I've been curious about organic tampons since their recent appearance in various online articles and websites. I'm a tampon girl and always have been but I'm always really skeptical when it comes to different tampon brands.
I shopped around for the organic tampons that were the best value for money, taking shipping costs into consideration. Go Green took the cake here at roughly $11-$12 for 32 regular organic tampons plus shipping in Auckland. A little more than I would usually spend on synthetic tampons.
The package arrived in the mail within 5 days of placing my order. The tampons were posted in their green and brown eco friendly envelope with the tampons inside. Each tampon is individually wrapped in a clear plastic with a green unwrapping tab running horizontally around the tampon. (Each tampon size has a different coloured tab).
During my last menstrual cycle I trialed organic tampons for the first time. Day 1, 3 and 6 I used my usual synthetic tampons. Days 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8 I used Go Green tampons. (I seem to be blessed with really long periods and figured that alternating brands would help me put both brands to the test to compare them).
I need to feel confident that my tampon will last between 6-8 hours without leaking. Go Green tampons achieved this.
I need my tampons to feel comfortable- as if they are not even there. Go Green tampons met this expectation also.
Observations that may be noteworthy (I can't say for sure that they were attributed to the different tampons or just because I was looking for a difference) I experienced less menstrual cramping and felt less sluggish on the days I used organic versus synthetic tampons.
I would definitely feel confident using Go Green organic tampons again in the future.
I got the change to green tampons in the last beauty vault. I was really interested to see how they compared to normal tampons, as where I can I'm trying to purchase things that are organic and more enviromentally friendly.
They come in a long cardboard box with 8 mini, 16 regular and 8 super tampons. Next time I'd get the one size set available online as I perfer the minis. You can tell each size both by the size of the tampon but also the coloured band on the plastic wrap. The minis are yellow, the regulars are green and the supers are red. All size packs come with 32 tampons for $8.50 which is good value when you think that you get half as many in a pack for half the price in brands like Carefree, so costwise they work out pretty much the same, the shipping is also reasonable at roughly $3 a pack.
Comparing these tampons to standard tampons such as Carefree or U by Kotex; these seem to be slightly larger in terms of the width of the tampon. The material also doesn't seem quite as molded or pulled as tight as the synthetic tampon material. Comfortwise I also found these tampons to feel more comfortable to wear than synthetic tampons.
All in all, I'd buy these again, but the synthetic tampons in store are more convenient for when you need them quickly.
Tips: Check their stockists as you can buy them in places like Commonsense Organics in some towns.