I imagine a conference of men trying to analyze a female anatomy poster for the first time while using the tools in their hardware toolbox to come up with menstrual cup???? 😭
So, 'just screw it... Make like a plunger and pull'! Was the idea behind this design? Just form, no function... Sounds like a non-perceptive man's idea of a menstrual cup. I felt so bad for her when I saw her in pain..
I'm so tired of people "designing" products for women's bodies that are clearly ignorant and potentially destructive. If a young girl was insecure, and this was her first cup experience, it would be directly harmful to her.
Facts. Imagine having to pull that thing out of you. You'll feel like your insides will come out with the cup. After that, you'll be scared of using cups forever
Lol, the treatment for hysteria was a vibrator. Seriously. Women used to go to the doctor and ask him to either finger them or whip out a vibrator. Look it up.
@@violetcassandraperseo8773 my grandmother told me all about that too. Hysteria was treated with orgasms unless your husband was an ass looking for a quick divorce. Men have been pulling that kind of shit for centuries. Before hysteria it was common to burn us at the stake. Before that we were shipped off to nunneries if we had an once of spine. It was still legal to rape your wife until the 1990s. I'm never surprised at what men will do to get their way. That's why I raised my sons to be decent human beings who speak out about things like that. One of them beat the shit out of a guy beating his gf last summer. We helped her find a new place to live too. Been there, done that. If I had been one of grandma's sisters I'm sure I would have been shipped off to an asylum when the couldn't get me to shut up. Even JFK's younger sister was lobotomized on her father's orders since she was "too opinionated."
This isn’t related, but you guys have helped me switch to cups! I’m 14 years old and I had a previously traumatic experience with a cup that was too big for me, but now I have switched to the Organicup Mini. It’s amazing and I wish I had tried it sooner!
What happened with the cup that was too big? I'm 15 and recently had a really bad reaction to a cup too and I'm not sure if it was just too big or if the suction triggered a nerve and I just can't use cups.
@@hannahgendron7094 This might be TMI, but I had to force it in there more than I probably should have and it hurt pretty bad, but then when I tried to take it out the suction wouldn't release and I had to cut the end and pull it out through a hole I made.
Hannah Gendron May I ask what happened in your experience? When I tried a cup for the first time (Lena small) I guess I pushed it too far up that it hit a nerve or something and I immediately felt light headed. So I took out the cup and I felt so dizzy, clammy, my heart rate dropped and I had the worst cramps ever. I nearly fainted. As traumatizing as that was I still want to give the cup another go next cycle, maybe even try a cup that’s more sensitive or smaller. I also wanted to add that I have given birth to one child and I’m not afraid of blood at all. It purely was a physical reaction to the cup.
Cayela Bona Oh my gosh that’s awful! Mine just got really stuck and was very painful (because it was too big) and then the suction wouldn’t release. Since it was so big, pulling it out was quite literally tearing me, so we had to take scissors and cut the bottom to release the suction.
The general rule for cups is to not use the stem to pull your cup out. This cup is like, "Here's a giant screwable stem for you to yank on, good luck."
As someone who isn't scared of any cup regardless of shape or size, this is terrifying. I feel as if this cup would turn people off to cups and make them even more scared to use them
Right? This almost seems like a purposeful attempt to keep users away from their icky intimate parts and using cups. You know? Belts and pads were good enough for your grandma, they're good enough for you! Ugh.
I feel like "here's a cup to keep you from having to interact with your 'intimate parts' in any way shape or form" TOTALLY UNDERMINES the entire...message? behind using a cup. Like, I specifically STARTED using one BECAUSE it's pretty much a crash course in your own body and cycle, so any company that wants to put out branding like "here's a cup for people who don't want to interact with their DIRTY UNCLEAN BODY" can stay about 100000 miles away from my period, thanks but no thanks. also, how are you supposed to break the suction if you can't/won't squeeze the base to disrupt the seal?? That's not how cups work, jeez.
That's why I ordered my cup too! To come to terms with the functionality of my body instead of sexualizing/criminalizing(?) it. Also even with that weird marketing you would want a product that would actually work?? So you can actually make money off of it lol
Is don't think is that deep, some people just don't like blood un general. This cup Is just a failure on design. I use the flex cup and i would recomend it for someone who wants minimal contact with the blood.
So, you remove it with the “extractor” but can’t put it back in without your hands. Do they expect you to wear it the whole time you’re on your period so you don’t come into contact with “intimate parts”?
@@Call-me-Al Seriously!! I almost thought, "Hm, maybe this would be good for people with disabilities." After this review from an able-bodied person...... absolutely it is not. What a disappointment.
I don't normally film trials because TBH they're not usually interesting... I think I did for using a disc and for this. Otherwise, because cups are about all the same for me to put in and remove, it would be super boring. THIS was a whole new animal. -Kim
Wow you looked really frustrated, I'm sorry you had to use this torture device to show us why that cup is trash. But thank you for doing so. You guys are doing great work and really encouraging women like me who are fed up with pads. But I'm completely disinterested in tampons, just no thank you. Thank you a hundred times, you really give some ladies the confidence to say 'I can do this'.
From the looks of it I'm wondering if the person(s) who designed this cup doesn't have the right anatomical parts (wink wink nudge nudge) or if they possess such parts but just don't use cups 🤔 No other explanation seems logical
You'd probably be right. According to Red Herring, the creator of the Amy Cup is a guy named Paolo. Judging by the massive design flaws in the other Amy Cups, I'm just gonna bet Paolo isn't trans and probably didn't test his cups well either.
I’m thinking of those who can’t move and rely on a caretaker for bathing and dressing. This sounds like an attempt at providing a eco friendly way of including those menstruating ppl who rely on someone else inserting and removing the cup. The reduced contact seems warranted in that one situation. But honestly it looks like a hazard. The inability to release the suction can cause serious pain and harm. They need way more ....everything - testing , research, women etc.
