Merula Cup XL Strawberry (Pink) - The Cup for Very Heavy Days

Best capacity of any cup I've tried! Those of us w/a super heavy flow know the worry/panic/struggle of dealing w/it, and this cup gave me a few hours w/o needing to empty it (whereas I could barely last an hour in other cups). It's firm and sturdy, and the punch-down method is the only way that really works for insertion. The suction is STRONG, so make sure to pinch and release the suction before pulling it out. I highly recommend this!

This cup is perfect for heavy bleeders but possibly too much if you are regular. It's slightly uncomfortable when first inserted but settles in well. I have PCOS and endometriosis so I have a VERY heavy flow. Regular large cups I would have to empty every 4 hours at least. This one has the capacity to allow me around 8 to 10 hours!! Probably not a good cup for a younger woman or a first time cup user. It's a bit harder to use than the first cup I had but it's worth it for the peace if mind!!!

I’ve tried 4 brands of cups. This is by far the best one for me. I’ve had 4 children, all natural births. I have a high cervix. I also have extremely heavy periods. This cup was the largest capacity one I was able to find. I found that the other brands leaked more, even when not full. My Merula only leaks when it’s full. It has a night snug fit. I also prefer the stem it has to the other brands. The other brands stems are a single straight stem and tend to irritate me. I trimmed the Pixi cup stem completely off which helped but then was difficult to grab and then tended to spill before it was completely out due to having to squeeze it at the base to remove. I just bought the regular size to try for my lighter days as I usually usie the pixi cup the last couple days when I have a lighter flow.

I have a very heavy flow.. it isn’t the heaviest but I typically fill a standard menstrual cup every 2 hours on my heavy day. This one I’ve changed twice in an 8 hour span. Minimal leakage that wouldn’t penetrate the back up thinx I wear. I don’t feel the suction pain that the others complained about. I do feel the cup/ am highly aware of it when I’m cramping but it doesn’t hurt; just annoys me. The reason I took off a star is that the cup is so big that I have a hard time getting it to pop open in my vagina. It’ll stay folded without some finagling.

It’s so good to use, my last one was missing so I got this

I've always had issues with my period. I leaked constantly to where I'd stain chairs and seats. My period has always been very embarrassing. I had to wear a heavy pad and go to the bathroom every 1 hour. It made me extremely paranoid every month and was a lot to deal with. It's been two cycles that I've used this and my problems have almost vanished. I don't wear a pad anymore because I rarely leak. When i do, its just a drop, enough for me to feel it and immediately go to the bathroom (unlike before where it all poured out and stained everything at once). What makes this even better is THE BRILLIANT DESIGN. Other cups will sometimes take me a while to get out because the end stick meant to pull the cup out gets slippery and the cup will keep going back in. This cup has a pull handle so I can easily pull on the first handle to bring it down a little, break the seal by pinching the cup inside, then grab the second handle closest to the cup and pull it out with ease and no slippage!! It also unfolds easily during insertion. I have issues with other cups not unfolding once I insert it and I have to wait for it to pop open itself. This cup seems to always unfold itself much easier! It has no holes in it like other cups so that might be what's contributing to the less leakage and easier unfolding? If you're having issues with other cups, buy this :) It's very different and better than the rest. (I used diva and lunette before trying this one)

This product is painful to use. I've used other cups for a few years, and I wanted to use this one because of the capacity. I have extremely heavy periods. It is easy to insert, but painful when opening and taking it out. The seal is too intense for me. I break the seal before removal, but after it is out I still hurt. I switched to my other cup and feels better in thirty minutes. I am so unhappy that I spent so much money on this worthless cup.

I got this because it was the closest in function that I could find to my favorite cup. I've had my favorite one for 5 years and felt it was time to replace it, but it isn't being made anymore. That said, I this one worked well for me as far as not seeking, ease of use, and comfort goes. But... I started noticing that my lower back started to ache a lot. I didn't think much about the connection to the cup at first. I've been dehydrated and kinda assumed it was my kidneys or something. But after getting in a hot Epsom salt bath to try to soak the pain away, and it didn't work, I noticed it was time to empty my cup and wirhin 15 seconds after taking it out, 98% of the backpack disappeared. I rotated through my cups/discs over the next few days and when I used the Merula again tonight, the backpack came back. It does its job, but for some reason it hurts me.

