Flex Disc Carrying Pouch & 2 Discs

My period supplies have become my beasts of burden. I am a very heavy bleeder during my cycle and find myself going between different menstrual supplies. I used to wear menstrual cups along with level 5 pads on the regular as backup. However, after getting an IUD, I worried about pulling on the device strings during removal, so I now use menstrual discs, tampons, and pads. At work, I wear tampons because they’re convenient and less messy than any of the discs that I’ve tried. However, at home and while running errands, I rely on an assortment of menstrual discs and pads. So of all of the menstrual discs that I’ve tried, the Flex has had the fewest leaks, and has held the largest volume of blood, but it also has had the messiest removal. The rim is firm, soft, and durable and has a notch in it. Supposedly, you’re supposed to pull the disc forward during wear just enough to let the blood flow out without fully removing the disc to allow for easy emptying, or just bear down and it will self-dump. However, that invariably leaves a fair amount of old blood in the cup and seems very unhygienic to me. In addition, I’ve found it very difficult to even just grasp the edge for removal, often requiring some contortion and multiple attempts at catching the edge enough to break the seal and pull it out- resulting in my hand- and not just my fingers- being a bloody mess. After owning one of these for a little over a year, the membrane of mine tore during a routine cleaning and so I have to replace it. I have multiple discs and used this only for 2-3 overnights during my cycle, during which I would wash this every morning before replacing it. At the end of my cycle, I would notice stains in the transparent material in spite of vigorous washing, so I would soak this in a half peroxide, half water solution overnight (btw, doing this completely destroys any stains and/or odors). This absolutely eliminated the stains, but now I’m wondering if that made the material more susceptible to tearing. For $35 and roughly a year and a half of usage, I guess I got my money’s worth. But then again, my other discs are just as old- and my Cora is even older- and still in excellent condition, so I’m torn. I still have my Cora and wear that during the end of my cycle when I’m not bleeding as much, because it holds smaller volumes. My Cora is easily inserted and easier to remove than my Flex. The Cora is also a much firmer disc and I still get minor occasional leaks with it. I have another couple of other discs that I wear sometimes, but the rims are too soft for my anatomy and they leak badly. I have a low cervix and I’m a heavy bleeder (on 1st three days of my cycle, I average one Ultra heavy tampon every three hours) and have yet to find a menstrual disc that holds as much as the Flex. And I really hate wearing ultra tampons that leave my cervix feeling abused- especially on cycle days 3-5 when my flow eases up and I can change it every eight hours. So my search continues. I might buy a Pixie or a Diva Cup Disc for my next purchase. Or I might try another Flex as it has the highest capacity that I’ve found on the market. But I’m still deciding.