Immediate questions: Why is it so shiny?? How does this screw break the seal? Like ow my cervix 😳😬 How is that not going to make a mess pulling it out with that long ass stem? How is that long ass stem not going to have my hand splashing into toilet water trying to pull this out? Hard pass
1. I thought the shiny-ness of it was because it was solid (didnt fold) 2. I dont think it does 😬 3. I feel like the suction breaking when it exits the vag would get blood everywhere 4. Or your hand would smack the toilet seat 5. I dont want to be within 10 feet of this
Woah. Firstly, this thing looks like the result of some unholy union between the shame bell and a sink plunger. Secondly, the idea of using something that requires me to perform a blind dexterity test before it will work is not massively appealing to me under most circumstances, but when I'm sitting on a toilet, that's definitely a hard no. Thirdly, after all that time demonstrating your capability for tool use, not only do you not get a food pellet like a good little lab rat, it doesn't even break the seal and you get the agony of attempting to "extract" the cup when the seal is still in tact. Gah! The only explanation I can come up with is that the company who developed this doesn't employ anyone with a vagina. Thanks for trying it, so we didn't have to, Kim.
Kim, that is mortifying! Thank you for testing things like this first. I would have panicked and lost it. If someone experienced had such trouble, I would have been screwed.
OMG! That was MY reddit! I'm honored. I'd have tried it myself, but I'm pregnant right now. They had another cup just called Amy Cup that had an applicator that both inserted and extracted the cup. I don't have a problem putting my fingers in there, even when I"m on my period. But, I have friends who find that too eeeewwww on their period. That is why these cups interest me. From this video, it looks like this cup isn't going to help me convince friends to try a cup.
As someone who would say "no" to using a cup, watching this video actually did the opposite for me. It made me consider that they are probably not that bad. Before this video I looked at all cups like an uncomfortable torture device, but now I can clearly see that just wasn't the case. This highlighted what's easy and difficult in a way I'd never seen before, Ironically making me see the usual cups in a much better light by comparison. Now I have a better understanding, especially when she explained that her sense of touch was very important to the process of using it easily. This cup made the others look simple, when before they had all kind of seemed "scary."
Even if the screw worked after that long pulling into your cervix it would cause you a prolapse. It would make sense if the screw would break the seal and it made a sort of pipe to get rid of the discharge, while the cup stays in. This is very dangerous.
I was wondering if it had suction, and how you would get it out if it did. It just seems like there is a lot of fiddling around with that screw. And it still requires you to touch yourself, just get a regular cup.
Who came up with this cup?! Outrageous! It’s painful when you mess up the suction pulling it out I can’t imagine yanking out a suctioned tight cup. OWCH
It looks like a traffic cone...... I always have to release the seal to get my cup out. I can't imagine if that had been my first experience with a cup!!!!!
I dont know why I'm just now finding this channel, but I love it. I switched to a cup a few years ago and I love it and never wanna go back to disposable methods
I've actually seen a "cup extractor" on amazon, they're just a long pair of tweezers with silicone covered tips. They're very much like the tweezers that are used to help remove contact lenses, but like 2 times longer than a menstrual cup (I didn't read the details of the product so the length of the tweezers were purely based off the picture provided o.O).
Talk about taking one for the team! 🥵Thank you 🙏 for showing this, I’ve been looking for something that could be less “hands on” and would have tried this if I hadn’t seen this video.
I've been using menstrual cup since 4 months now and I'm really happy I made this switch. Llife has never been this easy! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us..it's so good to have such a community out there to help. I wanted to ask something..I've notice huge clots in my menstrual blood is it normal to have clots or should I go see a gyanecologist. Can you please make a video on this! Type of blood telling about women health.
Tools for inserting and extracting seems like a great help for people with disabilities, but this is a vagina plunger, not a tool for getting it out D:
I recently tried a menstrual cup, OrganiCup mini, but could NOT get it in whatsoever, I tried the different folds and the damn thing kept popping open way before I could get it in, also, my uh...juices made it super slippery so my fingers couldn't get a good grasp on it. So there's that. I can safely say cups aren't for me, I'll stick with cloth pads.
Not willing to try other brands. Looking through the comments, different women have different experiences with different brands. It's the same with pads for me. There are some that always lead to accidents for me and others that don't.
I’m glad that there are so many cups on the market with different design options. Unfortunately, I think the concept has also opened the doors to all sorts of strange gimmicky features that won’t work at all just to try and sell and capitalize on severely poor marketing. That’s what I saw immediately with this.
I love your videos. That cup looks great but it's not very practical or useful with the screwdriver. Love your video as always, thank you for posting. 😘😘
Wow, I can't see how this would work for anyone! It kind of looks like something you'd find in a kid's tool box or...something.😂 I use the Mooncup and have done for years. I was lucky to find one that works for me first time but I know others have to try quite a few before finding 'the one'. Thanks for all your hard and important work! ♥️
I feel like if you absolutely don't want to use your hands period, you shouldn't be using a cup. If you're that concerned, maybe just use pads (I would suggest cloth here, because I really love cloth pads, but you do have to wash them and I know my personal wash routine does involve bloody hands which would probably bother anyone who cared enough to go to these extremes).
I bought both sizes for high cervix, and I was thinking about trying them, but now I'm really-really scared. What Kim said seems reasonable, especially the part when she talks about her cup tilting and turning the wrong way, so the screw doesn't find its way in. Ouch! I have so high cervix that I can only rely on this device. I'm afraid to give it a try.
If you have a high cervix and you'd otherwise have to pinch the base to remove the cup if you can't, in fact, find the hole with this tool... I would possibly not attempt. I know my body really well and I know cups, if I had a high cervix I can't imagine how getting this out would have gone. The first time when I couldn't find or get the screw into the hole I was desperately grabbing at the little flange to get it out because the cup is so slick and round- I worried I wouldn't be able to get it out! Additionally making things harder is that you can't really pinch the base because it's full of that screw cave... it's a recipe for disaster the more I think about it. -K
@@PutACupInIt Wow, thank you for answering! ❤ It makes me sad that I won't be able to try it, but I must resist. 😃 Just to tell you an example, I cant reach for none of the Super Jennies' stems. I use my Juju mod 3, and Lali Cup L mostly, but still have to reach waay in.. So my friends are often teasing me with "your cervix is closer if swallowing the cups." Lol. Many greetings from Budapest, Hungary BTW! 😃 and thank you for the video. It indeed saved me from trouble. 😃
@@emillabetetitarsasag3772 Yeah, I hope that you seeing this saved you from a very serious situation! You'll be able to feel and see what I mean when they arrive regarding the base being so slick and not being pinchable! Hope you're doing well! -Kim
My one thought was that this might be good for people with wrist issues or other disabilities but seeing as it’s shitty and doesn’t break the seal then it doesn’t actually do anything. I’ve found that a lot of things meant for disabled people are advertised stupidly (like those commercials that have able bodied people being a spaz and knocking a bowl off a table)
OMG! That looked so painful. I use a cup too but Jesus that was intense. I completely felt your pain. I'm on day one and I always cramp the first day. A little more with the cup and the first cup removal of my period is a little pain but damn that hurt me just to watch.
