Thoughts on Tena Slip Maxi?

Hey all! Just wondering on what the general consesus is about the tena slip maxi diaper? I thought it looked nice, but how is it's dependability?

The old plastic ones were fantastic.

The new "cloth backed" sold in the United States is terrible. Uses a plastic center covering, and the wings are soft and thin. They're very flimsy.

The new actual cloth backed ones that retail outside of the United States seem to be good.

I'd wear a cloth backed any day of the week, but the old plastic backed ones were the only ones I'd wear due to how great they were.

Perhaps one of the very best nappies ever made if it has a plastic backing. Very comfortable and slim fitting with a reasonably high absorbency. In my opinion avoid the cloth backed version like the plague though.

The Australasian ones, I find are quite decent, they hold a lot, have refastenable Velcro like tapes, are comfortable, and are probably the most cost efficient diaper we have available to us.

taco is on the money. the cloth sided are almost useless. You have to move the tapes in every hour or so. The cloth sides slowly stretch soooo bad. i suppose not so much a problem for overnight, if you don't need much capacity. Their leak guards are very short.

Oh, I do quite well with these diapers, and am very fond of the Original. I really like hybrid diapers, even though people seem to reeeally hate them :')
I think I do well with them since I use boxers on top of them most of the time, if I am out and about so even if the wings stretch, the diaper stays on me! Also, plastic diapers just bake my poor, sensitive sides so a diaper that lets my skin breathe from the wings is just perfect.
The old plastic ones are the most amazing though. I will forever miss them... sigh :/

So yeah, I am a real Tena fan so I am kinda biased lol
It's good to order a sample first in my opinion. Like samples of the Tena Slip Maxi(cloth), Tena Slip Maxi Original (hybrid) and Tena Slip Maxi Active Fit (all plastic!) so you can compare.
Even though Tena Slip Maxi is my go-to clothback diaper, I know for sure the all-plastic are the real deal. They are the best Tena's.

I'm so sad... Bambino finally ran out of the (actual) original TSM in medium.

Thanks for the info everyone!

I got the original all-plastic when first trying out a few months ago. They were a great experience.

The fabric sides ones were just a total nightmare. I went through 5 where the tapes would not stick longer than an hour. They didn't even have time to stretch and loosen. It isn't like adhesive on cloth doesn't work... Seni figured it out... maybe it was a bad batch, but it left a very bad impression on me that I don't feel like repeating.

Here in Europe, we get the better variant of the "cloth-backed" ones.
They are amazing.

My girl wears Tena Slip Ultima, size Medium, at night (and when we're not going out).
Over the last year there has been a couple of leaks, but that has been because of "user error", and should not reflect negatively on the diaper. They are spectacular.

Tapes hold well, leak barrier is very good (...if you remember to stand it up when putting it on!) and it absorbs like magic.
The Ultima ones can hold more than my girl can produce in a night. Easily. Not only that, but it absorbs quickly and locks it in as well.
Excellent odor management is what sells it in the end, though. My girl gets really self-conscious if there is a smell, and these don't smell at all for hours and hours.

In a nutshell; don't buy unless you can get the EU version :O huh.
I really love Tena diapers because I never have to feel wet in them. They have a specialised surface material on the inside of the diaper that keeps the moisture from getting back at your skin. If Tenas feel wet, you reeeeally gotta change them! While diapers like Molicare and Abena are great, they can start to feel squishy too soon.

I have always liked the tena slip maxi, the old ones that were all plastic were best but I also liked the slip original that is plastic in the center and cloth on the sides and I have never had an issue with them though it is a moot point because the all plastic is pretty well gone and the plastic/cloth hybrid has been discontinued so here in the usa I guess we are back to just the american made tenas which suck in comparison to the slip maxis

If anyone is interested, XP sells a new id slip expert maxi, plastic backed. It fits just like the TSM, I feel it's more absorbent though. It's on the thinner side, reminds me of the old abena extra in terms of thickness and absorbancy.

The plastic backed Tena Slip (PE Backed) maxi are available at

www.nappiesrus.co.uk

I have recently bought a few packs. They are great. Look for page 2.