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Hi all

I am new here and I was just wondering what was the most cost effective (i.e. most in the pack for less money) incontinence pants/diapers.

At the moment I get 12 pull-ups/diapers for £7 which can get quite expensive.

I live in the UK just to let you know.

Many thanks

Kind regards

Drahn

Hi Drahn Welcome to the Board

That can be a hard one to answer depending on what level of protection you need, How long you can/or want to wear protection that is wet? Are you just a leakier or a flooder? If your a flooder I envy you living where you do You have some outstanding choices in protection available to you. As compared to what we have across the pond. I'm a flooder if I lived where you do my choice for daily protection would be the Tena slip brief At night besides cloth nothing beats the Abri form super X plus. Runner up maybe the Molicare Super Plus.

..............................Sandy

Hi, Sandy

Thanks for getting back to me.

I have it where it definitely wets the whole normal pant. I would like something that I only need to change perhaps once or twice a day - preferably only once. The more I need to change, the more it will cost. I am not sure if they sell the Tena Slips in my local chemist but they are probably quite expensive, not sure as the Tena pants are at about £7.90 for about 12.

Many thanks

Kind regards

Drahn

Being cost effective is really the hard part. I use a brief that can last between 8 & 10 hours depending on how much liquid I have. But after that long I feel dirty & the darn things are about hanging to my knees Either way I use Tranquility ATN's in the morning until the BM is done than change to Eurobrief's for which I generally will use 2 until the next morning. I always wear coveralls at work & my wife made me some of those tee shirts that have snaps in the crotch and that generally keeps me together. They say that in the long run cloth is better but I have not used them because of the extra work. But you are going to need to try different brands to see what works for you.

Hey Sandy!! I see you are from the land of chedder! Where abouts are you at? I'm here in Illinois right in the Rockford area

Hi, don0417

Thanks for your reply.

There is not much choice over here in the UK as regards in the shops. It seems to me that it is mostly online.

I have also noticed that a lot of products are not available over here unfortunately. Choice is very limited.

It is so expensive over here in the UK as well. For example a pack of 12 pull-ons cost £7.90 and anything else costs a lot more...

Cloth is definitely much more work.

Cost effective to me would be one that lasts for quite a long time as this would even the cost out as it would not need to be changed often.

Kind regards

Drahn

Doesn't NHS cover the cost of incontinence supplies for you guys?

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Your intial post indicates you are purchasing small lots...packs of 12 which are generally always going to be more costly than case lots.

Here in the States we are lucky to have a number of on line sources for a wide variety of diapers availbable in case lots, which cost a lot less than smaller packs of 12 or so. Shipping does get added on but often it is still cost effective to get a case and pay shipping compared with buying small lots in the store.

But, before you spend money on a case lot, you need to know that is the diaper for you....perhaps two types of diapers considering day and over night needs. There is nothing worse than investing in a case of diapers that don't do what you hoped they would.

You may be restricted with availablilty but research on line to see what sources you can find with diapers that will work well for you and shipping will not be prohibitive. It may be worth it for you to read up on diaper testing at www.xpmedical.com even tho you probably won't be able to buy from them. They do a great evaluation of a lot of good diapers and break it down to cost per oz of liquid absorbed which is a real way to evaluate a diaper, in my opinion. Just as you said, it can be cost effective to wear a more expensive diaper that you change less often.

Ofcourse, your skin sensitivity can effect how long you can tolerate a wet diaper as well as how you manage to hold the diaper up thru the day with activity and the diaper getting wetter and heavier...this is where I refer to the suspender briefs as a consideration (See the Primer addendums).

If you can't go 8-10 hours in a wet diaper, for whatever reasons, then the higher cost diapers won't be cost effective and a mid range performing diaper at less cost but changed more often could be a cost effective solution.

I do think XPMedical is a good source and you may find diaper brands there that perform well and are available to you in the UK. Tena and Attends come to mind as high perfoming diapers in the Euro version even tho they are not great in the Amlerican made version.

Thank you for bringing up a good point with cost effectiveness for those who must rely on disposable diapers. If you can manage the hassle of cloth, you can use cloth diapering over night to effect substantial savings with using disposables only by day.

So the clips do not rip the disposable diaper??

As an XPAT and having dealt with the NHS you ARE entitled to FREE incontinence products.

Go to your GP, he will refer you to urologists and send you through the system, in the mean time your doctor can prescribe your incontinence products to you, again for free.

When I was back there they were using Attends but this was a few years ago and I'm sure contracts have changed over time, although not the best out there they are a world away from "cheap pull ups".

HiDrahn

Thanks for starting this thread.

I am too using the pull up Tena pants . £7 does seem a bit much to be honest for 12. On one day, I virtually used a whole packet!

I think it might be easier to buy online and I have found some suppliers, based in the UK. They seem to do packets of 28 or as bulk buy. I'm going for this option as I think it would be better econically.

If you try Allanda, they seem to have a whole range of Tena products. I found that buying in the supermarket the choice is rather limited. I also found it rather embarrasing buying them as I was worried about people in the queue would stare at me. I'm certainly going to go for the option of buying online as there is no embarrassment invovled.