Plastic pants with disposable diapers.

[Steve M.]

I am not a big fan of disposables to start with, but when I travel they are the best option. I use the Abena x-plus. I've tried plastic pants over disposables, and they do not make much difference with leaks or noise. I have found that the Abena Abri-fix cotton stretch pants cut down on the noise and hold the disposable closer to the body. The Abri-fix cotton stretch pants are 'cut to fit over diapers, so they work better than mens "tidy whites" when it comes to fit. The abri-fit seems to increase the diaper's 'usable' capacity too. Traveling over night I use the Abnia x-plus with a booster and plastic pants. At night I use a hotel towel between the plastic pants and disposable to catch the small leaks that always seem to occur. Hope this helps.

[wheels5894]

I am using Tena Maxi Slips (in then UK) and I find there is always a small amount of leak so I wear a pair of cotton trunks over the Tena and plastic pants on top. This contains and absorbs the leaks quite ell I rarely have any leaks outwith the plastic pants.

I tried Abena the other week but as not too impressed but I tried a Molicare last night and reckon it was better than the Tena. The trouble is the cost - Tena at about 70p and Molicare at around £1 but I might try a case of the Molicare to see how they work out.

[deen_ad]

I was about 25 (I'm 63½ now). I wear either a Abena X-Plus, plastic pants and cotton long leg briefs over everything. I also find that the polyurethane pants last FAR longer than the pure vinyl. Well worth the extra cost.

The plastic pants won't stop a leak but they will retain enough that I won't wear a diaper (disposable or otherwise) without them plus it gives me a warning and time to get changed before the leak gets really bad!

[seethru1]

What works for me is the atn diapers and a pair of euroflex plastic pants over them.The euroflex plastic pants are a lot cooler than just plain plastic pants.

[Paul Martin]

Thanks for your first post seethru1! I apreciate your joining in to our forum.
I wear a nylon type pants over my daytime disposable diaper. It, too, breaths and allows no sweating. Plus, diaper rash creams will not effect the lining. They last a long time.
Again, welcome to the forum!!! ..............Paul Martin

[Sandy]

I've been using alot of the wide waist/leg band pants from Gary. I really like the snug fit. And they do help prevent leaks at least for me. I've also been wearing lots of the waist band Attends with a booster of course. (boy what I'd give to have the old attends back) You know how crinkly those Attends are Can't here a thing with the Gary pants over them:D .........................Sandy

[deen_ad]

What works for me is the atn diapers and a pair of euroflex plastic pants over them.The euroflex plastic pants are a lot cooler than just plain plastic pants.

The "euroflex" is a "brand" name for polyurethane. And as I said, the polyurethane lasts far longer than regular plastic. Unless I can't avoid it I won't buy regular plastic pants.

I just bought a pair of standard vinyl pants because I wanted the slimmer style. They're not made to go over cloth, only thin disposables, but I wear Abena M4 or equiv so I had to order one size larger.

ATN's are not absorbent enough for me and I had to add doublers to them at night.

Deen

[Don]

I had a pair of Suprema (I think thats what theyre called) plastic pants. I tried wearing them over my Abena's but they were just too hot. And man, those things are huge. They swallow me. I could never wear them out and about. I have some plain white plastic pants I got from Gary at XPmedical. They work pretty good. I can wear those in public. But I find that just wearing a diaper underneath clothing is not too hot. I generally dont sweat too bad. The suprema's over an xplus at night was just too hot. I got the supremas when I was trying out cloth. They fit over the cloth diapers pretty easily. It was just too much bulk for me.

[mhedman56]

I've been in diapers since 1987 and have always worn plastic pants over my disposables. Back when I started in diapers the selection was limited and pretty awful compared to what we have now. Of all that I have tried, the Gary pull-ons work best for me. I use both the 4mm and 7mm, and obviously prefer the wide elastics when I can get them. The plastic pants won't contain a large leak, but since seepage is the worst I usually have to deal with they work fine. The also muffle the sound of the diaper a bit and provide some concealment (at a distance, plastic pants showing between the waist of my pants and my shirt could look like underwear, but a diaper is pretty hard too mistake for anything else...probably wishful thinking, but you never know).

[johnstone]

Abena make a cloth concealer in the style of a cotton brief. If you have concerns of your diaper, and/or plastic pants ever showing from your back, I would recommend the use of the Abena brief style concealer. I still think KINS makes the best plastic pants. They make one style called the "Lowrider" that is NOT a lowrider pant, but is does have a tight fit to it without all the excess material that some plastic pants have. Having a tighter fit also compresses the diaper some and they are comfortable to wear. Just my thoughts