Browsing through AliExpress today, I discovered these cups. While they have tried to disguise the stems, you can see the telltale flower design on the base of the cup. They look to be copies of the Sckoon cup.
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Also from Rockbrook (the makers of iCare), called a “Anytime”
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Since one of them shows it with a “femcup” box, and the “femcup” brand cup looks very similar to the other Chinese copies/rebrands, I wonder if it Femcup also a rebranded cup?
Femcup
http://femcup.gr/shop (Translated into English)
Country of origin: Greece
Composition: Silicone
Sizes: “A” (small) & “B” (large)
Dimensions: A=42mm diameter, 52mm long (without stem?), 15mm stem. B=46mm diameter, 55mm long (without stem?), 16mm long stem.
Capacity: A= 24ml. B = 28mls
Stem: Flat Tab
Measuring Lines: Yes
Cost (RRP): 25,00 € [Currency Converter]
Been around since: Facebook page started Jan 2014, so 2013/2014?
Unique Design?: No (There are other cups with similar designs available)
Other Details: Looks very similar to the large number of Similar/rebranded cups – and the Femcup box has been seen with Sckoon clones. So this may be a rebranded cup.
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A menstrual cup is form of reusable menstrual protection. It is inserted into the vagina to collect menstrual fluids. Once in place it forms a seal, preventing blood flowing out of the vagina by collecting it in its “cup” shaped reservoir. Unlike a tampon which absorbs the blood along with the vagina’s natural secretions, a menstrual cup simply holds the fluids until you remove it – so they do not dry out the vagina and do not hold the TSS risk that tampons do.
They hold around 20-30ml, which is for most women will cope with a full day without emptying, and at most perhaps you would need to empty it a few times a day for a very heavy flow. A menstrual cup will last (with proper care) for around 10 years, perhaps longer, so while the initial outlay is high, it pays for itself with savings pretty quick.
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