Are you considering switching to a menstrual cup? If so, our Menstrual Cup Quiz can help you find the best cup for your body and lifestyle. The Cup Quiz is short, easy to take, and will give you personalized recommendations based on your answers!
Launched in 2016, our innovative menstrual cup quiz is the first of its kind and an industry maker that set the standard for menstrual cup education! It was developed with more than a decade of experience by working hand-in-hand with industry disruptors and thought leaders.
The Cup Quiz continues to be thoughtfully updated with new brands and the experiences and feedback from our incredible community. Answer a few questions, and you’ll be matched with a selection of cups best suited for your unique body, period experience, lifestyle, and other needs.
The Menstrual Cup Quiz
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What To Know Before You Get Started
We’ve combined our extensive menstrual cup knowledge with our Menstrual Cup Comparison Chart to create the original and most accurate menstrual cup quiz (we know, we’ve polled!) to help point you to the best menstrual cup for your body, age, history, activity level, and more. Our goal is to help you find a cup that will work for your needs the first time!
We invite you to take this easy-to-use quiz, even if you’re a cup user, but especially if you aren’t! We have included questions to address the most common complaints about period cups in the hopes that the answers will lead you to a better cup for you.
Before you take the quiz, please keep a few things in mind:
- I am not a doctor. This quiz was designed by advocates with decades of combined experience as cup users and people who have had to navigate menstruation for at least twice that. It was also developed with the consideration of countless hours spent talking with others, listening to their feedback, and learning from their experiences. This quiz was informed and designed by experience at its core. It is a sharing of peer experiences and is not medical advice.
- For the best, most accurate results, answer each question to the best of your ability and based on averages. For example, if you have one heavy day with the rest being light, I suggest selecting a medium or average flow rather than basing that answer on your heaviest or lightest day. Answering based on the more extreme portions of your period will likely result in reduced accuracy and a less-than-ideal cup. Please also remember that it’s normal to empty your period cup more often on heavier days.
- We can help! If you take the quiz and only receive a suggestion for a cup you use or have used and don’t love, join our Facebook community, and we can collectively help you troubleshoot! Our menstrual cup quiz works for most people, but bodies are complex! We have a lot of tricks up our sleeves — some we even use ourselves to make our own cups leakproof, and we would love to help you make your cup work.
What is the best menstrual cup for you?
I am often asked what the “best menstrual cup” is, and the inconvenient truth is that it is all about what works for your body and your lifestyle. I wish it were as simple as telling you my favorite cup or asking a friend what works for them, but that’s just not the case.
I may be biased, but I believe we have the best menstrual cup quiz. Our quiz was thoughtfully designed to make choosing a cup as easy as possible by giving you the confidence of knowing that the cup you’re choosing was selected based on your body, period, wants, and needs.
My best advice is to start by taking the quiz and answering each question to the best of your ability. Each answer is carefully weighted in order to calculate what cup will work best for your needs. Once completed, you will be presented with 3 to 6 cups that are similar and solely based on your answers. You can confidently choose any cup listed or fine-tune your decision by comparing your results on the menstrual cup chart or comparison tool.
If you have questions or need additional support and encouragement, join the Put A Cup In It Community on Facebook to get experiences and feedback from nearly 100k menstruators who have been right where you are.
Additional Helpful Resources:
- Looking for The Disc Quiz?
- Menstrual Cup FAQ
- Menstrual Cup Comparison Chart (With Visual Comparison Tool)
- Video: How to Measure Your Cervix
- Video: Cup Folding Techniques
- Video: Cups for Heavy Flow
- Video: How to Find Your Goldilocks Cup
- Video: 4 Tips for Perfecting the Fit of Your Cup
- Video: How to Pick Your Size
- Video: How to Insert
- Video: How to Remove
- Video: Troubleshooting Cup Leaks
Last but not least, I am always open to suggestions for future edits based on your experiences. Please feel free to drop me your thoughts by emailing me at amanda@putacupinit.com
The menstrual cup quiz, along with all of our other resources, are projects that I care deeply about. They have helped countless people find their ideal period cup (and other period products) and successfully switch from Day 1. They have also helped current users improve their experience by pairing them with a cup or product better suited for their needs and anatomy.
While we have affiliate relationships with most brands featured, it does not impact what cups and brands are included in your results. Each product is selected based on how well it fits strict criteria for fit, quality, and accessibility. If you decide to purchase using one of our links, we may receive a small percentage, and we thank you!
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On a Mac using Chrome and the page does not load correctly. After number three pointer/rule/suggestion/whatever there is a big white space where I am sure for others there is something to click which loads the quiz. It would be helpful to let people know which browsers will/will not work, maybe add a number four with a warning. Suggestions that I download another browser are not helpful since even a child could figure that out, I use the browser I feel safe using and use I made sure everything is up to date. I guess your quiz is not for me. Glad others find it helpful.
Hi, thanks for putting this lovely quiz together. I only have one tiny concern though… I took this quiz a few days ago and it recommended the Lunette model 1 or Diva model 1 as an alternative. I looked at the comparison chart and thought that I might be able to work with Sckoon instead (I wanted it at first cuz the Youtuber who got me into thinking about cups recommended it), but I decided to sleep on it. A few days later, I retook the quiz and it still recommended the Lunette as my top choice and I found very good reviews on it, so I ordered the Lunette model 1. But I took this quiz again today just for fun and suddenly it’s recommending me Meluna or other size 1s in other brands *with the exception of Diva model 1* so that kinda makes me concerned about my decision to go with Lunette. I retook the quiz just in case I clicked something wrong but the results are still Meluna and I honestly don’t know what I did wrong. Could you please help me out? Thank you 🙂
Hi Sofia, we have actually be making small tweaks to the quiz and the results it gives based on a number of things (including feedback from dozens of people who have taken the quiz that are experience cup users) so it looks like you took before and after those changes. We still stand behind the previous results and Lunette is a wonderful cup, it’s actually the one I have used the most with best results. If you’d like you can email admin@putacupinit.com with a few more details so that we can help. We like the Lunette because it’s shorter than the Diva Cup. You may have answered questions that lead us to think you have a very low cervix which is why you got Meluna this time around.
