I can put it in fairly quickly and with no problems, I can even spin it around (wheeee). But when I try to remove it, pinching the base doesn't work to remove the suction. I read some of the other posts on here talking about how the Divacup specifically has really small holes, and I might try to address that, but... I try pinching the base and squishing it to one side, and I basically have to stick a finger all the way up to the rim and let air in so that I can pull the thing out (which makes some really weird noises, mind you), and while it doesn't hurt to remove it as much as it did, by the time I've gotten the damn thing out all the blood was just squished out of it and the whole endeavor was made pointless. I'm just wondering how you're supposed to take it out and keep all the blood in. I've felt that suction pain once, and am terrified of that happening again. I don't want to get another kind of cup, I already have two of the divacups and I live outside of the US so it's not exactly easy to buy a new one.
I also read somewhere about someone taking it out in the shower and throwing the blood on the walls like a serial killer. Knowing me, I'd probably just use it to draw a pentagram. TMI maybe, but this is a forum about menstrual cups, that line's all but gone.