I mean I have short arms and a long torso and have trouble reaching into my vag far enough to retrieve a cup so if something like this worked that'd be great. Too bad.
That was the only real hope for this, that it would be a help to anyone with a high cervix or with that combination of short arms/fingers that can't reach their cup. But the screw tool doesn't break the suction and for that reason it can't really be used to retrieve the cup. I tried wiggling side to side to gently lower it first... #nope still suctioned and wouldn't budge.
Your point about how important touch is was interesting, I wonder how those that are disabled and menstruating find period products and how they are most definitely not designed for them.
This was so funny! What a crazy design!! "Intimate parts" 😵🤦😂 Have y'all done a review of the merula xl?? I'm struggling to find videos in English about this cup. I need capacity!!
I've tried it and it was surprisingly not as "big" as I assumed as far as wear goes, but because my flow isn't super heavy I'm not able to really give it a true review. I ended up giving it to a friend so I don't have to anymore :( -Kim
Thank you for your feedback!! What did you think of the suction? I keep seeing that since it doesn't have vent holes, that the suction is kind of intense and it's tricky to open.
Okay, this is an incredibly weird question and I'm sorry. But, I'm a transgender man with a significant amount of dysphoria (read as intense discomfort, if you must) related to the vag-bits. How much can you feel a cup while it's inside? Will it cause cramps the way tampons do? Would you recommend them for someone who wants to just set it and forget it as it were? thanks for your videos no matter what, super informative!
Hey! So I have used tampons, pads, and I hated them. I could feel them and it was so uncomfortable and they leaked. I have a very very heavy flow as well. I use “Softdiscs” which are 10$ for 12 and disposable, it’s flatter and sits just under the cervix. I can’t feel it at all, I don’t even need back ups when I wear it, and I wear one for up to 18 hours (12 recommended). I recommend this for you. No cramps too! A little messy getting it out, but it’s worth it. Not a weird question at all! That’s what the channel is for, right?
I agree it's important to get familiar with your body but if you're somebody who is older that's already familiar with everything comfortable with your body it would be convenient if there was a way to create an applicator because that way you wouldn't feel like you need to wash your hands before and after using the bathroom. I would still always do it after but before sometimes can be a bit of a pain but there is a lot of germs on your hands.
I have been an avid cup user for years. I was somewhat intrigued by this cup, like anyone, and was subsequently turned off by this cup after this review. So I decided to venture over to the AMYCUP website. I noticed two things. 1) their story page came up in a language other than english and was very difficult to change. But nothing else on their page was in this language. Just the story page. 2) this was the very beginning of their story "As far back as 1952 Sergio Pitacco rose to the headlines by graduating as the youngest mechanical engineer in Italy. After about 70 years, the 1965 patent of the American Waldron resumes to develop his cup." So like many people have commented, this cup was most certainly designed by a man 😂
I'm glad I found my cup first try (with your quiz) because I HIGHLY doubt this would work for me either. I've never been able to find my cervix so I assume it's super high, and I always have a wicked suction, so I feel like this would be stuck forever LOL
I'd like to see them redesign it although idk how they would do it. I knew there was going to be a problem with suction as soon as I knew the way to remove it was with the screw. Anyways have you heard of the Beppy cup? It kind of reminds me of the femmycycle with the rim design flaps. Would you review that?
I tried the femmycycle cup and it suctioned horribly to my cervix which was terrifying. I found out only after yall didn't reccomend it for that reason. Ended up getting a size larger in my salt soft and what do you know it is totally my miracle cup. Should have just listened to yall from the start is what I learned.
Could you make a video about how to properly clean a cup? Mine is changing colour over time and it would be interesting to see if it's normal and how to take care of it
Huge Pumpkins fan! Love your tee! Its not lost on me that the female on the shirt looks like she is struggling to break the seal on this silly cup as well!
I found I had the suction issue with the FemmeCycle and when I went to remove it it had got stuck round my cervix and it took me about 20 mins to get it out because of the suction as it has no release holes which was a shame because it held more content than my MoonCup. It took about 3 weeks before I could wear any internal period products because my cervix was really badly bruised and even sex was almost impossible because of how painful it was. I’ve used my MoonCup and ZiggyCup ever since because they work without issues 😅😅
I have watched many of your videos and it was really helpful. Also, I have seen you guys doing reviews on different cups. So I really wanted you guys to do a review on 'NAAMYA MENSTRUAL CUP '. It's unique and you will figure it out as soon as you get your hands on it😂. I wanted to try it for the first time and It would be really helpful if you could do a review on it🥺
Cups are so frustrating for me. I started with saalt cup, which went in perfact, didnt leak, but was terrifying to remove (I didnt know I had such a high cervix, & it was stuck for over 6 hours!) After a few months of the same issue over & over again I gave up. Being traumatized by that experience I got a flex cup, which wouldnt open up & leaked like crazy. Last cycle I got a lily cup in the small size, but it wont open inside me, & I cant fit my finger inside enough to pop it open, cuz my body just crushes it. I must have super skinny & super long gine. I check all the time, but "the learning curve" that every cup review mentions is more of a physical impossibility for me. I literally cant fit a finger inside with a cup in, let alone a thumb to pinch it, & even if I could, it's too high up to reach.
My dumba** thought it was like a "puncture" type of thing to make it drain the blood for like times when the cup is full but you're not in an easy accessible cleaning space. I was very confused but somehow more terrified of the torture device it really is.
