Tampon differences around the world

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

The recent hoo-hah over the moldy tampons got me thinking about this.

In the U.S. it would seem that most tampons are sold with applicators and only a few brands (I see OB mentioned a lot) sell non-applicator tampons. Also, many brands have plastic applicators.

In Australia there is only one brand of applicator tampon (Tampax) and they have cardboard applicators. Most brands (among them the most popular/heavily advertised brands - I haven't seen a Tampax ad in years come to think of it, and I only saw their ads in teen magazines) don't have applicators at all. Most of the marketing emphasises the smallness of the packs and cute patterns/colours on little flip-top pouches and things like that.

Does this vary in other parts of the world too? Why do tampon varieties/marketing strategies differ so much?

Comments

[annabelle64.livejournal.com]

just peeked on their website because i was curious. the founder started the company in mid 2005 and launched the products in early 2006. so yeah quite new, if you weren't looking in that aisle when you were in the supermarket you'd have missed them.

i just started using a mooncup a couple of days ago and i love it, though i have had a few mishaps. but now i have tons of unused sanitary pads and tampons stashed. i probably need to find homes for those.