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Welcome back to our channel.
This is Kim from Put A Cup In It.
And today I have a new review for you
of the Kind Cup.
And this is one that I've been able to test
in the last two cycles in varying amounts of time.
But I wanted to always give it two cycles,
even if I can only test it for a little bit
of that cycle, so that I get a better sense
of the cup and how it works for me.
As viewers who are already subscribed know,
I test a lot of cups.
So getting something that is new into my vagina
was not something I'm normally able to do.
I usually have a queue,
but this one was so interesting to me
that I really wanted to give it a shot,
because I think there are a lot of people
who would be candidates, good candidates for this cup
or who might be interested in trying it.
So little background on this brand and this cup
before I get into how the cup worked for me.
So Kind Cup is reusable medical grade silicon.
It's actually made in California.
And the story of the Kind Cup and the brand
is very interesting, it's started by Christine brown,
I wanna check the name.
Yes, I'm bad with names.
So Kind Cup was started by Christine Brown,
who had found menstrual cups through a friend
and tried them and liked them,
but she was, felt like something needed tweaking
and that's kind of the story of a lot of different brands.
It's like, oh, I like this product,
but I need it to work better for me.
And in some cases that works out really well
and they design a cup that they think fixes their problems
and it fixes a lot of other people's problems.
And it's very much the story of Kind Cup
and tons of product innovation.
So it's not a new story but it can in many cases
give us good results for products and product design.
And Christine's background's pretty interesting.
But she's an avocado farmer and a teacher,
so took her many years to get to the point
where this product is available on the market
and now it's here, and I'm sure she's excited
as maybe some of you are about this new product.
They're another menstrual cup brand
that does have social justice and issues
that affect people who have periods, period poverty,
so it's another brand to look for,
who will hopefully as they grow, do a lot of good things.
The cup itself, it is only available in this size
that you see here, which is their regular.
They are working on a smaller size,
so we're crossing our fingers that that is available,
but for right now, the regular is exactly what I need
so I was able to test it.
So the design is a little different,
it is not just a bullet-shaped cup.
It looks like a bullet-shaped cup,
but it's actually this asymmetrical,
what some people have called an ergonomic design,
and it is reminiscent of the curvature of the FUN CUP design
from the FUN FACTORY, with a stem.
And it's not quite that same curve at the front,
it really only curves at the back, the front is flat.
But because it curves here, it does fit differently
than a straight bullet-shaped cup.
And it does give you a nice long stem,
for those with a high cervix, that is very flexible.
So in many cases, stems become uncomfortable,
but the way this cup is shaped
and the fact that the stem is flexible,
if you do have a high cervix,
I think the chances of being able
to leave the stem on are pretty good.
And so I'll talk about my experience with the stem
as we get to the review portion.
It just has like a little protruding rim here,
not very thick,
has angled drilled suction holes.
The branding is raised, but it's on the inside,
so that really shouldn't affect comfort.
And it has what they call a one handed removal design.
So you are supposed to be able to pinch the base here,
and be able to remove it with just one hand.
The Kind Cup should be inserted with this curved back
towards your spine.
And this vaginal canal is not quite exactly
what we need for this demo, we're gonna squeeze it in there.
But yeah, it should just kind of go towards the back
and then it curves up towards the front,
and this stem, if you had a high cervix,
would be quite amazing and flexible.
If you don't, you can trim it any amount that you want.
All the way to this little nobby part
or even all the way to the actual bottom of the cup.
So when you order a Kind Cup,
right now they're only selling on their website.
And what we'll do is put a link to buy
in the video description, so look below for that.
They have a box with all the information you really need.
Just a brief little information about how long you wear it.
I love that they do have a very simple line drawing
of how the cup is worn, just to show you where it goes,
which can be, if you're buying it on a store shelf,
then that's if you're new to cups, amazing information,
'cause it's not always clear when you're brand new to cups
of what exactly it is.
And then for the measurements, I don't have the length
and all of that.
But it does hold, they say, 25 milliliters
to the suction holes and you can get up to 35
if you fill it all the way to the rim.
I have not measured that out yet,
so we're gonna take the brand's word for it for now.
And it also comes with a very simply, very clean,
nice linen bag for storage, which will be very breathable.
And if you wanted, you could probably embroider on this
or do something cute, 'cause it's kinda that nice,
pretty natural look.
So that could be a fun craft project.
So now let's talk about how the cup worked for me,
which is like my favorite topic,
talking about how cups worked for me and my vagina.
It worked really well, I was able to do it,
try it for two cycles, I only tried it
for a little bit the first cycle,
because I was already doing some other vagina testing
that previous cycle.
So the most recent cycle that I had
was really the full chance to try this cup
and really really love this cup.
And I'll tell you why I love it so much.