Wow! Having always struggled with heavy periods, I have tried to find a cup that would work for years and finally have! This cup is amazing. The rim at the top means that you can remove the cup and not easily spill the contents.. the “ladder” pull at the bottom is easy to use and comfortable to wear. It holds an amazing capacity! I would usually go through a super max tampon ( or when in the US the xxl tampons) every 30 mins on days 1&2 of my period but I was able to leave this cup in for HOURS on the first day... and consequent days, leave it almost the entire working day. Absolutely revolutionary for me. It is sturdy and so feels firm to begin with but after a day I was used to the feeling... and having had 2 children, it stays in place, fits well and sits where it needs to! I would 100% recommend this cup for anyone post-childbirth with extremely heavy periods and endometriosis.

De grootte van de cup is fijn bij stevig bloedverlies. Zeker lekvrij en inbrengen is eenvoudig maar de cup verwijderen is in mijn geval zeer pijnlijk omdat de bovenrand zo hard is. Helaas een miskoop voor mij.

Da ich, vor allem an den ersten Tagen, eine sehr starke Monatsblutung habe suchte ich nach einer Tasse die ein großes Volumen, aber nur eine geringe Länge aufweist. Es war gar nicht einfach eine solche zu finden, da es außerdem sehr wichtig war dass die Tasse einen harten, oder zumindest nicht allzu weichen, Rand hat damit sie auch zuverlässig aufploppt. Gerade für Anfänger, bzw. bei einer festen Beckenbodenmuskulatur, ist es fatal wenn sich die Tasse nach dem Einsetzen nicht richtig entfaltet, da sie nicht genügend Eigenspannung am Rand aufbauen kann. Ich spreche aus Erfahrung, da ich zuvor die SafeCup Tasse von Vagisan besaß. An dieser habe ich jedoch schnell die Lust verloren, da sie sich immer wieder nicht richtig geöffnet hat! Der Rand war einfach zu weich. Auch die beigefügte Box um die Tasse in der Mikrowelle zu sterilisieren hat mir gar nicht gefallen. Nach der Aktion konnte ich jedes Mal meine Mikrowelle von innen trockenlegen. Das ganze Wasser spritzte aus der Box raus. Ich kann diese daher wirklich nicht empfehlen. Nun aber wieder zurück zur Merula XL. Der Rand ist fest, aber nicht zu fest. Der Stiel kann bei Bedarf auch noch um eine Länge gekürzt werden (hin und wieder merke ich ihn doch; daher werde ich demnächst wahrscheinlich die Schere mal ansetzten und ein Stück abschneiden). Das Einsetzen ist leicht, auch ohne weitere Korrekturen. Ich habe die Erfahrung gemacht, dass die Tasse sich wesentlich einfacher öffnet, wenn man die eingefaltete Seite (Punshdown oder C-Faltung) zum Steißbein zeigend einführt. Das ist für das Einführen zwar etwas umständlicher, bzw. ungewohnter, aber die Tassen ploppen zuverlässig auf, da kein Schambein sie daran hindert und einen Widerstand bildet! Die Tasse saß schon beim ersten Einsetzen perfekt und lief bisher auch nicht aus. Das entfernen geht genauso problemlos wenn man die Tasse rechts und links an der Seite greift und leicht zusammendrückt. Ich persönlich finde man sollte zwei Tassen besitzen um beide immer abwechselnd zu nutzen und zu reinigen. Von daher kann ich den Reinigungsbecher Cupscup von Merula für die Mikrowelle empfehlen. Er ist groß, es kocht nichts über (außer etwas Dampf der durch den Deckel entweicht) und er ist leicht zu reinigen. Für mich und meine Tassen ideal. Die Qualität von Merula hat mich wirklich überzeugt! Sie sitzt gut, hat einen sehr guten Komfort und riecht auch nicht nach Weichmachern. Qualität aus Deutschland so wie ich sie erwarte! An den schwächeren Tagen nutze ich hingegen eine kleinere Tasse von Me Luna. Die Me Luna Sport Shorty XL. Diese hat einen noch festeren Rand und öffnet sich dadurch noch leichter, aber leider gibt es sie in der kurzen Ausführung nur mit einem kleineren Volumen als die Merula. Daher ist sie für mich nur an den letzten Tagen geeignet. Ich empfehle diese, wie der Name auch schon sagt, zum Beispiel beim Sport zu tragen, da sie durch den festen Rand sehr sicher abschließt. Beide Tassen würde ich jeder Zeit wieder kaufen und gegen keine andere mehr tauschen wollen.

