[ShelaVenna]

A few comments ago, I listed what I believe to be the advantages of Evebra over more “traditional” pumping systems, and I said I’d list all the disadvantages in another comment. I lied. Turns out I still have advantages to talk about, but most of those advantages can also be disadvantages depending on the situation. It’s difficult to separate the two.

Something that gets constantly brought up as a major advantage of the Evebra is the anatomically correct teardrop shaped cups. I’m a bit surprised by that, because of all the things that make Evebra unique, this one seems the least important to me, and the cups do have their downsides. First of all, “Torpedo” cups with a circular base, like the Noogleberry cups, do not leave circular rings. They leave surprisingly teardrop shaped rings. That’s because they manage to suck in a lot more upper breast tissue than I think most people would intuitively expect. Having said that, I still understand that teardrop shaped cups, like Evebra cups, do suck in more upper breast tissue than torpedo cups. In my own personal opinion, people who succeeded in growing with the Evebra’s predecessor (the Brava, which also had teardrop cups) did seem to have more “upper pole” breast fullness based on their photos, than people who grew using the noogleberry, but it’s a subtle difference IMO. I don’t think the difference in upper pole fullness between torpedo cup users and teardrop cup users is anywhere near as big as some people seem to think. The disadvantage of teardrop shaped domes is that they’re a bit more difficult to position. Non-contoured torpedo cups can be spun around in any direction because their base is just a circle, and they can be repositioned in any direction a bit further than is possible with the teardrop domes and the wide skirts that come with them. Contoured torpedo cups can’t be repositioned as easily as non-contoured cups, but they can still be repositioned more easily than teardrop cups. That means that if you start to develop a bit of a sore spot in one area while using the torpedo domes, you can slide them just slightly away from that spot on the next night, which doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it makes for a huge difference in comfort IME. I’m not saying it’s impossible to reposition teardrop domes in that way, but it is more difficult. Also the rim skirts are so wide that certain parts of your chest will always be under the rim skirts, no matter how much you try to reposition the cups. Not being able to give some parts of your chest a break from daily pressure can be an issue.

The rim “skirts” do still have a lot of advantages over regular cup rings, but there are still other disadvantages that I’ve noticed. The biggest issue is that even though the cup skirts are unbeatable at keeping a seal at low pressure, they are pretty bad at keeping a seal at moderate pressure, and basically useless at high pressure. At pressures higher than what Evebra recommends, the thin edges of the skirt start to flip under, and even get sucked into the domes, which breaks the seal. This is a nonissue if you plan to follow Evebra’s instructions to the letter, but many people experiment with higher pressures once their Evebra growth starts to plateau, and the cup skirts make that a bit difficult to do.