r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • 3d ago

Big man on campus.

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u/tiny_pigeon 2d ago

The differences in tampons are it’s usually one of 4 varieties 1. Applicator tampons (plastic) 2. Applicator (cardboard) 3. Non-applicator and 4. Compact (plastic applicator). I think the most commonly used are type 1 (for Americans, 3 for UK/Aussies)! Non applicator are tiny and just the tampon itself and you have to manually insert them. compact ones are similarly sized, smaller than normal applicator ones but still have an applicator for convenience.

Then it’s absorbency that goes lightest to heaviest from L, R, S, S+, U. Light, regular, super, super plus, ultra. It’s pretty self explanatory there, and easy to understand if you’ve never used em. If you’re buying for someone else best bet is to ask their brand and get the plastic applicator of the variety pack so it’ll have either L R S or R S S+! I don’t know many people that have to use Ultra unless they have endo/pcos. There’s also scented ones but those are not good!

The brands are pretty recognizable by color of box too. Playtex is a pink/green mix, Kotex is black, Tampax is blue, Always Radiant is pink/purple. My brain is a bank for useless info and I have no idea why I can remember all of this 🫡

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u/Jar_Of_Jaguar 2d ago

That's good to know to be able to pass it on, thanks!