I have used the BabyPants training pants as pull-up diapers. I used the thicker version (called "my first training pants") for overnight and heavy urge days and the lighter version (called "almost a big kid") for lighter days and when more discretion is needed. Even though they are marketed to ABDL folks, I found them to work well for incontinence. I found that the thicker version would take two floods, saturating the center panel front to back. I wore them with snug-fitting GaryWear PUL covers. My only gripes about them was that the rise wasn't high enough and that the waist and leg elastics weren't very strong. The GaryWear PUL covers helped compensate for the weak elastics in the training pants.
After the BabyPants training pants wore out, I tried the Star Training Pants from QualityDiapers.net. These are marketed primarily to boys who have bedwetting and daytime accidents, but they are sold in adult men's sizes up to 54" waist. These have a good rise, and will take one large flood plus one moderate wetting. Discretion is good, and the GaryWear PUL covers fit over them nicely. I have several of these, and I wear them at home to reduce the number of disposables I'm using. Like the BabyPants, however, the elastics aren't as strong as they should be. I have also run into issues with them coming part at the seam between the absorbent center panel and the sides. Given the high price of these training pants/diapers, I do not feel they have lasted as long as they should. I probably won't buy them again. I feel that the BabyPants trainers provide better value for the money in terms of absorbency, capacity, and quality. If the BabyPants' rise was higher and the elastics were stronger, they would be perfect. I'm thinking of trying them again, but buying one size larger than normal so that the rise is higher.
Both the BabyPants and Star training pants have enough room for thin cloth or disposable boosters. The BabyPants have a wider crotch than the Star trainers.
I have tried some of the flannel pull-ups (KINS, Loving Comfort--which is no longer in business, and Adult Cloth Diaper). The problem for me is that flannel has a slow absorption rate, which is not compatible with urge/flooding incontinence. During a heavy wetting, I would find that the urine would pool in the crotch of the diaper, or, worse, in the crotch of the PUL cover. Furthermore, they take forever to dry after being laundered. The BabyPants and Star training pants are not flannel, but they are made from a knit cotton that absorbs quickly. Both products would absorb my heaviest wettings without any problem, and they laundered well.
I am hoping that someone will design and market a gauze pull-up diaper with strong elastics. I like the softness and fast absorption gauze provides, but I don't have the dexterity or the patience to deal with pinning pre-folded gauze diapers.
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