DiaperedAlways said:
I would stick with the northshore if they work for you currently. Especially if you can handle the bulk of them while outside all day which it sounds like you can without a problem. If the diaper gets to bulky and uncomfortable, then I’d think about switching. My experience with northshore mega max has been great, and I can last most of the workday.
I’d only change diaper brand if it’s getting uncomfortable or unbearable during the workday.
I love Megamax. Someone on this website recently suggested I try the Megamax Airlock (basically a slimmer but more active version of the originals), and so those samples should actually be arriving tomorrow.
I did try a medium supreme recently while working outside (they were samples i got a while ago, and they just so happen to be the last real diapers I own that [barely] somewhat fit me), and it held up really well. I was worried about the noise at first, as they were loud even with a pair of cotton briefs over them (and a PUL cover made everything look overtly bulky and do not breathe), but my footfalls and the rustle of the dry weeds/ gravel/ grass covered it completely. I had a bag in my pocket as a decoy, something to tap on, but it wasn't necessary. The only issue then became the bulk, especially near the end of the day. I was wearing fairly loose shorts, but there was a lot of bending down and sticking my butt in the air -- a comfortable position when wearing a diaper, I found out -- but it obviously also then felt like it was pressing against my shorts and made it obvious. So I kept readjusting where I was facing a bunch. I think I was honestly probably fine, I think I was just being nervous, as most of the day I felt surprisingly very confident and didn't care what others thought. But I'm sure as I got more exhausted and my work turned into something I had more time to get into my head during, I started overthinking again.
The one thing that definitely killed me was playing with my shorts and shirt alot. Not that anyone was really paying attention to me, I don't work with many people at all, but I couldn't stop pulling this up and pushing this back down. Again, the diaper wasn't the best fit -- the tapes are not that durable on the supremes, and because the mediums are just a bit too small, I end up pulling them off by accident and then needing to use other tape I pulled off of something else... Well, yeah. But I'm hoping the Megamax Airlocks work out, because Megamax mediums fit me perfectly. If not, I'll still get some more Megamax diapers for at home use.
But cloth diapers are somewhat ideal, I think, if I can figure them out. Really my big anxiety is just figuring out how to wash them, since I'd have to hand wash them. Finding a config that's not too bulky is necessary too. But otherwise, they'd save me a ton of money, would be quieter, would breathe more, and wouldn't swell. I could readjust them as much as I want with no fear of messing up the diaper, they hold
a ton, and so on. I'll do some research, anyway.
But hey, thank you for responding. I appreciate it alot. I suppose I shouldn't worry too much. Northshore diapers are good quality and keep odors in -- they're built for all day or all night. Besides, being on a farm, I could literally mess (I won't) and every other ambient odor would still be overwhelming. As for wearing one diaper all day (only wetting, of course) at an indoor place, say, college? Idk, but I guess I can figure that out when I get there. It's not the new semester yet (thank goodness). And like, all day meaning the two or three classes I have that day and whatever else in between or possibly after.
I've rambled long enough. Thank you again!