I use only tampons. When I had my first I used pads, hated the bulky feeling I got, when my second came around, I didn't have any, so Mom went to the store and bought me tampons. My 2 older sisters use them as well so Mom and Dad had expirence(sp?) in this department before I came around. We use Platex, because they hold more and it's a more comfortable fit. We tried Tampax, but they had a little problem, instead of widening, they elongated, to the point where it was not in all the way and left a rather uncomfortable feeling

. Oh and Kotex are ok in a bind, but wouldn't used them too often.
Megs