Change in Diaper World / cloth covers

Well, now that Walgreens and CVS have gone to cloth covers on their disposable briefs, I'm looking for a new plastic covered diaper that can be bought retail other than Depends. Any suggestions out there? My old favorite used to be the Walgreens diapers.

Thanks for your input 😁

Try Walmarts Assurance diapers. Of course they call them briefs. They have a nice plastic backing and are loud and crackly.

Walmart, huh? I can't believe I hadn't thought of that. I've been looking for other brands that use the plastic backing, and the selection around here is a little slim. I oughtta check them out.

I really do not think there is such a thing as a good retail diaper. I found a few that are decent, but not what I would call good.

The BEST diaper I have ever seen, I found in Mexico. To the best of my knowledge, this diaper is ONLY sold in Mexico. It is thier version of TENA. It is a light green in color. It is very thick & really holds a lot more then any diaper I have seen, including cloth!

HI all

I wanted to raise some concerns here about a change I see growing in the diaper world.

Diaper manufacturers have converted all baby diapers to have a cloth outer cover.

Now Attends has the "breathable" brief that is slowly replacing the plastic backed diaper.

Is this the beginning of the end of our traditional crinkle plastic diapers.

I'm worried, anyone else?

I guess everyone will have to wear plastic panties even over disposables to get that plastic feeling 😮 😮 😮 😮

I have already bought some thumper for that very quite reason LOL

I really hope this doesn't happen but i'm sure it will

I don't have that problem as I have always been a cloth diaper baby,although I tried a Depends(I think that was the brand) but it really didn't maken me feel like a baby

Are all brands of disposable diapers going that way? or is it just one brand

As far as I know it's all of them.

I also wear cloth diapers and plastic pants. I wear extra thick diapers so I order the high back plastic pants. Much easier to get complete coverage of the diaper. If you are new to plastic pants, there is not much noise from a brand new pair. The older they get the more noise they make. The plastic becomes brittle with age. Of course the way you take care of them makes a big difference. If you run them threw the washer or use much soap when washing they age much quicker. I try to make mine last as long as possible so I hand rinse them in warm water. If odor becomes a problem I use a few drops of liquid detergent. I hope this helps.

If you have done your home work you would have known why. Doctors are now saying cloth diapers are more healthy for baby's bottom because they breath better. Plastic diapers have caused sterilty in male children, not all but some and are hotter than cloth. The diaper man. comps. have tried to meet these concerns with a more cloth like appearing diaper. In my oppion, a good cloth diaper with a waterproof cover has always been the best. With the new cloth diaper out on the market it is a wonder why most people are not wearing them. Happy Heinys makes a diaper that will fit up to a 30" waist and has a higher rise than Pampers 7. They also make a training pant that can be ordered with snaps on the side that fits this range. Fuzzy Bunz make a night time pant for bedwetters that also has snaps that go up to a size 10/12 that will fit even smaller adults. I know a boy whom was 10 and could still fit into them, he had a 32" waist. Also there are alot of other smaller makers out there that are now making diapers of the new fasion in adult sizes, some are making for those that need them for med reasons. But some are making the for the AB/DL wearers. One just needs to look at the cloth diapers and you will see a new world. I had to get use to wearing disposibles for awhile growing up, yes I did like them. And now I am back to using my own cloth ones again. To me a diaper is a diaper if it works. I love the plastic backed throw aways yes, but a good soft cloth diaper, be it and all in one or a prefold or a fitted one with a plastic cover is still in my opion the best and most comfertible working diaper there is.

Paul_L havev you tried putting a velcro strip in your cloth diapers. I got some contored baby print cloth diapers from Quality Care in Canada,which I'm not sure is in busines anymore. Buit they sewed velcro into the front and back and they have held together very well

I do always have plastic pants over disposables, just more secure feeling 😃

I hate woven like outter cover. It costs more but feel bad !!!

I wear plastic back diaper and I do not like cloth diapers because of leak I do not have a pair of plastic pant so the plastic back work for me

I guess you don't have anyone that sew you cloth diapers with a velcro attached. I must be lucky I had told one of the nurses in an old peoples home where I worked and she had a brother-in-law that ran a sewing workshop and if I supply the material and the measurements he would sew them for me,but without velcro as I used pins and NO questions asked The material I chose was always flannelette and with baby prints. He charged me $3.00 per diaper and cared for the money. I'm sure when I went by to pick up the diapers he had his thoughts but he never once made feel uncomfortable about them

I once bought a few pairs of the gerber plastic cloth lined panties took measurments and had them altered to fit me at a dress shop

I think your heavier medical brands will remain plastic just for the fact alot of them are cheap for the medical industry and insurance companies don't want to pay for more than they have to.

Yes! I've been worried about that for almost two years now. :'( I first noticed the nice plasticy ones disappearing from the grocery stores, then Target, and now almost gone from everywhere.

Someone who posted was right though...if you go online or to medical supply stores for the hospital grade ones, I'll bet they'll stay the nice smooth plastic for a while...I don't think many bedridden folks would really care too much?

Yeh i ordered some of those attends and it was not the same. However the extended wear attends are good. No crinkle though. I do not see adult diapers going in that direction, you can still get plastic diapers... order Abena Abri Wings from Canada...

Where there is a way there is a will....

Diapered

Also, few companies will admit to marketing to a minor subculture - especially not one that a lot of people will react to with ignorant prejudice. And their actual target demographic won't want loud diapers, they'll want discretion in theirs. So we're kinda bound to get screwed over. But on the bright side, that will mean that more of our business goes to specialty firms so we will have more control over what they produce. And that can only be a good thing!

Ya... it sucks... but it's good if you want just you to know you're wearing and not everyone

Lets just keep Bambino and ABU open by buying their fine products. Competition between two companies is always good for the consumer.

What we need to remember people here is diaper companys are making these diapers for a reason. People with incontinence want less noise in their diapers. This is not a fetish thing for us well for me it is and it isnt . But most people who suffer with this want something others wont be able to hear or see them wearing it. I for one suffer with inco at night time now and i still love those diapers of yesteryear . thick loud and very very bulky just good all around diapers to wear and use. But if i had to wear 24-7 once again i would want less bulky less noisy but absorbent diapers. so remember its not a knock to all you ab/dl's its a thing of giving the consummer what they want .

I used to have a friend who wished he were incontinent... well... 10 years later he actually had it happen... he is no longer abdl... and he has had sooo many problems with his kidneys... be careful what you wish for.... cloth diapers are the least of our worries... or I should hope so...

I think the changes are fine, like mamasboy said, the manufacturers are just listening to what the customers are saying.

I always liked cloth diapers and plastic panties anyway.

I've noticed that too when i bought a pack of Assurance, Wal-Mart's store brand. One month they were plastic backed and cost a third of the price for Depend, with the same absorbency. I celebrated and bought another pack, only to find they were cloth backed this time!

But Mamasboy is right. It makes sense that people with incontinence prefer a product that doesn't make a lot of noise when they walk around in public. I know I wouldn't. In the rare occasion I might wear in public, I go with cloth-backed ones.