Don't give up on cups with tools. I have been half way searching for a good one, because I have lupus which attacks my joints. Some mornings when i'm having a flair up my grip strength isn't strong enough to get my cup out. I'm currently in that situation which is why i watched this video. I was hoping this cup was a good solution but after hearing your review I definitely won't try it out. But hopefully one day someone will make a cup that doesn't rely so much on having fully functioning hands that actually works haha.
There is the Flex Cup which has a pull tab that often breaks the suction - the feedback is overall pretty positive so I would look into that. Meluna also seems to have a tool they don't market I just learned about which works by hooking a cup with a ring stem, but again it's like this product where it isn't breaking the stem. Also someone sells some sort of "scoop" to help break a cup's seal, and while I wouldn't recommend it for most it could be a helpful product for you. I just have not tried it myself. -K
@@PutACupInIt Wow this is awesome! Thanks for the response. I have considered the flex cup in the past but some of the advertisements were really off putting. One add popped up on my instagram saying that menstrual cups were gross and stinky and thats why people should get the flex cup. I was so turned off I was like I'm definitely not supporting that. But I think they have retracted that kind of marketing and desperate times call for desperate measures. My fingers were not putting up with it this morning hahaha. Thanks again for your help. I'll check those other ones out as well!
@@4TheLoveofLauren Yeah, I get that and I still have a pretty bad taste in my mouth about Flex both in how they approached their marketing as a disc and also how they did an about face when they purchased the design for their cup. But if the cup's design is one that will help you I would certainly say to use it and know in your heart it was designed by someone else ;) They just bought them out. It's a hard line to walk when you don't support a brand but they offer a cup that helps people and so if/when the use case arises I'm always going to at least mention them and the consumer can make that call. I do hope you find a cup that is easier for you to use! Perhaps a reusable disc like Lumma with a removal stem is also a consideration, there is no suction to break and the removal string can just be pulled for removal. It's just a bit messy! -K
This seemed like a horror story lol. I will say, if it was maybe a clip of some sort that was able to squeeze the cup and thereby break the seal, it maybe could work? That said, it's really not that bad getting your fingers up there when you get used to it. After using pads from age 12-28 (like a few months ago) I realized they're a lot more gross than placing and removing a cup. Plus there are much nastier things that one has to experience than one's own body fluids (the bag in my compost bin leaking rot juice all over the bin and my floor last week is a contender for the nastiest). Besides this doesn't eliminate the gross factor because you still have to wash the bloody cup and touch fluids regardless, so I think that somebody that squeamish wouldn't be interested in trying any reusable cup in the first place.
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If someone doesn't want to touch their "intimate parts", then a cup can never be the answer.
The market for such a device does not exist.
I have a high cervix and I was hoping this worked...imma stick to my Lumma disc 😁
I swear that whole doesn't want to touch intimate parts just rubs me the wrong way.
Exactly... how do they think the cup gets inside at all?
Almost like it was designed by a church group to discourage any 'inappropriate body touching'.
Julie Rae It honestly wouldn’t surprise me if that were the case
Wow I didn’t know Home Depot made a cup
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dead. It's indeed HD orange, too -K
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I imagine a conference of men trying to analyze a female anatomy poster for the first time while using the tools in their hardware toolbox to come up with menstrual cup???? 😭
😂😂😂 Yessss. That would make so much more sense.
Haha
So, 'just screw it... Make like a plunger and pull'! Was the idea behind this design? Just form, no function... Sounds like a non-perceptive man's idea of a menstrual cup. I felt so bad for her when I saw her in pain..
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It actually is a men's invented cup from a men's owned company, so you couldn't be more right
I'm so tired of people "designing" products for women's bodies that are clearly ignorant and potentially destructive. If a young girl was insecure, and this was her first cup experience, it would be directly harmful to her.
Facts. Imagine having to pull that thing out of you. You'll feel like your insides will come out with the cup. After that, you'll be scared of using cups forever
I agree. I hate to say it but i would bet a man designed it bc I cant see how anyone with a vagina would think that it would be comfortable.
My “intimate parts” hurt just looking at the cup itself. Just looks like a torture device for women from the 1890s to treat hysteria
Well you gotta get that "wandering uterus" back in place some how.
Lol, the treatment for hysteria was a vibrator. Seriously. Women used to go to the doctor and ask him to either finger them or whip out a vibrator. Look it up.
@@heathercortes9567 Yes I know. The vibrator was conceived with the doctor in mind, not the woman, though. Can't have the poor men getting fatigued.
@@heathercortes9567 no, it was not just about it. Women had their uterus removed, were detained in psychiatric centers...
@@violetcassandraperseo8773 my grandmother told me all about that too. Hysteria was treated with orgasms unless your husband was an ass looking for a quick divorce. Men have been pulling that kind of shit for centuries. Before hysteria it was common to burn us at the stake. Before that we were shipped off to nunneries if we had an once of spine. It was still legal to rape your wife until the 1990s. I'm never surprised at what men will do to get their way. That's why I raised my sons to be decent human beings who speak out about things like that. One of them beat the shit out of a guy beating his gf last summer. We helped her find a new place to live too. Been there, done that. If I had been one of grandma's sisters I'm sure I would have been shipped off to an asylum when the couldn't get me to shut up. Even JFK's younger sister was lobotomized on her father's orders since she was "too opinionated."
This isn’t related, but you guys have helped me switch to cups! I’m 14 years old and I had a previously traumatic experience with a cup that was too big for me, but now I have switched to the Organicup Mini. It’s amazing and I wish I had tried it sooner!
What happened with the cup that was too big? I'm 15 and recently had a really bad reaction to a cup too and I'm not sure if it was just too big or if the suction triggered a nerve and I just can't use cups.
That's the one I tried and I hated it...couldn't get it in at all.
@@hannahgendron7094 This might be TMI, but I had to force it in there more than I probably should have and it hurt pretty bad, but then when I tried to take it out the suction wouldn't release and I had to cut the end and pull it out through a hole I made.
