• Pick the lowest tampon absorbency that comfortably handles your flow for the day or part of the day you're in

• Tampon absorbencies (light, regular, super, super plus) are FDA-standardized and mean the same thing across every brand

• Heavier menstrual flow days tend to call for super or super plus tampons. Lighter days generally call for regular or light tampons

• Cora's organic cotton tampons cover the full absorbency range from light to super plus in both applicator and applicator-free formats

The right tampon absorbency for your flow is the lowest one that comfortably handles a normal change interval (about every four to eight hours, and never longer than eight).

Standardized absorbency labels mean light, regular, super, and super plus represent the same fluid-capacity ranges across every brand on the shelf:

• Light is for the very beginning or end of a period or for spotting

• Regular is the most common everyday choice

• Super handles heavier days

• Super plus is for the heaviest

If you're soaking through one absorbency in under four hours, size up. If you're pulling a barely-used tampon out at four hours, size down.

Most people need more than one level of absorbency for their entire cycle, and that's how the system is built to work. Cora makes 100% organic cotton tampons in light, regular, super, and super plus across both applicator and applicator-free formats, so matching your flow to the right size is as simple as adjusting your stash through the week.

The answer is usually to size up for the heavier hours of the day and down for the lighter ones. Mornings, workouts, and longer stretches between bathroom breaks tend to call for the higher absorbency. Changing tampons every four to six hours is ideal, so if a certain size has you leaking before that window, your flow is telling you to go up. Cora's tampon variety packs make it easy to keep multiple options on hand without committing to only one absorbency.

• Pick the lowest tampon absorbency that comfortably gets you to a four-to-eight-hour change

• Standardized tampon absorbency labels mean light through super plus translate across every brand

• Cora's organic cotton tampons cover the full range in both applicator and applicator-free formats

Sources:

Menstrual Products – Performance Testing and Labeling Recommendations | FDA

Tampons: Types, Benefits, Safety and How To Use | Cleveland Clinic