A Compact review of Tampax Compak (Tampax Compak Super)

Member Name: Pal-Emma

Product:	Tampax Compak Super
Date:	24/05/09 (74 review reads)
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Advantages: Compact, bright packaging, Range of Absorbencies

Disadvantages: Plastic tubes, No Super Plus Extra

Tampax have a come a long way from the ones available when I had my first period some 25 years ago.
My memory of early applicator Tampax was two carboard tubes with no rounded tip that were very awkward to to insert so I switched to non-applicator Tampons with thier kind round tips, but that's all changed now with regular Tampax with it's cardboard tubes and rounded tip and Tampax Compak with it's plastic rounded end tubes.
So here is my little review of the little Tampax Compak.

The Packaging is bright with the usual Tampax blue with a splash of colour which is absorbency specific.
Purple = Lites
Yellow = Regular
Green = Super
Orange = Super Plus

Inside the box you get a Guide to Tamax Compak and a warning on TSS and a full list of symptoms.
The tampons themselves are in bright coloured packs to match their absorbency rating once inside the wrapper you find a small plastic applicator again coloured to suit absorbency.

To Be able to insert the tampon you need to fully extend the applicator so it almost doubles in size once this is done you are ready to use it (providing you've washed your hands first).
The two key factors to inserting a Tampon (applicator or not) are to find a position you find comortable and to Relax.
The positions listed in the Tamapx Guide are sit on the loo with your knees wide apart or stand with your knees bent and legs apart, or stand with one leg on the toilet.
Personally I find sitting on the loo with my knees apart or the having one leg in a higher position comfortable and therefore relaxing but each to thier own.
Again straight from the guide the next steps.
"Find the grooved rings at the bottom of the outer tube. Use your thumb and middle finger to hold the applicator firmly on these rings. The removal cord should be hanging down from the inner tube and facing away from your body. Use your other hand to fold back the skin that covers the opening of your vagina. Place the rounded tip of the tampon to your vaginal opening. Point the tip towards your lower back.
Remember your vagina slopes towards the bottom of your back, not straight up. Take a few breaths and then gently push the applicator in the vagina. As soon your fingers touch your body, the applicator is in the right place. If the applicator doesn't slide in easily, gently rotate it or move it to the right or left as you push.
Keep hold of the applicator tube. With your index finger, push the smaller tube all the way into the bigger tube (make sure you can't push further). One tube is now inside the other.
Carefully remove the 2 tubes. The tampon should now be comfortably inside you, with the removal cord hanging outside your body.

To dispose of the plastic applicator, use the wrapper as a disposable bag. Do not flush it as it is made of plastic.
When you REMOVE the tampon, relax and pull the removal cord downwards at the same angle as you used to insert the tampon. The preferred way to dispose of the tampon is to wrap it and place it in a bin."

The guide as you can see can make something that is quite simpe seem very complicated.
The removal cord itself is a woven cord without a knott in the end.

If you want a Applicator tampon that is small enough to carry several in your handbag then Tampax Compak is the one for you, they are easy to insert and remove and they are available in wide range of absorbencies.

Summary: Small enough to fit a few in you handbag