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While I do use cloth covered diapers, I like plastic covered diapers better.
 
I just like the feel of plastic better, it just feels right and helps bring me to a place of comfort. On a hot day I can wear just a plastic diaper to bed and it just slides around the bed sheets and stays in place on me as I toss and turn. When I wear a cloth diaper it sticks to sheets and shifts around breaking the seal around my legs or the Velcro sticks to the sheets and it opens. I find myself wearing a onesie of plastic pants to prevent this not as nice in the heat.
That being said I prefer plastic backed but keep both in my stash, cloth backed feels more discret especially if I can change quickly if I am wet.


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SweetPrincess said:
* Tabs work better and stay where they are (Velcro tabs are crap and never stick)

That really only applies to cheaper diapers. Tykables and Bellissimo velcro tapes both work great!

Tykables are an all-plastic shell, and bellissimo are stretchy wings with plastic body.
 
I was born in 1954 where cloth diapers and plastic pants where usual. So do not only like plastic backed diapers but also cloth diapers with plastic pants. I love to see how it looks and like the added safety feeling of wearing a plastic pant.
 
Everyone has pretty much stated why they like plastic backed over cloth backed for various reasons. I agree with most of them. However, plastic backed diapers are superior in a lot of ways functionally.

Most of the cloth backed products that I've tried, usually do not provide a long lasting fit. They usually loosen up with the stretching over time, while the plastic loosens up as well, it's not as bad.

That goes hand in hand with the texture itself. While plastic is smooth and glides across clothing or bed linen fabric, the cloth backed usually resists against that. Resulting in more stretching out, and sometimes popping the Velcro tab.

There's not many good cloth backed products out there. Even Abena cloth backed is bad. It seems the fabric often sweats liquid through and feels wet to the touch. Even when touching it and rubbing the fingers together feels like it has a little moisture.

The waterproof layer usually doesn't go all the way to the sides. That usually results in premature leaks when the padding isn't used.

I just think that along with the nostalgic feelings, plastic backed diapers are just better functionally as well.

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bambinod said:
That really only applies to cheaper diapers. Tykables and Bellissimo velcro tapes both work great!

Tykables are an all-plastic shell, and bellissimo are stretchy wings with plastic body.

True that. I have never tried them though so didn't mention it. I imagine tgey would be good considering they are abdl but all the non-abdl nappies mentioned the Velcro tabs always come off especially when just wearing around during the day and doing anything physical.
 
Tiny said it pretty well above however I'll try to elaborate. People with any type of plastic/latex fetish probably got it from an "early" experience, probably no different than the origin for most fetishes IMO when babies/toddlers are in one of various sexual maturation stages. My opinion is that the same reason people find plastic uncomfortable for reasons such as: crinkly, sweaty, sealing-like-a-baloon the air/humidity/temperature from the outside, unmistakable mass between your legs that reminds/announces its presence with every move of your lower body, etc. are the same reasons those with the fetish find it attractive. Besides involving multiple tactile sensations simultaneously, wearing a plastic diaper (or plastic pants) is an experience that cannot be duplicated by anything else let alone any other article of clothing. Fetish or not, the feeling of wearing a plastic diaper is fairly unique.

Now contrast with any diaper or absorbent product containing a cloth-like feel. It feels like regular clothes. Nothing too different or even special. When wet, it mimics wet clothes not unlike swimming with your shorts/pants on. Point being that clothing sensations are much more common to most humans so I'd think it would rank much lower on the fetish scale at least without supporting sensory input or situations. Plastic on the other hand is practically a sensation itself, not needing much more input, although perfumes and situations can certainly enhance the experience.

Maybe because plastic is a synthetic material that our biological and evolutionary senses recognize as foreign (unlike cloth), your skin can't help but know "its there". Either way, I would guess that when it brushes against skin, it generates a lot of "input traffic" for nerves to process.
 