Hannah Gendron May I ask what happened in your experience? When I tried a cup for the first time (Lena small) I guess I pushed it too far up that it hit a nerve or something and I immediately felt light headed. So I took out the cup and I felt so dizzy, clammy, my heart rate dropped and I had the worst cramps ever. I nearly fainted. As traumatizing as that was I still want to give the cup another go next cycle, maybe even try a cup that’s more sensitive or smaller. I also wanted to add that I have given birth to one child and I’m not afraid of blood at all. It purely was a physical reaction to the cup.
Cayela Bona Oh my gosh that’s awful! Mine just got really stuck and was very painful (because it was too big) and then the suction wouldn’t release. Since it was so big, pulling it out was quite literally tearing me, so we had to take scissors and cut the bottom to release the suction.
I would wager a month's wages that this was designed by a man & never tested - and it's such a safe bet that I wouldn't even call it gambling.
Not even a normal man. A man that's a member of some religious cult that practices clitorectomies and calls it circumcision.
Touching your lady parts for any reason is masterbation didn’t you know!!!?!? XD yaaa... I think that was the thought process
What I was thinking
It feels like this was never tested or something because why would anyone sell this
Right?! I feel like a dude who has no idea how a vagina works designed this. At first I laughed but now I am kind of mad?
Exactly my thoughts.
Tested by men on a dummy model. They don't know pulling things out hurt
Does it feel like a Puritan man developed this cup?
The general rule for cups is to not use the stem to pull your cup out. This cup is like, "Here's a giant screwable stem for you to yank on, good luck."
Yeah, you have to break the seal before pulling, otherwise you will have a world of pain.
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i pull the stem to get the bottom closer to my opening, then i squeeze the bottom to break the seal
As someone who isn't scared of any cup regardless of shape or size, this is terrifying. I feel as if this cup would turn people off to cups and make them even more scared to use them
Right? This almost seems like a purposeful attempt to keep users away from their icky intimate parts and using cups. You know? Belts and pads were good enough for your grandma, they're good enough for you! Ugh.
This is a de facto vagina plunger. This is terrible.
Imagine if your walls got pinched when it screws together 😶🤢
I feel like "here's a cup to keep you from having to interact with your 'intimate parts' in any way shape or form" TOTALLY UNDERMINES the entire...message? behind using a cup. Like, I specifically STARTED using one BECAUSE it's pretty much a crash course in your own body and cycle, so any company that wants to put out branding like "here's a cup for people who don't want to interact with their DIRTY UNCLEAN BODY" can stay about 100000 miles away from my period, thanks but no thanks.
also, how are you supposed to break the suction if you can't/won't squeeze the base to disrupt the seal?? That's not how cups work, jeez.
That's why I ordered my cup too! To come to terms with the functionality of my body instead of sexualizing/criminalizing(?) it. Also even with that weird marketing you would want a product that would actually work?? So you can actually make money off of it lol
Is don't think is that deep, some people just don't like blood un general.
This cup Is just a failure on design. I use the flex cup and i would recomend it for someone who wants minimal contact with the blood.
@@ninivengl Exactly, it doesn't have anything to do with shame around my body. I just don't want to deal with the mess of a period. 😂
So, you remove it with the “extractor” but can’t put it back in without your hands. Do they expect you to wear it the whole time you’re on your period so you don’t come into contact with “intimate parts”?
If the vag tee had been designed for inserting and extracting, it would have been great for people with limited mobility. But this is just terrible.
@@Call-me-Al Seriously!! I almost thought, "Hm, maybe this would be good for people with disabilities." After this review from an able-bodied person...... absolutely it is not. What a disappointment.
Wow...I've had the cleanest periods since I started using a cup. This is insane.
I loved this review style! It's so helpful to know that even a cup "expert" is having a tough time.
I don't normally film trials because TBH they're not usually interesting... I think I did for using a disc and for this. Otherwise, because cups are about all the same for me to put in and remove, it would be super boring. THIS was a whole new animal. -Kim
Wow you looked really frustrated, I'm sorry you had to use this torture device to show us why that cup is trash. But thank you for doing so. You guys are doing great work and really encouraging women like me who are fed up with pads. But I'm completely disinterested in tampons, just no thank you. Thank you a hundred times, you really give some ladies the confidence to say 'I can do this'.
This is like a really bad Shark Tank invention...
"And for that reason, I'm out"
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From the looks of it I'm wondering if the person(s) who designed this cup doesn't have the right anatomical parts (wink wink nudge nudge) or if they possess such parts but just don't use cups 🤔 No other explanation seems logical
You'd probably be right. According to Red Herring, the creator of the Amy Cup is a guy named Paolo. Judging by the massive design flaws in the other Amy Cups, I'm just gonna bet Paolo isn't trans and probably didn't test his cups well either.
So when you are at work, on your period, you are expected to take your screwdriver to the bathroom with you....?
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Bring a miniature toolbox with you lol
@@PutACupInIt "This is gonna be a tough job..."
I’m thinking of those who can’t move and rely on a caretaker for bathing and dressing. This sounds like an attempt at providing a eco friendly way of including those menstruating ppl who rely on someone else inserting and removing the cup. The reduced contact seems warranted in that one situation.
But honestly it looks like a hazard. The inability to release the suction can cause serious pain and harm. They need way more ....everything - testing , research, women etc.
Typically those people will take the shot or something that eliminates a period altogether.
Ok but don't you have to touch your "intimate parts" when you insert it ? Or am I doing something wrong 😂
Immediate questions:
Why is it so shiny??
How does this screw break the seal? Like ow my cervix 😳😬
How is that not going to make a mess pulling it out with that long ass stem?
How is that long ass stem not going to have my hand splashing into toilet water trying to pull this out?
Hard pass
1. I thought the shiny-ness of it was because it was solid (didnt fold)
2. I dont think it does 😬
3. I feel like the suction breaking when it exits the vag would get blood everywhere
4. Or your hand would smack the toilet seat
5. I dont want to be within 10 feet of this
I would rather get my hand messy than risking getting this thing stuck to the point that it hurts NOOOOO WAY.