After struggling with the Lunette cup, I bought this one as needed a greater capacity. It is a lot larger than any other cup so takes a while to get used to inserting it, but after a few months of use I can insert and remove it in seconds. When the suction has formed there is no leaks apart from when it overflows. On heavy days it can still overflow and leak during the night- but this is just because of my heavy flow. At first i struggled to get the cup to fully open, but afterwards i found out it usually opens on its own at least a few minutes after inserting- you can literally feel the suction as it pops open! Overall great cup and works for me, but everyone is different, so beware this cup may be too big for you.

Ho 37 anni e uso la coppetta mestruale da quasi 7 o 8 anni oramai. Fino a qualche mese fa usavo la FleurCup nella versione più piccola, trovandomi sempre bene, fino a quando ho dovuto interrompere la pillola e il ciclo mestruale è diventato più abbondante, cosa che ha iniziato a farmi sentire un po' insicura, costringendomi a riprendere anche l'uso degli assorbenti, vista l'impossibilità di recarmi al bagno in qualsiasi istante quando sono a lavoro. Per questo motivo ho valutato altre coppette mestruali, imbattendomi anche in queste, che mi hanno incuriosita molto per via della forma totalmente differente da quelle "standard", direi innovativa, e specialmente dalla loro capienza, pur restando di dimensione discretamente contenuta. Inizialmente ho acquistato la versione normale, quella più tondeggiante, notando immediatamente una forte differenza di capienza, ma anche di posizionamento/inserimento: queste coppette infatti vista la loro forma non hanno bisogno di aprirsi totalmente, motivo per cui mancano anche i classici forellini, l'effetto sottovuoto viene creato proprio dalla loro "cicciosità", che comunque non crea particolari problemi se posizionate correttamente, neppure a me che ho sempre avuto difficoltà con le Coppette classiche un po' più grandi, motivo per cui ho sempre e solo usato una tra le più piccoline in commercio, anche se abbastanza rigida. Sono passata alla XL per sentirmi ulteriormente più sicura, per via del ciclo abbondante, anche se avevo il forte timore che non sarei mai riuscita ad usarla/inserirla, proprio per le varie problematiche passate di cui sopra, invece contro tutte le aspettative mi sono trovata benissimo, forse anche perché non è necessario che si apra totalmente, fatto sta che dopo il primo giorno di ciclo (in cui uso la più piccolina, dato che la mia cervice generalmente è bassa, ma dal secondo giorno in poi si alza moltissimo) inizio ad usare lei, sentendomi nuovamente sicura e non riscontrando alcuna perdita e alcuna difficoltà, non si muove e non si sente. Inoltre - cosa non da poco - sono molto facili da pulire, essendo liscissime e non avendo punti difficilmente raggiungibili. Una piccola nota: mi trovo meglio con la XL, rispetto alla versione medium anche perché quest'ultima essendo praticamente "sferica" tende un po' a ruotare, specialmente quando la cervice si alza molto e quindi "lo spazio" aumenta, cosa che mi causava spesso delle perdite anche abbondanti. Probabilmente l'errore è stato anche mio che ho tagliato un po' troppo la "codina", ma come ho scritto inizialmente nella fase iniziale del ciclo la mia cervice è molto bassa, quindi per me risultava essere troppo lunga.