JayPup
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Hey everyone, so I just finished my last final of the semester and I felt a bit like writing.
All of the numbers are reflected off the U.S. dollar at current buying power rates. The numbers are not adjusted for future inflation, enjoy!
So today I just wanted to talk a bit about the long-term financial burden placed on incontinent individuals and the financial ramifications that come with purchasing adult diapers.
I started out by doing a bit of research and pricing out different types of diapers. I found five major groupings when it came to diapers.
The first grouping in pricing came from the cheapest of the cheap, both build and quality. I am talking about store brands. CVS, Walgreens, Riteaid, Walmart and other private labels generally sell their bags at pricing points where the cost of each unit ends up around 40¢.
Using this cost per unit I conservatively estimated an average number of changes per day at four. This means that someone using four store brand diapers is spending around:
$1.60 Every Day
$11.20 Every Week
$44.80 Every Month
$537.60 Every Year
$2,688.00 Every Five Years
$5,376.00 Every Ten Years
Please keep in mind that is a very conservative estimate on my part on the number of changes per day. As someone who had utilized store brands during times where better quality products are unavailable I would realistically predict a minimum of six changes a day, but the hell with the logistical aspect.
Now, $537.60 a year seems like a fairly manageable amount of money. After all, that is less than $45 a month, but over that year someone could have purchased a reasonably priced television or laptop. They could have even made a car payment or two, or pay off some debt.
The next major pricing group I discovered were for mass-produced brands such as Tena, or Depend. I count these products to have an average cost per unit of 65¢ This is not accounting for promotions or sales. However, the number does come from comparing multiple brands and products. I still am going to stick with a conservative estimate of around four changes daily. And therefore we can now do some simple number crunching.
$2.60 Every Day
$18.20 Every Week
$72.80 Every Month
$873.60 Every Year
$4,368.00 Every Five Years
$8,736.00 Every Ten Years
A pretty significant change for not even much better quality, or less frequent changes. Not to mention that both of the two pricing points already mentioned are notorious for leaking and overall poor craftsmanship. By switching from a store brand to a name brand we already went up around 62% in price. The long-term financial applications are enormous!
Imagine what it would feel like to receive an extra $873.60 at the end of each year. For many that would be the equivalent of an extra paycheck. The average American could pay a full months mortgage or three car payments with those savings. So now we are really starting to see the economic effects incontinence has on the average individual.
The next major pricing point of 85¢ per unit was found to be better brands, lower end products. For instance, in this pricing point, I found brands such as Tranquility, and many private label brands produced from more premium brands such as Abena, or Molicare. My favorite product in the pricing point is actually on my favorite diapers. The Molicare Super Air Active.
I again used an average of four changes a day, but depending on what is available that number could realistically be anywhere from three to five changes a day. Another thing I considered was the different products that insurance companies often disperse. I again went through and found the average cost by comparing brands and capacity.Doing so I was able to determine the following costs of incontinence.
$3.40 Every Day
$18.20 Every Week
$72.80 Every Month
$1,142.40 Every Year
$5,712.00 Every Five Years
$11,424 Every Ten Years
Again the financial burden is enormous when you are looking at the long-term effects. Imagine putting an extra $1,142.40 into a retirement acount. Assuming you are thirty years old and have nothing save up for retirement the $1,142.40 after thirty-five years at a rate of 6% growth per year you will have over $127,000 over thirty-five years sitting in your retirement account.
The costs of incontinence and diaper usage are really starting to paint a clear picture, but let us go ahead and continue to see what the financial implications would be with better quality brands!
Next, I began finding some more well know brands such as Abena, Molicare, even a few AB specific brands at $1.00 per unit
For these premium brands, I used three changes a day. I feel that number is quite accurate, and over a long timespan, I reel the average would be pretty close to three.
$3.00 Every Day
$21.00 Every Week
$84.00 Every Month
$1,008.00 Every Year
$5,040.00 Every Five Years
$10,080 Every Ten Years
Again we see that the implications are quite large. As with the previous pricing point. Over the course of ten years, you could have purchased a great used car. I purchased a year old Ford Focus with less than 30k miles on it for just at ten thousand dollars this year myself.
Lastly, I considered premium ABDL specific diapers, and while the prices vary from retailer to retailer, along with the numerous products on the market I averaged everything out to only $1.33 per unit and three changes a day. For this, I considered brands that we in the ABDL community often rave about. brands such as the Abena M4, as well as printed brands such as Snuggies. . . oppos I mean Tykables, as well as ABU.
For this final grouping we get the numbers:
$3.99 Every Day
$27.93 Every Week
$111.72 Every Month
$1,340.60 Every Year
$6,302.90 Every Five Years
$13,406.40 Every Ten Years
The true long-term costs of incontinence are astronomical. I simply cannot fathom how someone could financially afford diapers without outside assistance such as insurance, or diaper banks.
The primary reason I went through this research and took the time to write this all out is simple. As a community, we have the first-hand experience in diapers. Many of the ABDL community is in some form incontinent, and for those of us like myself who are not, we still have experience. I hope that by showing the sickening numbers I can help convince others to do a simple task.
If you went through this post, and feel like I helped you understand the burden then I ask you to please consider buying diapers and finding a local diaper bank to donate to. For those of us who have no medical reason to wear diapers, we see this as a comfort blanket or sexual attraction. This is while many others despise their condition. Let us use our knowledge and power of our community to show others that we care. The link to National Diaper Bank registry is below. Just click on your state and see if any banks in your area accept adult diapers!
