For all the ladies out there…does anyone have any experience with the “keeper”??? I saw their web site and have been thinking about it. It sounds like a good idea if it works. Hootie
Hootie
Another question for women
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#2
I think this was the best thing to use on the trail; I used it the whole hike, still do. No worries about packing out used products. I had no leakage problems either. I generally rinsed it out each evening and/or morning, using a little squeeze bottle filled with hot water. Then, in town, I did a thorough soap and water cleaning and bounced it ahead a couple of weeks. It takes a little handling practice, so use it at home first.
Bramble
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#3
I have not had any experience with the Keeper. My plan for handling “that time” is to take low-dose birth control pills continuously, which will stop my cycle. It can be done for months on end, with your Drs. approval, and voila, problem solved. 
Jonna
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#4
don’t know about the keeper either, but like Jonna, I opted to not have periods during my thru-hike. I got the depo-provera shot. Needed to find someone after three months to re administer it, but it made for a good story: a guy I’d been hiking with was a retired EMT, and he gave me my birth control shot in the butt, right there in tent city.
Susan
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I think I am going to order one and try it out before my hike next year. If it works then that seems the way to go for me. I’ve never been on birth control pills and don’t want to have to put up with possible side effects.
Hootie
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#6
Be careful if your plan is to skip your periods on the trail. Try it out for a few consecutive months before you hike to make sure it works for you, and take some back-up protection just in case. If you have heavy periods it might not work well.
Same goes for Depo - see how your body does on it for several months before hiking. It doesn’t work for everyone.
Rachel Bearbait