- Hi everybody, this is Kim from Put A Cup In It.
And welcome back to the channel.
Today I will have a review for you.
This menstrual cup from Norway, it's called Flove,
like glove, I checked, I asked them how to pronounce it.
So that's what's going to be on the agenda today
and it shouldn't be very long.
It's a pretty simple, basic menstrual cup
that I tried in the last two cycles.
But before I get to the review and if you are bored
and don't wanna hear any of this, you can skip it.
I do have a couple little announcements and things to say
that are somewhat off-topic.
Beginning with a thank you to everyone who is subscribed
because we did just finally reached
the 50,000 subscriber milestone.
I will show you my nonexistence plat.
I'm still very excited and thankful that you're here
and want to hear all about menstrual cups
and so that is something to be thankful for and that's it.
The other exciting little tidbit of news is that it is,
Put A Cup In It's five year anniversary.
So five years ago Put A Cup In It started
with just the mission to advocate for menstrual cups
and tell people there are other options
than tampons and pads.
And five years ago that was a mission
that really needed to be championed
because not many people knew they existed.
And here we are with "Shape" and "Health" magazines
and "Cosmo" and "Vogue",
BBC News, NPR, all these places
taking up the topic of menstrual cups
talking about menstrual cups,
which in itself was considered pretty taboo
even five years ago.
So I like to think the Put A Cup In It
and the mission there on the website and the quiz
and the community all those things have had some small role
and pushing that forward
and something I'm personally very proud of.
With that being said
I do actually have a review to talk about
and again, this is the brand Flove, Flove.
With my Southern accent,
I think it's maybe a little more of an A than they intended.
But Flove is a menstrual cat brand from Norway.
They have really fun poppy, kind of a reverend packaging
that I love and it is recyclable.
So it isn't just a very simple box
with the kind of artwork that I love,
even though it seems simple,
and another thing that I love about this cup
other than branding is that they do have the bag
that it comes with it says we effing love it
for the Flove brand with the different vulva typefaces,
and it says go with the Flove.
So I was confused about how to pronounce it
because they do say go with the Flove,
which kind of be like flow, so Flove,
or is it love it with an A?
So yes, that was why I wanted to check.
It was a little confusing on that end.
Now what's in the box are either one of the sizes
so it come with a heavy or a light cup.
You can also get a dual pack if you want to try both sizes
to see which is gonna work best for you.
They do on their website size things by flow.
So they'll say heavy or light
and then they'll say how many teaspoons it holds,
the light Flove version holds four teaspoons,
this holds five or six teaspoons
as you may know I am not a huge fan of sizing cups
based on flow, needs to stay in place
you need not to slip down,
you need it not to be uncomfortable and too large
or not open because it doesn't have room.
So there's all these different reasons to pick
based on size.
They do say that heavy is better
if you have had a pregnancy.
And again, that's also not black and white.
Maybe you've had one but still sizewise needed small.
That would be something
I've already addressed in another YouTube video on sizing
if you need help picking a size definitely check that out,
I'll put it in the card and it's on our YouTube channel.
So the cups, let's talk about
and then I'll get to how they work for me.
This heavy which is in that really sweet pink color
that I love so much.
Both of them in terms of features have this double rims,
heavy thick rim at the top.
It's no firmer than the body itself.
In fact I would even argue
that the rim is softer than the body
because right here at the bottom portion of the cup,
it's got a lot thicker silicone
that makes it more resistant and firm.
Then this top part and the cup itself as of firmness
I would definitely say it's a four
and even a pretty firm four.
So average firm, but on the even more firm part of that
I wouldn't argue it's a five but it's pretty close.
And then the stem and the grip has really pronounced grips.
Both of them and the stem itself is kind of thick.
So if you don't like that, if you don't like stems
it might be uncomfortable for you.
Has really great branding, I really love their branding
and their look.
And the cap does have really nice big suction holes.
You could probably even see them from a zoomed out view,
which is how large they are.
So there's that
and of course comparing side-to-side light heavy here.
I'll give you a little look at something else.
This is their heavy, larger size
versus the Saalt regular size.
They're very, very comfortable and their length,
the diameter or the rim
of the Saalt's little bit flared out more,
this doesn't have a flare at the end.
And this would be like a regular Lunette.
So it's very, very average in length,
light Flove and then the small Lena.
It is even a little shorter than that
when you don't take into account the stem.
And again, it does have a smaller diameter rim
because it does not flare out
like all of the other average cups do.
The silicone has a texture to it
and I didn't realize that until I tried it
because I just don't spend a lot of time rubbing cups.
So it's not something you can pick up on video.
But it just has this very, very, very slight texture to it.
But I actually quite liked that there was a texture to it
because it just makes it look and feel nice.
Of course it's not shiny
'cause it has that matte deep slight stippling texture.
One of the things that I did really, really appreciate
on their website, which is beautiful,
I would definitely check it out 'cause it's fun
and interactive and lots of cool things on it,
is that they have a goal to be extremely ethical
but also in a very upfront way.
