I voted Pads, but I use cloth pads. I can't stand getting chemical burns every month because of all the shit that's in commercial pads (and tampons for that matter) Ew.

BTW, Diva cups (you can also get a Keeper....and Instead Cups are sold in stores) are generally messy, especially the instead since they don't have a "stem" but you do get used to them fairly quickly, and some women can take them out, dump them, rinse it and put it back in with out spilling a drop of blood. And after a while your periods are "shorter" because the blood isn't pooling in the vagina. the cup is directly on the cervix, so it doesn't have far to go.

ANd for a light to moderate flow, you might only have to dump the cup once or twice a day.