Gary Owens at XP Medical goes the extra mile to please his customers!
Since I am an Abena fan, usually wearing the top of the line X-Plus when I wear disposable diapers, I stayed with Abena for my lighten up experiment, selecting the Plus which is the lightest diaper in the line of four absorbancies: Plus, Super, Extra and X Plus.
The light weight Plus @71 cents performed all day (8-10 hrs) with the 8 oz cloth diaper which wicked wetness all the way up the back of the diaper. No leaks and the light diaper was 100% utilized at change time.
I found the tapes were just terrible for lack of holding power, popping just minutes after application. I complained to Gary at XP, hoping he could get Abena to do something about tapes for future. I really did NOT expect to get satisfaction for the diapers I had purchased, since tapes can fail for a lot of reasons, and often we consumers do things that lead to, or contribute to, tape failures.
So I was pleasantly surprised to find Gary would exchange the unopened bags. He recommended the next one up, the Super, saying it was a big mover, compared to the Plus, and if the tapes were bad, he would have heard something.
I continue to be amazed that our premium diapers have tape problems while the "junky" store brand diapers generally have tapes that stick like crazy and you have to literally rip the diaper apart at change time.
All I can figure is the high end mrfs want the "refastenable" feature since the diapers can hold so much and are going to get checked by untaping and then retaping. The cheap store brands don't hold much, so once taped, they stay taped.
But I just don't see the big deal in "refastenable" for checking diaper condition! Sticking a finger down a waist band or a thumb in a leg opening works for me! The only practical use I can see for refastenable tapes is using the toilet. Even at that, a diaper can usually be pulled down and then back up without untaping.
OK, there's my two cents worth!
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