Diapers vs pullups

I do not consider a pullup a diaper. It's underwear folks. Plain and simple.

Looking for your comments on this.

It depends (no pun intended) on how you define diaper. If you look up diaper wikipedia a pullup could theoretically be considered a diaper by what wikipedea says a diaper is. But to me a diaper is only a tape on style like a babys diaper

In many ways i agree, remember in the 60 & 70s they said we would be wearing paper clothes? They didn't get far now did they.

Pull ups don't provide anywhere near the level of containment and control a good old fashioned two piece diaper offers, and are much easier to be changed for us folks who enjoy a food chair so much we bring our own, LOL.

I use that line on secretaries who sign you in at doctors office and reflexively say have a seat in the waiting room and get that "I just stepped in it " look on their face when they look up and realize you are already seated. Breaks the ice and eases their mind that you aren't offended in anyway.

Anyway back to diapers, I have never met a pull up that could do a diapers job, they have improved over the years, but I will stay with diapers. Pull ups just aren't up to the task for my needs.

I agree with @bbydpr on this a diaper to me is one that is to be taped on.

Diapers have tape that you need to fasten. Pull ups you just pull them up. If they get wet or dirty you can rip the sides to change the person. I know from my son.

Diapers have tape that you need to fasten. Pull ups you just pull them up. If they get wet or dirty you can rip the sides to change the person. I know from my son.

We do the same. My wife wears depends and we cut them off. It serves the purpose - but yes - a pull-up is not a diaper.

Drop one deuce in a pull up and you know where the name comes from. My last experience with intentional wearing was getting caught in a storm out of town and ran out of diapers. I wore an entire bag of pull ups for a 6 hour ride. i was soaked when I got home (yes this was right at the time that buying a half decent diaper in almost any store ended). I carry 3 times the diapers I will need now that you can't buy them easily. When incontinence is a crime, we need to prosecute the stores floor.

I do not consider pullups as diapers but they ok for the times when i can not wear a diaper.

Pull ups are what I would call for "emergency use only" as my experience with them is they are most often good for "one hit" only, the second hit usually results in it running down my leg as the pull up cannot absorb the fluid quickly enough second time round ?

A proper taped up nappy is about as secure as you can get.

I'm English so to me a diaper is disposable whereas a nappy is reusable.

Both come as pull-up or wrap-round.

A nappy is made of adsorbent cotton towelling and comes in squares, shapes (both to be pinned) or pull up knickers. All need to be covered with plastic pants or bloomers.

Similarly a diaper is a soaker pad with a plastic waterproof membrane. When shaped as a wrap-round it is usually secured with adhesive tapes and as a pull-up has elasticated waist and legs.

Personally, I think pullup style incontinent briefs, no matter what you call 'em, are a poor country cousin compared to tab style incontinent briefs. They do the job, but not nearly as well as other products.

[li]I have yet to meet the pullup that holds as much as a comparable tabbed brief. [/li] [li]With few exceptions there is no way to adjust for differing waist sizes or sag when the product begins to fill. [/li] [li]Because they do not hold a lot of urine, they must be changed more frequently. This can be problematic in a public restroom when trousers, maybe even shoes, must be removed to remove the pullup and pull on a fresh one.[/li] [li]Despite being less convenient as well as less utilitarian, they are usually priced close to, and sometimes higher than, comparable tabbed briefs.[/li]

Pull-ups are technically diapers, and are easier to just pull right on like underwear, but, are nowhere close to old school traditional “plastic backed tape tabs disposable diapers” with the hourglass Pampers/Huggies/Luvs fit that need to lay you down and be put on by someone.

Yes, pull ups keep you dry, but, not even close to straight up diapers.

I just started wearing 24/7 about 3 months ago. Pull-ups around people, diapers when no one is around. My wife calls the pull ups my diapers. I think only to people in this community are pull ups underwear. to everyone else, they are diapers.