cm90210 said:
Mine were delivered this week and I've gotta say, I'm underwhelmed. These are narrower and thinner than either my molicares or northshore supremes - albeit they have kind of a unique texture and the padding is very soft. I was expecting more from a diaper called "the waddled". I guess when very very wet these will make you waddle. Not dry though.
just got my Waddler Overnights in. Might do a more comprehensive writeup later, but my first impressions:
- the shell is the same material as the originals. it's got a different pattern for nighttime, but uses the same art style and same pastel colors. From a distance they're a little difficult to tell apart by just the front or back view
- the side wings and leg cuffs are a navy-blue theme, which is very noticeable. The contrast to the front/back gives them a kind of a "pullup" look.
- leak guards are now using a thicker material, and two strands of elastic instead of one. this is a big improvement over the originals
- the front tape panel has had a major change in material. Original waddlers have a hard, smooth, shiny plastic, very similar to what you see on a bambino. Overnights use a thinner material that very closely matches the texture of the shell, and is actually very difficult to spot, but it's there. I've seen problems with these sorts of panels tearing when trying to move a tape that's been down awhile, will have to see how they hold up. Also, the tape panel on the original overlaid "Snuggies" in print numerous times, the overnights have NO text on the diaper, anywhere. I know some people don't like seeing the brand name printed on the diaper and may count this as a significant improvement.
- they're not quite as thick as I was expecting. definitely thicker than the originals, but doesn't feel like quite double the weight. I'll have to get out a proper scale later and compare full bags of 10, but I think I'm going to see the overnights at 50-70% heavier than originals, not 100% (double) as was suggested
- tapes are identical. or actually possibly very slightly shorter. The roots however are about that much longer on the back wing. maybe they moved them, to make pull-offs less likely?
The case I got was a large box by diaper case standards. It was one level with 8 bags in it, making it a long/wide square, short box. At first I thought it was two half-case boxes taped together, but no, just one big box.
So the important differences I see are (1) more padding tho not double, (2) tape panel has a better feel to it, (3) big improvement to leak guards, and (4) dark blue motif on the sides
But yes I somewhat agree with you to "underwhelmed". They're definitely an improvement, but not to the level I was expecting.