GuybrushT said:
I am thinking about whether I want to buy some Cruisers from 2011 for like, $12. Are they longer than early 2016 Pampers Baby Dry?
The first "3-Way-Fit" version? No, those aren't any longer, however the elastic wings are a good bit stretchier. IMO, those 2011 "3-Way-Fit" Cruisers were the best ones. If you have a good source for those, stock up! (
Here's one of those diapers with the tabs stretched to a full meter apart. And that wasn't even my record.)
KimbaWolfNagihiko said:
I've been having some issues with the extra-absorbent Luvs. While they're OK for a single daytime flood - standing up only - they seem to have a real problem with concentrated nighttime pee. While I don't expect them to hold a full morning's bladder, I figured I could at least take some pressure off in them - but ended up with wet pants. A 4T-5T Pull-Up, on the other hand, can take it.
There could be some girl/boy anatomical differences in play there, too. I wonder. And also there's the general problem that all of these products are too small for us, and so the ways in which we adapt them to our bodies are going to be major factors in how well (or if) they work.
I'm a bit jealous of the smaller ones and the girls among us. I can remember fitting into some of the very first Pull-Ups. Now, even modded, they're too small to use. The crotches are so narrow, even compared to baby diapers, that they can't span my guy-bits. Curses! GoodNites and UnderJams barely make it, and so are barely better. I still leak almost immediately. And, of course, arousal exacerbates things considerably. Using any baby diaper pre-arousal cuts my chances of having an accident by half, at least.
With baby diapers, though, things might favor the guys slightly, depending on the scenario. I can "point up," and also shift the padding forward so that gravity helps me to maximize my use of it. Or that, at least, is how I usually do things. It does help (me) a lot, at least when sitting or standing. Lying down would be another matter, probably. There, I'd expect the advantage would shift back to the girls somewhat.
...but then if you've had better luck with other Pampers diapers than with Luvs, I suppose I don't have any good ideas. Maybe I should lie a few of them out, side-by-side, cross my eyes, and look for subtle differences. Sounds fun, anyway.