Something I super appreciate that's kind of my jam,
is just being upfront and honest and so having them
just to say outright that,
well, they definitely have not tested these products
on animals or do anything that would be considered cruel
in the development of their cup.
The historical development of medical grade silicone
has involved animal testing.
That's something I've really talked about here
on the channel and it's something,
I don't quite know when I learned that,
another brand told me this quite a while ago,
so they don't feel comfortable themselves
using the cruelty-free logo.
They know that you can trace
the development of medical grade silicone to animal testing.
So they have benefited from that historically
so they can't say that just because their cup didn't use it
doesn't mean it wasn't used.
So that is the same,
they say right upfront on their website,
but they are designed in Norway,
and they are made in Taiwan.
So they're very upfront about their manufacturing
and where it is as well.
For the review part,
we're just gonna be very, very quick and easy.
It's an average cup with an average bullet shape
and gosh darn it, it was an average cup for me.
I do have issues with firmer menstrual cups
slowing my urine stream.
This is a historical thing, you can look back at my reviews
Lunette does it even though I love Lunette,
Lena does it, the classic Lena, the regular Saalt,
all of these brands that I've tried that are this shape,
that have some firmness to it make me pee slow.
It doesn't bother me.
So it doesn't make me have to pee, there's a difference.
If it gave me bladder pressure I would hate it
because then I'd have to feel
like I constantly had to pee like it did
when I tried the Merula one size,
it gave me the absolute constant urge to urinate.
Not the case with this.
It just make me pee slower and I did try the regular size.
And that is what I would have expected to work which it did.
And some people were asking for a review on this cup
specifically 'cause they really wanted to see
if this double-rimmed section here
almost like the rim on the Ziggy cup from Intimina
has like this double little wall,
you kind of almost picture it like the jar,
like the airtight jars
would be better for catching and preventing leaks.
I can't really definitively say
if that was the reason it worked well for me or not
in terms of leak protection.
It's just, I've tried cups that don't have it
that work just as well.
So it's not something I can say
it's because it has this double wall that it didn't leak.
I can't say that.
I like that it has these nice easy-to-clean section holes.
It makes wearing one very easy
because you just kind of run it under the water
but what I did notice is that when I took it out,
there was stuff coming out from it already.
it's just something to point out,
It could cause leaks for you, I'm not saying it can't
but I just know it didn't for me.
Yeah, so I was okay with using it with the stem,
but I definitely lengthwise,
it's just right at the tip
of where it's too long with the stem.
But luckily I was able to get past that.
And I was able to keep the stem on
and continue with the reviewing process
because when my cervix goes through the cycle,
it gets higher and so I have more space,
but when it was at its lowest,
I could just barely get the center to stay
where the stem wasn't bothering me.
So I would normally wanna chop it off,
I was gonna continue using this every single cycle
that would be my ideal.
And because it has these grippy rings,
I can grip it without issue to get it out
and break the seal.
It does have like a really firm bottom part.
So if this is the part
that's pushing against where your bladder is,
in the positioning,
it could make you feel like you have some pressure.
And you always have the option for the smaller cup
if that's going to be more comfortable for you
either because of bladder pressure
or because of just how it fits inside of you
and stays in place.
Larger diameter cups, if they're too large,
aren't gonna open and aren't gonna work well.
So I guess I'll end it was saying
my favorite thing about this cup
is that they use their brand as kind of a verb.
And so it's like I effing love it,
something like that with a little asterisk,
and so that is right up my alley.
I've tried to curb back on my F words here
because not that I really care
if people think less of me if I curse,
but there is a younger audience watching
maybe I should just curb my F bombs slightly.
But I do love my F bombs
and this is a brand that embraces them just a little.
So that is it for my review.
I really just can only tell you that it works
and it worked well and it didn't leak and it was fine,
it made me pee slow, but that was about it.
Nothing else really exciting to report
but I like showcasing brands that are not just from the US
but abroad, I'm giving you some ideas.
If you aren't in the US, maybe you're in Europe,
this brand is very comparable to Lena in my opinion
and Saalts, with the exception of the flared rim,
but their sizing is pretty close.
So if maybe you took our quiz
and you were recommended a regular Saalt or a regular Lena
but you're in Europe,
maybe this would be a good substitution for you.
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just search that up
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So I think that's it, I hope you're all staying safe
and growing your hair, growing your roots,
this is the best time to be a low maintenance person
because lemme tell you I don't do nails, I don't do Botox.
I don't do waxes and I don't do hair color.
So the only thing that's happening for me
is that my hair is ever so slowly getting longer.
Thanks for watching, bye.
I Don't know where that stopped recording
so we're gonna have to just pretend
I didn't say a bunch of stuff and say okay.
That wouldn't be with my Southern accent is really cool.
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Flove, I'm feeling goofy today, almost to that milestone.
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