AddyShadows said:
...Like, I could see if Depends were just bigger goodnites with a plain white cover or w/e they wanted to make them look like but the same product. I think they'd make a shitload more money off of the market if they did that. They think the market is concerned with conceal-ability, Which is true it is, but its hard to conceal a wet depend when you have wet marks running down your pant legs. Plus whats the point of concealing it if you're just going to have "Underwearness!" or w/e the fuck its called. Imo, Kimberly Clark, Make a good product or GTFO.
Here are some relevant bed wetting statistics...
Percentage of bed wetters by age and gender in the US
Total of 7 million kids (under 18)
5 years old 12.3% boys & 13.1% girls
6 years old 10.5% boys & 6.1% girls
7 years old 9.1% boys & 5.2% girls
8 years old 5.2% boys & 1.9% girls
9 years old 3.3% boys & 1.3% girls
10 years old 2.5% boys & 0.44% girls
11 years old 1.1% boys & 0.21% girls
12 years old 0.76% boys & less than .10% for girls 12 and older (no specific percentage listed)
13 years old 0.39% boys
14 years old 0.21% boys
no data available for 15-18 or before 5
Bedwetting data by weight (US only data)
40 lbs 13.4%
60 lbs 9.7%
70 lbs 7.4%
80 lbs 5.5%
90 lbs 3.2%
100 lbs 1.4%
over 110 lbs 0.23%
Average weight by age just for reference
4 years old 36 lbs, 6 - 45lbs, 8 - 60 lbs, 10 - 70 lbs, 12 - 80 lbs boy or 95 lbs girl, 14 - 95 lbs boy or 120 girl, 16 - 115 lbs boy or 130 lbs girl
Anyways after sharing all this data, the point I am getting at is that the money is in making products for younger children and babies as opposed to older children, which is why the new XS size makes much more sense than adding a larger size. Most children actually outgrow bedwetting before they outgrow Goodnites or Underjams so it really is not necessary to have a larger size especially since their parent company already has adult sized products and making them any larger would be a very stupid business decision for them even though Depends is not the best product. Goodnites and Kimberly Clark have their own best interests in mind and unfortunately for you and others on here that doesn't line up with your ideals and what you desire (a larger size). Statistically speaking there would not be much for them to gain from offering a larger product because there just isn't a high enough percentage of bedwetters that would need it. Sure there are overweight kids that outgrow the L-XL size but those kids are statistical outliers, that is they are extremely uncommon. Generally speaking most people don't become overweight until they go through puberty at least and by that point most have outgrown bedwetting as well. At least from my experience personally as well, most people put on weight in college or around the ages of 17-20, and by then almost none of them would still be bedwetting to the extent that they would need to wear protection.
