DPRLuv85 said:
So I'm curious; for those of you that wear to work, what are you're habits? Do you wear all day? Are you normally able to make it all day with one diaper or do you have to change part way through the work day? What diaper do you prefer? Which diaper quality (discreetness, capacity, comfort) do you place the most emphasis on? Have you ever been caught? I just want to know what other people's experiences are.
I wear 24/7 so yes, definitely to work. I rarely wet at work, and if i do it's very close to quitting time, so I don't have to change at work. In the past at my previous job I had much more privacy and would often start wetting hours before close. Once I got a bit carried away and actually had to change as I was just about to leak.
I use the toilet during the day, I usually have to pee once or twice. I've gotten the drill down for how to "snake it out" to go without my diapeer having to budge.
My first experiences were with bambino teddy.
Too thick! Also sweats a lot. I changed to totaldry plus, they were thinner, a lot cheaper, and still had good leak guards. (I have skin-on-skin rubbing issues down there) but no front/back elastic and a LOT lower capacity. But they were may daytime diaper for over a year. I was looking for a better alternative when Snuggies Waddlers came out, and I switched immediatelyFront and rear elastic, softer shell, much better capacity, MUCH more comfortable, and only slightly more expensive. I was in them for about a year also. Waddlers were discontinued recently, about the time the vers 2 SDK/cushies came out, and I gave them a runtest that has turned into a semi-permanent switch. I still have a small amount of waddlers left, but for now I am fulltime SDK at work. They're a lot thicker, but somehow dont sweat bad and are pretty comfortable. I hope abu comes out with a thinner version of the SDK in the near future.
As I said earlier, I have "skin rubbing" issues that make for some incredibly painful rashes. I guess I'm a little unusual that regular briefs can't make it all the way from left to right so that leaves something rubbing on one side or the other. TALL leak guards totally fix that problem though, and I'm vastly more comfortable by day's end in a diaper than in briefs. (and boxers are totally out of the question!) So tall leak guards are an absolute necessity, and give me a totally honest "excuse" to be diapered 24/7. I also require my diapers to not cause me to sweat or break out in pimples on my hips. I insist on plastic or very similar texture. From there I am a little more flexible - I prefer front and rear elastic, and all white. SDKs are mostly white, and if my shirt happens to come untucked at work, my diaper with its rear elastic is easily mistaken for white boxers at any distance. (so, better than the pastel pinkblue of the snuggies anyway) But no front elastic, and much thicker than I'd prefer.
I didn't often come out of the back room at the old job, but one time near close I was called out front to help with a sudden rush of customers. I was in a pretty wet bambino by that point, and the customer asked me why I was walking funny, "is your leg asleep?" "uhh, yup, fell asleep!" But that's all that I know about.
Bonus question: how do you keep you're diaper wearing fresh and interesting?
I have an uncommonly large variety of diapers on hand, possibly a reaction from not having diapers in the past. While I don't vary my daytime wear, I do change up my evening and overnight wear quite a bit. Overnight I do kitten, idyl, paws, simple, space, teddy, confidry, or A+/4. Evenings I've been working through tena slip basic, slip maxi (cloth), waddler overnights, A+/3. Some of these I just happen to have from previous order and don't intend to reorder, but others I reorder when I get low. I expect to drop idyl, space, A+, tena, and waddler. (not sure what I will settle on for evening wear) So I keep it fresh by variety.