Woah. Firstly, this thing looks like the result of some unholy union between the shame bell and a sink plunger. Secondly, the idea of using something that requires me to perform a blind dexterity test before it will work is not massively appealing to me under most circumstances, but when I'm sitting on a toilet, that's definitely a hard no. Thirdly, after all that time demonstrating your capability for tool use, not only do you not get a food pellet like a good little lab rat, it doesn't even break the seal and you get the agony of attempting to "extract" the cup when the seal is still in tact. Gah!
The only explanation I can come up with is that the company who developed this doesn't employ anyone with a vagina.
Thanks for trying it, so we didn't have to, Kim.
Ya, the makers clearly don't understand a woman's anatomy
thy also don't even understand how cups even work! Like, if you're going to make a product then at least make sure it can work!!!!!
Kim, that is mortifying! Thank you for testing things like this first. I would have panicked and lost it. If someone experienced had such trouble, I would have been screwed.
This cup just sounds complicated. Worried about your hands getting dirty? Why aren't you washing your hands after going to the bathroom?
OMG! That was MY reddit!
I'm honored.
I'd have tried it myself, but I'm pregnant right now.
They had another cup just called Amy Cup that had an applicator that both inserted and extracted the cup.
I don't have a problem putting my fingers in there, even when I"m on my period. But, I have friends who find that too eeeewwww on their period. That is why these cups interest me. From this video, it looks like this cup isn't going to help me convince friends to try a cup.
Awesome :) Well thanks for sharing this- I knew I had to try it when I saw the post, for the good of humanity. -K
As someone who would say "no" to using a cup, watching this video actually did the opposite for me. It made me consider that they are probably not that bad. Before this video I looked at all cups like an uncomfortable torture device, but now I can clearly see that just wasn't the case. This highlighted what's easy and difficult in a way I'd never seen before, Ironically making me see the usual cups in a much better light by comparison. Now I have a better understanding, especially when she explained that her sense of touch was very important to the process of using it easily.
This cup made the others look simple, when before they had all kind of seemed "scary."
🎉Omg!!! Congrats on being pregnant!!!! 🎉
Even if the screw worked after that long pulling into your cervix it would cause you a prolapse. It would make sense if the screw would break the seal and it made a sort of pipe to get rid of the discharge, while the cup stays in. This is very dangerous.
I felt PAIN during the entire "extraction video". I feel like they created the cup without actually testing it before D:
I was wondering if it had suction, and how you would get it out if it did. It just seems like there is a lot of fiddling around with that screw. And it still requires you to touch yourself, just get a regular cup.
Don't buy the orange cup of doom... duly noted 👌🏼
Who came up with this cup?! Outrageous! It’s painful when you mess up the suction pulling it out I can’t imagine yanking out a suctioned tight cup. OWCH
I can’t tell you how much I love this channel❤️ so glad I found it..
Wow this cup seems like nightmare😳
"Intimate parts"... C'mon, it's just your amazing vulva❤️
Those instructions are so translated from Italian
I'm sure she was reading the instruction sarcastically! :)
That feel when something you hate comes with its own screw to screw itself lol
this must have been designed by a cis man. I can't explain this any other way. Wow.
That man that wouldn't buy menstrual products for their partner....
No, they would be single
It looks like a traffic cone......
I always have to release the seal to get my cup out. I can't imagine if that had been my first experience with a cup!!!!!
Eeekkk!! 😖 Looks so painful. Great video though. I didn’t even realize it was 19 minutes. Keep it up with the informative reviews. 😃
I dont know why I'm just now finding this channel, but I love it. I switched to a cup a few years ago and I love it and never wanna go back to disposable methods
I just gotta say this was terrifying to watch. When you were removing it the second time you looked like you were in a lot of pain. 😭
That looks horrifying
How ever could we touch our forbidden intimate parts! If only something like hand soap existed!
I've actually seen a "cup extractor" on amazon, they're just a long pair of tweezers with silicone covered tips. They're very much like the tweezers that are used to help remove contact lenses, but like 2 times longer than a menstrual cup (I didn't read the details of the product so the length of the tweezers were purely based off the picture provided o.O).
Love this lip color on you! 💖
Talk about taking one for the team! 🥵Thank you 🙏 for showing this, I’ve been looking for something that could be less “hands on” and would have tried this if I hadn’t seen this video.
Half way through watching you try to get this cup out I was talking to the screen "Baby girl no, don't do this to yourself" for us!
The ✨intimate parts✨ echo has no right being so funny
I've been using menstrual cup since 4 months now and I'm really happy I made this switch. Llife has never been this easy! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us..it's so good to have such a community out there to help.
I wanted to ask something..I've notice huge clots in my menstrual blood is it normal to have clots or should I go see a gyanecologist. Can you please make a video on this! Type of blood telling about women health.
I think before watching that's an "extractor"
Lol i bet a guy made this saw a menstrual cup found out what it was for and was like they should have a tool to get it out
Tools for inserting and extracting seems like a great help for people with disabilities, but this is a vagina plunger, not a tool for getting it out D:
@@Call-me-Al yeah the tool here is useless you can't get it out with the screw
I recently tried a menstrual cup, OrganiCup mini, but could NOT get it in whatsoever, I tried the different folds and the damn thing kept popping open way before I could get it in, also, my uh...juices made it super slippery so my fingers couldn't get a good grasp on it. So there's that. I can safely say cups aren't for me, I'll stick with cloth pads.
What helped me was trying it not on my period to get the feel for it
Not willing to try other brands. Looking through the comments, different women have different experiences with different brands.
It's the same with pads for me. There are some that always lead to accidents for me and others that don't.
It feels like this cup was designed by a man....
I’m glad that there are so many cups on the market with different design options. Unfortunately, I think the concept has also opened the doors to all sorts of strange gimmicky features that won’t work at all just to try and sell and capitalize on severely poor marketing. That’s what I saw immediately with this.
Maybe I’m wrong but it feels like a man designed this cup
I love your videos. That cup looks great but it's not very practical or useful with the screwdriver. Love your video as always, thank you for posting. 😘😘
I never use a menstrual cup before but watching your video I want to learn more about thank you✌️
Wow, I can't see how this would work for anyone! It kind of looks like something you'd find in a kid's tool box or...something.😂 I use the Mooncup and have done for years. I was lucky to find one that works for me first time but I know others have to try quite a few before finding 'the one'. Thanks for all your hard and important work! ♥️
I think you just saved our lives. Thank you for your sacrifice. 🙏
I feel like if you absolutely don't want to use your hands period, you shouldn't be using a cup. If you're that concerned, maybe just use pads (I would suggest cloth here, because I really love cloth pads, but you do have to wash them and I know my personal wash routine does involve bloody hands which would probably bother anyone who cared enough to go to these extremes).
