Affordability

[JDinVirginia]

Has the increasing price of quality diapers caused you to modify your diaper purchasing practices? My mainstream diaper for years has been BetterDry. As cost was one of my original considerations in selecting that diaper, I have stayed with it over the years as it is a very good value for its price.

As I am double incontinent, a "cheap" diaper will not suffice when I have a bowel accident.

My "fallback plan" should my budget be stressed would be to select a less expensive diaper with adequate internal standing leak guards and add an inexpensive booster pad. At night I would continue to use the BetterDry.

My further fallback plan would be to return to cloth for daytimes.

What about you guys?

--John

[Patrickk]

I used disposables in the months after my surgery in June, 2024. My family caregivers insisted on them, rejecting my inventory of washables. Since resuming caring for myself, I have used the disposables primarily for travel and appropriate medical appointments. However, washables will always be my standard protection. More recently, my wife decided that, because I was no longer using them, my inventory of disposables should be donated to a local charity. I may need to order several packs of disposables if we go on vacation this summer. I do not see washables as lesser protection than disposables. I launder them daily and replace them as they wear out. Washables demonstrate my support for ecology; they give me comfort and protection, and they have numerous uses beyond incontinence management.

[greenbank]

Has the increasing price of quality diapers caused you to modify your diaper purchasing practices? My mainstream diaper for years has been BetterDry. As cost was one of my original considerations in selecting that diaper, I have stayed with it over the years as it is a very good value for its price.

As I am double incontinent, a "cheap" diaper will not suffice when I have a bowel accident.

My "fallback plan" should my budget be stressed would be to select a less expensive diaper with adequate internal standing leak guards and add an inexpensive booster pad. At night I would continue to use the BetterDry.

My further fallback plan would be to return to cloth for daytimes.

What about you guys?

--John

I hate to say this but keep an eye on those ABDL sites for discounts and discontinuation sales.

I do this quite a lot does not matter about the design and order a good stock.

Us diaper wearers have been through such a lot since Covid and incontinence is the gift that keeps on giving challenges.

[JDinVirginia]

Greenbank, you make a very good point re ABDL sites. While I prefer to wear plain white diapers, when those are not available I will resort to the printed version. For example, when BetterDry recently was not available for some weeks, I used Crinklz. I am not ABDL but no one except my wife (and perhaps my physicians) will see my diapers. And yes, there often are some very good discounts.

--John

[JDinVirginia]

As I mentioned above, my "Plan C" if disposables are not available is to return to cloth. I can wear cloth quite successfully except for the unpleasant inconvenience of bowel incontinence. As I rely on daily enemas for my bowel management bowel accidents thankfully are very infrequent.

However, cleaning and laundering badly soiled cloth diapers is not a pleasant experience. Nonetheless, despite any unpleasantness we will cope with the situation and will prevail.

--John

[wayne]

I am already at the limit of cheapness for my IC management. I use TENA Super briefs at night and TENA Ultimate pull-ups for just-in-case protection during the day. Both are available at Walmart (Canada) at rock bottom prices, and with store pickup, no shipping fees are added. I do recognize that this level of "support" would not work for everyone. If Wallymart suddenly stops carrying these or drastically increases prices, I'd have to succumb to higher costs, perhaps ordering online again.

[JDinVirginia]

Booster pads usually are used for convenience as they enable one to go longer between diaper changes. Has anyone found booster pads to help re affordability? In some cases they enable a less expensive diaper to have useful absorbency.

Often this depends on the cheap diaper still having good backing material. The leak guards, if they are present, must be high enough to catch overflow from the booster pads.

Another issue with some less expensive diapers is that the crotch width is too narrow to permit many booster pads.

Unfortunately, the prices of booster pads have risen along with the prices of diapers. However, there are periodic sales with significant discounts.

When I evaluate diaper-booster combinations I try to see whether they will permit me to save money by skipping one diaper per day. So, will three cheaper diapers with booster pads be less expensive than four better quality diapers without booster pads?

--John