Oh okay 🙂 thank you for your response. I think I have a slightly low cervix so I’m glad I ordered Lunette–thank you for putting this quiz together and updating it. It’s helped me so much.
For many years I always used natural sea sponges & loved them. I tried cups, but they tended to pop open whenever I moved a certain way! I had no trouble using sponges, even right after birth! I cut them into different sizes, to match my flow, & sewed dental floss on for retrieval. Much cheaper than cups too!
Taking the quiz, question 4- none apply to me. How do I proceed?
You’d choose answer 5
I have used the lena cup #2 have found that I love it and it works wonders the first two days of my cycle and then all of a sudden it won’t stay in place and keeps slipping down practically falling out of me
Any suggestions?
Did you get a solution?
I have the same problem during the day, overnight is fine. It slips down and out as day progresses. I’m only on cycle 2 with it.
Hi, I bought the Diva 2 cup and I find the rim is really thick. I have not been able to successfully insert the cup. The quiz recommended Luna or Lunette. they look pretty similar to the Diva. Any that have a thinner rim or are more flexible/easier to insert?
Hi, I’m 16 and I really want to try a mensrual cup. I’m not sure which cup to get because sometimes my cervix is low and sometimes my cervix is average. I don’t want to get a cup for a low cervix and then it goes up too far because my cervix has gone up. What mensrual cup should I get ?
Leah, rest assured that whatever cup you decide to use, even when it goes too high, you should still be able to get to it. If you cannot, thats when you make your appointment with your doctor. Before I started using a cup, this was something I feared also. I researched on YouTube and came across a young woman who talked about how her menstrual cup turned upside down inside her. (https://youtu.be/rAdzPiw7cEs) She has a multitude of videos that gives awesome advice about using a cup, how to handle certain situations, etc. I highly recommend you watching some of her videos. Hope this helps some.
I don’t know if you’re still looking for advice, but this YouTube video/channel has phenomenal in depth information about how to choose the best cup, with a lot of videos aimed towards teens/first time users: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G87oBd6rOw
I got the juju model one …I just turned 17.. used the cup and it was perfect for me.
I have had three kids. Have a small build, exercise a few times a week and have been trying a cup for four cycles now. I went from a myluna large to a shorty xl. I’m still having leaking problems. Myluna said that it seems like I need a larger cup. Ur quiz suggested diva 2 or Lena 2. Do u think these are a good suggestion? I’m starting to get very frustrated with the results. The cups open. No problems with insertion. Just leaking. Thanks for ur help.
So I’m stuck with my diva cup size 2 right now. It was awesome first 2-3 cycles but I’m about 6ish cycles in and I’m having such a hard time getting a seal. It’s ok the first two lighter days of my cycle and the last two, but the 3 heavy days are hard to get the seal and or to get it to open completely. What am I doing wrong? Is there any way to make this work? Took the quiz just now and it said Lunette 2 or Lena large. Can’t buy Lunette here in Canada ( just did a quick search, and I mean in stores. Not a fan of online shopping just getting)
I’m having the same problem!
I am a first time user and sooo glad I found you site. It’s very informative (& entertaining)! I took the quiz and was told the Lena Large and the Lunette size 2. I have tried both and found that the Lunette was so much easier to insert. With the LENA, I had to try multiple times, over and over, to insert b/c there were times that it stayed folded up. I also noticed that it sat a lot lower than I expected. I didn’t have any leaks, so I must’ve been placing it correctlt. Right? After 3 days of using the cup, it wasn’t painful or uncomfortable but I did know it was there. I’m now in the process of trying the Lunette and already noticed one huge difference. The Lunette is more flexible/pliable, which made folding and inserting a heck of a lot easier. Which brings me to one of my questions. How did the quiz come up with these two cups for me when they are so clearly different? After reviewing your chart and watching some of your videos, I’d like to suggest that you add another column regarding flexibility of the cup. This category could/would definitely be a factor in helping those (like myself) who are 1st time cup users. This will help them inserting/retrieving the cup for the first time. The LENA, which was definitely the thicker of the two, was ,uch harder to fold and to keep said fold, while trying to insert and place it correctly. This category will also help others like myself, who have arthritic hands (or RA). Having to continually try to keep the fold while inserting it was very tough on my hands. (I had to stop several times & wait until my hands were able to try the process again b/c of the pain of trying to hold that fold over & over again.)
One more suggestion would be to add a category for us women who are going “through the change”. During perimenopause, the cervix starts changing. (http://www.livestrong.com/article/254483-cervical-changes-during-menopause/) It might also be helpful to include a list of safe (if any) lubricants to use, b/c the vaginal canal becomes dryer and dryer the closer we get to menopause. This would also help someone who experiences pain or discomfort when trying to insert the cup. It could make it easier for a teen to insert also.
I wanna thank you ladies again for sharing your knowledge on menstrual cups. You tackle the issues in an educational, yet fun & hilarious, ways. XOXOXOXO