I love it because it's easy and it really just works,
and that's because of this design.
And I was thinking about it,
and I think that if you are trying too hard,
if you're an experience cup user
and you're used to certain things you need to do
to get the cup to go in and work and open.
Opening it, pinching it, moving it, rotating it,
pushing against the vaginal walls.
It's way more intuitive than that,
so maybe just, if you're trying this cup
and you have tried other cups before,
just throw it in and see what happens
before you do anything else.
Really when I folded it and I put it in,
it just went right where it needed to go
and opened immediately and it was just done.
I knew because I have an average cervix,
that this was not gonna apply, so I did cut it down
to about this first little ball
and then eventually had to chop it all the way off,
it was bothering me, it was actually rubbing me
and making me soar, but I wanted to give it a try,
just to see how it worked,
but because it does kind of go flush with your skin,
instead of being a bullet-shaped cup
that floats in the middle,
unless it's rubbing this way sideways,
it would guarantee to rub my skin.
And I only was able to leave a little bit,
so that was probably worse than leaving the full thing.
So I really imagine for a first time cup user
who might be trying this cup,
that it would as easy as it was for me that first day,
it caught everything, I didn't have a drop, a leak, nothing.
And it was perfectly easy and my cervix was a little lower,
I'm sure if I had tried this on a higher cervix day,
I could've kept that stem and it would've been
a little more comfortable for me,
or at least kept part of it.
But the way this was, it was really just,
like right here at the opening of my vaginal canal,
and so it was touching and rubbing
during my normal walking around.
It does hold a pretty good amount,
so even on my heavy day, which is not super heavy,
but I have been having heavier periods,
which I don't think I've talked about here very much,
but my periods have gotten heavier.
Some people would laugh at what my summer period was
a couple of years ago when we measured it,
it was very low.
But I have for some reason, started having heavier periods,
which for a cup tester is actually kind of good,
because I can give things more a testing,
and more like the average person
who is filling a cup in a day.
And I can do that now, I don't know why,
it's not anything that's worrying me,
it's just been progressively getting heavier.
No pain, no nothing, but I did pass a really impressive clot
the other day, I have to tell you.
So I was able to fill this up in my first heavy day,
it didn't leak, it was full when I emptied it,
like full full.
And for the next day when I had another heavy cycle,
same thing, very full, emptied.
And removal, so I know they say it's a one handed removal,
they're basically saying you can use the stem
to pull it down and then pinch to break the suction
and remove all with one hand,
I can do that with any cup,
so unfortunately I'm not really someone
who can try this and say this is easier to remove
than another cup with just the one hand.
I don't get to say that,
because I've never had that experience.
So I can only tell you that's what they're telling you,
is that it is easier to remove one handed,
and because it's a brand, a new brand,
I don't have the community feedback to be able to say,
oh, I've heard, everyone's having an easy time removing it
more than a bullet-shaped cup.
We're not there yet.
So I can only say that's what they're trying for
in their design.
It does have this interesting spine section
that gives it some sort of rigidity here,
that's supposed to help kind of push it in.
When you push it in, how that goes in a vagina,
does seem to work.
But how it does it in a vagina versus being held
in a hand that's very firm, I don't know.
As for the firmness, I would say,
this cup is very much like,
I'd probably say, it's really between a three and a four,
so it's firmer than a DivaCup,
so yeah, I'd say it's about a four.
So it's a good starter average firmness.
I do think that it's really just an all around
good starter cup, even though it doesn't look like
all the other brands in the same way,
because of the design, very intuitive.
I'm actually very excited that this cup is here,
because I think it's really a good entry point.
The barrier right now is of course,
that this cup is only sold through kindcup.com.
And through some of the co-ops and stores
that they're selling locally in California.
So if you're trying to go hop onto Amazon,
you're not gonna get it.
And it's up in the air if that will ever happen.
It's probably unlikely it will be on Amazon,
but we do have a link, again, you can buy this cup
directly from them and they'll ship it to you.
So availability is not really an issue 'cause they ship it,
it's just you need to know to buy it from their website
and know about the cup itself, which, that's why we're here.
Put A Cup In It is to let people know about
what is out there.
And this is a new cup and it's very exciting.
So I hope this edits down to be a nice quick video review,
'cause I feel like I was rambling.
But I do really love the cup, I think it's worth a shot.
Especially some of you who are frustrated
by the bullet-shaped cups.
And don't necessarily wanna try discs,
maybe something different.
Maybe go for the Kind Cup.
And yeah, let me know if you do try it and love it.
Would love to hear some feedback
since it is such a new brand.
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So, it is hot as (beeps) in here.
I haven't had breakfast yet,
so I'm gonna have to wrap this up, I'm dying.
Or coffee.
Okay.