Thank you all for reading, and I hope you enjoyed and learned a bit about the true cost of incontinence.
http://nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org/what-is-diaper-need/state-information/
All of the numbers are reflected off the U.S. dollar at current buying power rates. The numbers are not adjusted for future inflation, enjoy!
So today I just wanted to talk a bit about the long-term financial burden placed on incontinent individuals and the financial ramifications that come with purchasing adult diapers.
I started out by doing a bit of research and pricing out different types of diapers. I found five major groupings when it came to diapers.
The first grouping in pricing came from the cheapest of the cheap, both build and quality. I am talking about store brands. CVS, Walgreens, Riteaid, Walmart and other private labels generally sell their bags at pricing points where the cost of each unit ends up around 40¢.
Using this cost per unit I conservatively estimated an average number of changes per day at four. This means that someone using four store brand diapers is spending around:
$1.60 Every Day
$11.20 Every Week
$44.80 Every Month
$537.60 Every Year
$2,688.00 Every Five Years
$5,376.00 Every Ten Years
Please keep in mind that is a very conservative estimate on my part on the number of changes per day. As someone who had utilized store brands during times where better quality products are unavailable I would realistically predict a minimum of six changes a day, but the hell with the logistical aspect.
Now, $537.60 a year seems like a fairly manageable amount of money. After all, that is less than $45 a month, but over that year someone could have purchased a reasonably priced television or laptop. They could have even made a car payment or two, or pay off some debt.
The next major pricing group I discovered were for mass-produced brands such as Tena, or Depend. I count these products to have an average cost per unit of 65¢ This is not accounting for promotions or sales. However, the number does come from comparing multiple brands and products. I still am going to stick with a conservative estimate of around four changes daily. And therefore we can now do some simple number crunching.
$2.60 Every Day
$18.20 Every Week
$72.80 Every Month
$873.60 Every Year
$4,368.00 Every Five Years
$8,736.00 Every Ten Years
A pretty significant change for not even much better quality, or less frequent changes. Not to mention that both of the two pricing points already mentioned are notorious for leaking and overall poor craftsmanship. By switching from a store brand to a name brand we already went up around 62% in price. The long-term financial applications are enormous!
Imagine what it would feel like to receive an extra $873.60 at the end of each year. For many that would be the equivalent of an extra paycheck. The average American could pay a full months mortgage or three car payments with those savings. So now we are really starting to see the economic effects incontinence has on the average individual.
The next major pricing point of 85¢ per unit was found to be better brands, lower end products. For instance, in this pricing point, I found brands such as Tranquility, and many private label brands produced from more premium brands such as Abena, or Molicare. My favorite product in the pricing point is actually on my favorite diapers. The Molicare Super Air Active.
I again used an average of four changes a day, but depending on what is available that number could realistically be anywhere from three to five changes a day. Another thing I considered was the different products that insurance companies often disperse. I again went through and found the average cost by comparing brands and capacity.Doing so I was able to determine the following costs of incontinence.
$3.40 Every Day
$18.20 Every Week
$72.80 Every Month
$1,142.40 Every Year
$5,712.00 Every Five Years
$11,424 Every Ten Years
Again the financial burden is enormous when you are looking at the long-term effects. Imagine putting an extra $1,142.40 into a retirement acount. Assuming you are thirty years old and have nothing save up for retirement the $1,142.40 after thirty-five years at a rate of 6% growth per year you will have over $127,000 over thirty-five years sitting in your retirement account.
The costs of incontinence and diaper usage are really starting to paint a clear picture, but let us go ahead and continue to see what the financial implications would be with better quality brands!
Next, I began finding some more well know brands such as Abena, Molicare, even a few AB specific brands at $1.00 per unit
For these premium brands, I used three changes a day. I feel that number is quite accurate, and over a long timespan, I reel the average would be pretty close to three.
$3.00 Every Day
$21.00 Every Week
$84.00 Every Month
$1,008.00 Every Year
$5,040.00 Every Five Years
$10,080 Every Ten Years
Again we see that the implications are quite large. As with the previous pricing point. Over the course of ten years, you could have purchased a great used car. I purchased a year old Ford Focus with less than 30k miles on it for just at ten thousand dollars this year myself.
Lastly, I considered premium ABDL specific diapers, and while the prices vary from retailer to retailer, along with the numerous products on the market I averaged everything out to only $1.33 per unit and three changes a day. For this, I considered brands that we in the ABDL community often rave about. brands such as the Abena M4, as well as printed brands such as Snuggies. . . oppos I mean Tykables, as well as ABU.
For this final grouping we get the numbers:
$3.99 Every Day
$27.93 Every Week
$111.72 Every Month
$1,340.60 Every Year
$6,302.90 Every Five Years
$13,406.40 Every Ten Years
The true long-term costs of incontinence are astronomical. I simply cannot fathom how someone could financially afford diapers without outside assistance such as insurance, or diaper banks.
The primary reason I went through this research and took the time to write this all out is simple. As a community, we have the first-hand experience in diapers. Many of the ABDL community is in some form incontinent, and for those of us like myself who are not, we still have experience. I hope that by showing the sickening numbers I can help convince others to do a simple task.
If you went through this post, and feel like I helped you understand the burden then I ask you to please consider buying diapers and finding a local diaper bank to donate to. For those of us who have no medical reason to wear diapers, we see this as a comfort blanket or sexual attraction. This is while many others despise their condition. Let us use our knowledge and power of our community to show others that we care. The link to National Diaper Bank registry is below. Just click on your state and see if any banks in your area accept adult diapers!
Thank you all for reading, and I hope you enjoyed and learned a bit about the true cost of incontinence.
http://nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org/what-is-diaper-need/state-information/
