First, I would always recommend this mouthguard! At first I thought he was much too narrow, but that was with the heating. Unlike some reviewers, I had no trouble adapting even the lower, harder part of the mouthguard. As a beginner, you should make absolutely sure not to bite firmly when fitting. It should be about to bite like trying something you hold on tight with his teeth, not so, as if to his teeth "pressing" or bite something. I have a pretty hard bite and have the gel almost "weggebissen" when fitting, so there are some white spots (without gel), I'm to blame. After fitting and thus the widening of Mundschutes this but no longer fit into the rather narrow Storage container, so I have to clench him for it and then when in your mouth he must first go back "in width". Here the manufacturer could send them along slightly wider container.