bobbilly
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I’m 31 and have no interest wearing one either. Am I alone?
podmuse said:I’m sure your not. I got into the idea and I bought two of them. They literally feel like thick underwear and they are a pain in the butt to clean. I only ever wet them and the inserts are actually really absorbent but they feel like underwear so I don’t like them much.
indigodl said:I read something a while back about DL's being attracted to a particular types of diaper, something I'd never really thought of before; but then I realised I do have a specific type.
For me it's got to be disposable, tapes and most important, plastic and CRINKLY! The idea of wearing a cloth diaper for me, just doesn't do anything.... which is weird in itself!
Now I'm into ABU diapers, I also have the requirement of it having a nice print (eg. Kiddo's!), plain white just seems boring now.
Vaan said:I used to only wear disposies and always wondered if I would like trying cloth... One day I did, and I like them as well . My analysis is:
Disposables:
Cloth:
- Feel: Very rigid and rough, like wearing a sheet of paper when comparing to cloth
- Absorption: keeping the same thickness, way more absorbent than cloth. Amazing to wear on public
- Cleanup: Have to throw garbage every once in a while. Landfill.
In my case, I let the soakers dry up and if they don't smell at all, I'd reuse them. If they smell just a bit, I add them to the dirty cloth basket to get washed on the next cycle.
- Feel: Like sitting on a cloud/pillow. Also warmer than disposables (better for winter, worse for summer)
- Absorption: Just make it thicker to get a better absorption. Night-time side-sleeping performance is way better than disposables. Just don't use it on public...
- Cleanup: Spend 5 minutes rinsing with water, add it to the regular dirty cloth bin
Slomo said:If disposable feel like wearing a rigid sheet of paper, then you're not wearing the right disposables.
bambinod said:That depends a bit on what the composition is. Cloth diapers could be compared to a no-SAP disposable in that regard. Looking at a high sap diaper like an ATN or previous generation confidry or northshore, those are thin and stiff, but swell quite a bit when wet. Cloth diapers (and no-sap disposable diapers) don't swell, they're as thick as they're ever going to get when dry.
Slomo said:Sap or not, any premium diapers is still going to have enough pulp to not feel like a sheet of paper. Vaan didn't say what diapers he is using, but did comment they keep their thickness the same. Meaning he is using a no sap, and very thin diaper. Ie, he isn't using the right ones.
Slomo said:You also forgot to add cloth diapers are made of cotton which strips the land of nutrients. They require lots of chemical nutrients and loads of pesticides. Washing them also adds a lot of detergent and waste into our sewer systems. They are not exactly the "green" option we've been led to believe.
Vaan said:Well, my current disposable stash is (in thin -> thick order): Tena Slip Plus, ID Expert Extra, Formacare X-Plus, BetterDry.... So I'd say I'm not using sap-less / thin diapers.
What I meant with the sheet of paper is not about the thickness, but that generally they are rough and rigid: all of it is made from plastic, and the sides are a bit sharp... now compare this to the softness of a cloth towel. This is just how I feel it.
Also, I don't agree on this. I didn't say how they are super green and eco-friendly, but they are definetly more eco-friendly than disposable diapers - I just mentioned that disposables contribute to landfill. Plastic is non biodegradable, and they also use celulose pulp to make them, so they also "strip land nutrients". And as I said, as mines are just wet, I usually rinse them with cold water and let them air dry, so don't worry too much about detergent either.
As a final note - I don't think cloth are better than disposables... They all have their own advantatges/disatvantatges, so I wear them both about the same, that's my point.