I bought both sizes for high cervix, and I was thinking about trying them, but now I'm really-really scared. What Kim said seems reasonable, especially the part when she talks about her cup tilting and turning the wrong way, so the screw doesn't find its way in. Ouch! I have so high cervix that I can only rely on this device. I'm afraid to give it a try.
If you have a high cervix and you'd otherwise have to pinch the base to remove the cup if you can't, in fact, find the hole with this tool... I would possibly not attempt. I know my body really well and I know cups, if I had a high cervix I can't imagine how getting this out would have gone. The first time when I couldn't find or get the screw into the hole I was desperately grabbing at the little flange to get it out because the cup is so slick and round- I worried I wouldn't be able to get it out! Additionally making things harder is that you can't really pinch the base because it's full of that screw cave... it's a recipe for disaster the more I think about it. -K
@@PutACupInIt Wow, thank you for answering! ❤ It makes me sad that I won't be able to try it, but I must resist. 😃 Just to tell you an example, I cant reach for none of the Super Jennies' stems. I use my Juju mod 3, and Lali Cup L mostly, but still have to reach waay in.. So my friends are often teasing me with "your cervix is closer if swallowing the cups." Lol. Many greetings from Budapest, Hungary BTW! 😃 and thank you for the video. It indeed saved me from trouble. 😃
@@emillabetetitarsasag3772 Yeah, I hope that you seeing this saved you from a very serious situation! You'll be able to feel and see what I mean when they arrive regarding the base being so slick and not being pinchable! Hope you're doing well! -Kim
@@PutACupInIt You sure did save me from the possible struggle. 😃 Thank you once again, you too have a lovely day!
My one thought was that this might be good for people with wrist issues or other disabilities but seeing as it’s shitty and doesn’t break the seal then it doesn’t actually do anything. I’ve found that a lot of things meant for disabled people are advertised stupidly (like those commercials that have able bodied people being a spaz and knocking a bowl off a table)
As someone with long nails I kind of like the idea of it, it can be tricky to get the cup out with long nails, but it does looks like a nightmare
OMG! That looked so painful. I use a cup too but Jesus that was intense. I completely felt your pain. I'm on day one and I always cramp the first day. A little more with the cup and the first cup removal of my period is a little pain but damn that hurt me just to watch.
I mean I have short arms and a long torso and have trouble reaching into my vag far enough to retrieve a cup so if something like this worked that'd be great. Too bad.
That was the only real hope for this, that it would be a help to anyone with a high cervix or with that combination of short arms/fingers that can't reach their cup. But the screw tool doesn't break the suction and for that reason it can't really be used to retrieve the cup. I tried wiggling side to side to gently lower it first... #nope still suctioned and wouldn't budge.
That's why I was hoping it worked. Thanks for saving me money and time. Imma stick to my Lumma disc 😁
Thank you for being so open and honest about this!
Your point about how important touch is was interesting, I wonder how those that are disabled and menstruating find period products and how they are most definitely not designed for them.
This was so funny! What a crazy design!! "Intimate parts" 😵🤦😂
Have y'all done a review of the merula xl?? I'm struggling to find videos in English about this cup. I need capacity!!
I've tried it and it was surprisingly not as "big" as I assumed as far as wear goes, but because my flow isn't super heavy I'm not able to really give it a true review. I ended up giving it to a friend so I don't have to anymore :( -Kim
Thank you for your feedback!! What did you think of the suction? I keep seeing that since it doesn't have vent holes, that the suction is kind of intense and it's tricky to open.
I was over here about to cry watching you struggle with it 😫. I’m so sorry
Okay, this is an incredibly weird question and I'm sorry. But, I'm a transgender man with a significant amount of dysphoria (read as intense discomfort, if you must) related to the vag-bits. How much can you feel a cup while it's inside? Will it cause cramps the way tampons do? Would you recommend them for someone who wants to just set it and forget it as it were? thanks for your videos no matter what, super informative!
Hey! So I have used tampons, pads, and I hated them. I could feel them and it was so uncomfortable and they leaked. I have a very very heavy flow as well. I use “Softdiscs” which are 10$ for 12 and disposable, it’s flatter and sits just under the cervix. I can’t feel it at all, I don’t even need back ups when I wear it, and I wear one for up to 18 hours (12 recommended). I recommend this for you. No cramps too! A little messy getting it out, but it’s worth it. Not a weird question at all! That’s what the channel is for, right?
I agree it's important to get familiar with your body but if you're somebody who is older that's already familiar with everything comfortable with your body it would be convenient if there was a way to create an applicator because that way you wouldn't feel like you need to wash your hands before and after using the bathroom. I would still always do it after but before sometimes can be a bit of a pain but there is a lot of germs on your hands.
I really want to know what the product testing process was like if this is the final product.
Omg you were trying so hard to find a few good things to say lol even though we all knew nope this isn’t happening!
I have been an avid cup user for years. I was somewhat intrigued by this cup, like anyone, and was subsequently turned off by this cup after this review. So I decided to venture over to the AMYCUP website. I noticed two things. 1) their story page came up in a language other than english and was very difficult to change. But nothing else on their page was in this language. Just the story page. 2) this was the very beginning of their story "As far back as 1952 Sergio Pitacco rose to the headlines by graduating as the youngest mechanical engineer in Italy. After about 70 years, the 1965 patent of the American Waldron resumes to develop his cup." So like many people have commented, this cup was most certainly designed by a man 😂
I'm glad I found my cup first try (with your quiz) because I HIGHLY doubt this would work for me either. I've never been able to find my cervix so I assume it's super high, and I always have a wicked suction, so I feel like this would be stuck forever LOL
I'd like to see them redesign it although idk how they would do it. I knew there was going to be a problem with suction as soon as I knew the way to remove it was with the screw. Anyways have you heard of the Beppy cup? It kind of reminds me of the femmycycle with the rim design flaps. Would you review that?
