Boots non-applicator tampons. The best. Period. (Boots Tampons)

Member Name: kate_smith

Product:	Boots Tampons
Date:	16/09/09 (54 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheaper than the leading brand and just as good. Really. I could get quite evangelical about them

Disadvantages: Not suitable for men

I resent having to throw money down the toilet, as it were, every month, (and so the imagery begins). And let's not beat about the bush (...) tampons are expensive. For me, sanitary towels are useless, except as an added extra at night, because I have heavy periods. I can't quite do the whole 'Moon Cup' thing yet - I just can't - it's icky, although one day no doubt it's what all women will use and all other products will become a thing of the past. And so tampons are the only option. And very useful they are, too, but sooo expensive.

I don't have the problem with non-applicator tampons that many women seem to have, (many women seem to hate having to insert the tampon without a foot long applicator to keep finger as far away from *it* as possible!) I actually prefer non-app tamps, as I've just found myself calling them for the first time ever, because they take up less space in your bag/pocket/hand and can be more easily disguised if you need to move from seat to loo in a hurry, as opposed to the applicator 'I'm just taking this huge magic wand to the toilet' problem. Plus they are easily disposed of in the loo after use, and I don't have to worry about bits of cardboard and what to do with them. (Tracey Island? It's a thought)

So, non-applicators it is, plus they have to be good to withstand the barrage that is my monthly 'blob' (beautiful, I know)

Previously I had always used Lil-lets and they are excellent. They do that opening widthways not lengthways things which for me is essential. Why would I want a tampon to get longer? I want it to catch the blood not provide it with 2 long thin escape routes either side of the tampon. Anyway...so Lil-lets: Very good. Very expensive.

Enter Boots own brand tampons. Compare and contrast the price:

Lil-lets 32 Super £3.64
Boots 32 Super £2.09

Someone will do the percentage thing but that's, in mathematical terms, what we call 'quite a big saving'. Often they're on offer and so even cheaper, especially if you bulk buy.

Compare and contrast the quality

*They are the same*

And that's the really good bit. Cheaper and just as good. I've tried various other own brands in the past and the only other tampons that have come close to being as good as Lil-lets/ Boots were the German brand OBs which you can't really get in the UK I don't think.

Conclusion?

Ladies, you should buy Boots own brand non-applicator tampons and Lil-lets can shove that up their...etc

Summary: These days I look forward to my period. Ok, too much...but buy these. They're great