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Diaper Soakers, Stuffers Doublers and Inserts Review Site Idea

I posted this idea on another forum

I think it would be a could idea for someone to post reviews about the different products that are used to increase the absorbency of the adult diapers. I believe it would be nice for others to know are depends boost better inserts than baby diapers or is it the other way around. I believe this would be a great service to the community as we already have reviews of Adult diapers, now we need reviews of the inserts.
What I am trying to say is we need a review site for inserts. There are already review sites for adult diapers and baby diapers for their intended use on babies. We need reviews of these products as we use them as inserts. I believe this kind of resource is greatly needed. I belive in testing baby diapers as inserts we would need to use one size as bench mark. And since size 6 is a popular choice to use as inserts that should be the size used. Thre would need to be allowances allowed for diapers like huggies overnight which is only available in a size 5. Reviews that are out there for these products do us no good as it is only mothers reviewing the diapers being worn by their baby. We really do not need to know about the fit and how the tapes hold on the baby diaper. Also reviews should be done for products like depend boost, guards for men used as inserts and femine pads used as inserts. The pluses and the minuses of these products need to be weighed. What do you all think

That is a great idea.

If anyone wants to do a study on it and document their results, I will be glad to set up a page for them and give the person doing the testing the credit for it.

I personally have not used any baby diapers as stuffers or doublers.
I get the Abena doublers from http://www.xpmedical.com/abrisan.html
I think they are a great doubler. They hold a lot and really extend the use of any diaper, disposable or cloth.

I'm a cloth diaper wearer so I'm spoiled with being able to go long periods without a change, as in going to work all day and not changing until I get back home. Times that I wear a disposable, I'd like the same freedom to not have to do a diaper change at work or while out in the public.

Starting with a "good" diaper (one step down from Abena / Moli) such as Attends, Tena, Tranquility I find I can go all day at work with two baby diapers-siz 6. I get the cheap store brand and they do hold a lot, swelling a lot, too, indicating lots of SAP (Super Absorbant Polymer).

But I don't bother to destroy the waterproof backing, instead I'll change them out. Easy to slide in and out of my regular diaper in a rest room stall. Easy to roll up and tape and dispose in any trash container...you do see used baby diapers in just about any trash!

You do need to be aware of your voiding times and rates so as not to overwhelm the baby diaper. If it overflows, it'll be over the sides of the crotch of the baby diaper and hit your regular diaper where you don't have much protection and give you a leg band leak in the crotch inspite of your regular diaper being "dry". But once I learned (from a leak or two) just what time to change the first and then the second baby diaper, I can go all day at work in a disposable. (I average 2-3 hours on one baby diaper) After tossing the second baby diaper, I then rely on the regular diaper for the rest of the work day, trip home and what ever activities afterwork when I am home and can change anytime.

The regular diaper will never be dry in my case. I suppose you could change the baby diapers often enough to keep the main diaper dry but to what point? With perspiration and just wear and tear you wouldn't want to wear that same disposable the next day anyway. So once you pull the last baby diaper, be it the second, third or fourth, figure that regular diaper will last you another 3 to 4 hours on its own.

Hi Deltafive!
I'll echo the boss's "that's a great idea" and he's even offering a page here, that's cool!

Hopefully we might get a feel here about interest in inserts, since I suppose that's the first step. How many folks use inserts? 10% of disposable wearers/ 0% of cloth wearers ....... all the way up to, say, 75% of disposable wearers and 20% of cloth wearers?

Perhaps a quick poll could tell us that.

Then it's just a matter of getting folks who use inserts anyway, to test specific inserts and report their findings, which gets posted. Is that about how you see this working?

My previous post here about baby diapers poses an interesting question in that am I wearing the baby diaper as an insert or a diaper? Unless you slash the waterproof backing, the baby diaper is not adding to the absorbancy of the main diaper. You are using the baby diaper in lieu of the main diaper, in effect holding the absorbancy of the main diaper in reserve for use later. But the baby diapers are extending "wear time" for the regular diaper which is what we wear actual soakers for, so would the unslashed baby diapers qualify as soakers?

Now we add the question of changes. Real soakers which extend the wear time of the regular diaper require no change out so you are extending not only wear time but freedom from changes. If that is the real objective, such as working long periods where you can't change anything, then unslashed baby diapers would NOT qualify since they must be changed out to extend main diaper wear time.

Do you think we should make some distinction between "real soakers or doublers" which are sold with no waterproof protection vs pads, guards and so on which are sold with waterproof protection? If so, you'd want to structure this based on extending diaper wear withOUT any change of inserts.

A quick opinion on the light protection stuff, sold with waterproof backing, they never did anything for me! Hi price and low capacity steered me away from those products early on. Perhaps they've improved.

Joe K

I am from England and sometimes use a thin but fair;ly high capacity "pad" as a doubler - they are provided with a sticky back to fix in normal underwear- but although the size and capacity is almost equivalent to a pull up they are a lot cheaper and because of "wings" do a good job for small to medium wettings. When I use them inside a "regular nappy I don't uncover the sticky tape, but do the "roll up and dispose" procedure noted by an earlier poster. This leaves me with (at best) a fresh nappy without having to do a "take pants down" change, or at worst one only slightly wet and capable of extended use.

I don't suppose my personal findings are of very much interest, but I do think there is a need for an agreed consumer standard for the performance of protective underwear - I have purchased some expensive rubbish since becoming dependent on diapers a few months ago - other times I have been confused by good products having different ratings because they come from different manufacturers whose definition of words like "moderate" and "severe" varies.

We are now on the right track. I don't mean just baby diapers. It would be a good idea to see how each product used as an insert stacks up. Yes a poll is a good idea. Please spread the word to other sights and groups. Than you schoop for offering to host these reviews here. With the reviews being attached to an incontinence site. This will provide a one stop resource for incontinent people.

I use heavy all cotton pull-on diaper pants with a heavy cotton insert made by Loving Comfort. When gone for much of the day, I put one or two disposable Tranquility brand "Booster Pads" inside the cotton insert. These have no plastic backing and just soak up a lot of excess and let the cotton insert and pants do the rest. The Booster Pads then are discarded and the rest is washed. On lighter days, I just use the cotton. Works really well for me. There is some bulk to all this, but what works is what counts.

Hope this helps --- B.

From a therapist point of view, doing a double layer to absorb more wetness is missing the point that the wet person needs to be dry and the skin needs to be protected. Yes all diapers are designed to absorb wetness but the skin is still moist to some degree. Eventually there will be problems with the skin if it is always wet. Todays super absorbing diapers really absorb a heck of a lot of fluid. I would suggest more frequent changes rather than more padding.

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The point is many people use extra padding. The idea was to provide a resource for those who use extra padding. Some of the adult diapers according to some contributers are not very good and they need an insert. But anyway this idea died before it even got off the ground. The idea was to provide reviews much the same way they are for adult diapers for products used as inserts like depends boost or the various size 6 baby diapers. But as I said this idea seems to be dead

I've used Tranquility Booster Pads from CWI Medical It's a liner that has super polymer in it but allows enough to flow through to the diaper. If you put a liner with a plastic backing on it. The wetness needs to overflow around the plastic. It also has a tape backing so that you can position it in the diaper.

Hope this helps