So their touch-free system completely backfired! xD
no doubt!
This cup is nonsense!! You deserve a medal for this!!
Could you guys review the doris cup? I just ordered 2 wonder what you guys think. This will be my first cup purchase :)
I tried the femmycycle cup and it suctioned horribly to my cervix which was terrifying. I found out only after yall didn't reccomend it for that reason. Ended up getting a size larger in my salt soft and what do you know it is totally my miracle cup. Should have just listened to yall from the start is what I learned.
Could you make a video about how to properly clean a cup? Mine is changing colour over time and it would be interesting to see if it's normal and how to take care of it
This was definitely a public service. Thank you for your sacrifice. 🙏
Imagine this being your first cup 💀
Hey girl!!! Im absolutely in love with all your smashing pumpkins shirts, where did you get them? ❤
This one is from Urban Outfitters -K
That was made by someone who does not have "intimate parts" 😄
you're so brave! thank you so much for sharing - it is a lesson to all of us. a very helpful one!
Just watching this had me wincing in sympathy. This looks horrible! Thank you for your review.
Nothing to do with the cup, but I really like your glasses. Where are they from? ♥️
These (like almost all of my glasses) are from SEE Eyewear. Love their frames. -K
@@PutACupInIt Thank you! ❤
Huge Pumpkins fan! Love your tee!
Its not lost on me that the female on the shirt looks like she is struggling to break the seal on this silly cup as well!
Unrelated but where do you get your glasses? Specifically on 1:55 it’s so cute 😭
I found I had the suction issue with the FemmeCycle and when I went to remove it it had got stuck round my cervix and it took me about 20 mins to get it out because of the suction as it has no release holes which was a shame because it held more content than my MoonCup. It took about 3 weeks before I could wear any internal period products because my cervix was really badly bruised and even sex was almost impossible because of how painful it was. I’ve used my MoonCup and ZiggyCup ever since because they work without issues 😅😅
I have watched many of your videos and it was really helpful. Also, I have seen you guys doing reviews on different cups. So I really wanted you guys to do a review on 'NAAMYA MENSTRUAL CUP '. It's unique and you will figure it out as soon as you get your hands on it😂.
I wanted to try it for the first time and It would be really helpful if you could do a review on it🥺
OOOOOHHH! DAMN!! Just you pulling on it with the model looked hella painful!
Cups are so frustrating for me. I started with saalt cup, which went in perfact, didnt leak, but was terrifying to remove (I didnt know I had such a high cervix, & it was stuck for over 6 hours!) After a few months of the same issue over & over again I gave up. Being traumatized by that experience I got a flex cup, which wouldnt open up & leaked like crazy. Last cycle I got a lily cup in the small size, but it wont open inside me, & I cant fit my finger inside enough to pop it open, cuz my body just crushes it. I must have super skinny & super long gine. I check all the time, but "the learning curve" that every cup review mentions is more of a physical impossibility for me. I literally cant fit a finger inside with a cup in, let alone a thumb to pinch it, & even if I could, it's too high up to reach.
My dumba** thought it was like a "puncture" type of thing to make it drain the blood for like times when the cup is full but you're not in an easy accessible cleaning space. I was very confused but somehow more terrified of the torture device it really is.
Don't give up on cups with tools. I have been half way searching for a good one, because I have lupus which attacks my joints. Some mornings when i'm having a flair up my grip strength isn't strong enough to get my cup out. I'm currently in that situation which is why i watched this video. I was hoping this cup was a good solution but after hearing your review I definitely won't try it out. But hopefully one day someone will make a cup that doesn't rely so much on having fully functioning hands that actually works haha.
There is the Flex Cup which has a pull tab that often breaks the suction - the feedback is overall pretty positive so I would look into that. Meluna also seems to have a tool they don't market I just learned about which works by hooking a cup with a ring stem, but again it's like this product where it isn't breaking the stem. Also someone sells some sort of "scoop" to help break a cup's seal, and while I wouldn't recommend it for most it could be a helpful product for you. I just have not tried it myself. -K
@@PutACupInIt Wow this is awesome! Thanks for the response. I have considered the flex cup in the past but some of the advertisements were really off putting. One add popped up on my instagram saying that menstrual cups were gross and stinky and thats why people should get the flex cup. I was so turned off I was like I'm definitely not supporting that. But I think they have retracted that kind of marketing and desperate times call for desperate measures. My fingers were not putting up with it this morning hahaha. Thanks again for your help. I'll check those other ones out as well!
@@4TheLoveofLauren Yeah, I get that and I still have a pretty bad taste in my mouth about Flex both in how they approached their marketing as a disc and also how they did an about face when they purchased the design for their cup. But if the cup's design is one that will help you I would certainly say to use it and know in your heart it was designed by someone else ;) They just bought them out. It's a hard line to walk when you don't support a brand but they offer a cup that helps people and so if/when the use case arises I'm always going to at least mention them and the consumer can make that call. I do hope you find a cup that is easier for you to use! Perhaps a reusable disc like Lumma with a removal stem is also a consideration, there is no suction to break and the removal string can just be pulled for removal. It's just a bit messy! -K
I appreciate the review! Also, has anyone ever told you that you sound just like Candace Cameron-Bure?
Could you guys review the june cup? The price is so good but I'm wondering how it compares
Knew the seal was going to be a problem. It's like the people who invented it don't have the right parts or an understanding of physics.
This seemed like a horror story lol. I will say, if it was maybe a clip of some sort that was able to squeeze the cup and thereby break the seal, it maybe could work? That said, it's really not that bad getting your fingers up there when you get used to it. After using pads from age 12-28 (like a few months ago) I realized they're a lot more gross than placing and removing a cup. Plus there are much nastier things that one has to experience than one's own body fluids (the bag in my compost bin leaking rot juice all over the bin and my floor last week is a contender for the nastiest). Besides this doesn't eliminate the gross factor because you still have to wash the bloody cup and touch fluids regardless, so I think that somebody that squeamish wouldn't be interested in trying any reusable cup in the first place.