Plastic does feel more diapery to me but my biggest issue with the cloth-backed diapers is how much and how quickly they strech. I always feel like those are going to just drop off of my touchus.
 
I think another factor is social, as I grew up seeing Abdl porn with plastic backed diapers. Also, there is no cloth backed AB diaper except for the rare cushies or preschool, which makes cloth backed less appealing.
 
The aesthetics we can all have different opinions about, but I don't think there's much doubt that a plastic-backed diaper works better than a cloth-style one in almost every important way, if one is going to use it as a wearable toilet rather than just specially styled clothing. If I am going to relieve my bladder and bowels in public, in front of friends, colleagues and family, whatever I am relieving them into has to be very reliable and effective at containing the waste. An impervious plastic film is much better at keeping it all in under both foreseeable and unforeseeable conditions than a porous, stretchy, nonwoven plastic web laminated with a very thin membrane. The thicker the better, for the sake of reliability. It has to stay in shape with the weight of a litre or two of liquid inside, as I run, jump and climb my way through an active day, so there is a very definite sweet-spot for rigidity, or rather the lack of elasticity in places it isn't wanted, between too floppy and too stiff for comfort. Staying in shape is even more important when using the diaper for a BM - I want the solid waste held securely against my body rather than sagging and flapping about underneath, safely contained between the leakguards which can only do their job if the diaper shell holds them accurately in position. Plus all the other reasons above - smooth plastic slides better over fabrics etc...

It's lucky that the kind of diaper that works best, is also the one that more people seem to enjoy wearing for its tactile properties.
 
Here are two quotes from the book "Handbook of Sexual Dysfunction" by Balon that discus how the feel of rubber differs from that of other materials; plastic of course being similar because it too repels moisture and thus also has a slippery feel when wet:

In his study of Internet chat groups, Junginger found feminine underwear, rubber objects, and body parts such as feet, toes, legs, hair, and ears to be among the most common, although it also appears quite common to fetishize the form or texture of an object, such as silk or rubber. Discussion groups related to diapers and enemas were also found to be common. An interesting phenomenon is the shifting of fetish trends over time. Mason has pointed out that a century ago objects made of velvet and silk were preferred, whereas today rubber and leather appear to be more common.
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Early biological hypotheses regarding the paraphilias included Epstein’s
theory of phylogenetic preparedness of fetishism (120). He observed that a rubber boot, but not leather, evoked penile erection and ejaculation in a chimpanzee, suggesting that the fetishistic attraction to an unusal object is not limited to humans. Epstein speculated that the wet surface of the boot bore a relationship to the female chimpanzee’s genitalia during rear mount sexual behavior.
 
First of there is the fact.
-It contains the odours better then cloth-backed ones.

The psychological thing is that it has a good feel to it.

The only 'con' i can think of, is that; The most plastic-backed diapers I've tried, all have bad taping, and they don't give the opportunity to re-tape your diaper.

With that said though, I like plastic backed diapers over cloth-backed.
Just my opinion though.

Best regards. :)
-Chris.
 
intfusmil said:
I've often wondered about the psychology behind liking plastic-backed diapers. Many of us in the community seem to favor this style and I was curious as to why.

The obvious answer is that it reminds us of a younger time but I don't know if that's entirely true. For one, I don't have much expression of being an AB, two I was born in the 80's and don't really remember what I wore at that age but everything in the modern style is a printed-cloth(like) fabric.

Even if there is some deep seeded affliction to wanting to be little, I almost exclusively wear plastic-back. I have no reason to, I used to argue the outer layer made them more absorbent, I don't have any plastic or texture fetishes so what gives??

Obviously there's a lot of layers here so what do YOU think it is? What do you favor? Have you ever thought about why?

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Cloth just is a pain. Tapes don't seem to hold well, the outer shell itself stretches over time meaning they get looser quicker, worse odor containment, gets pulled around more by the inside material of your pants or the fabric of your bed also causing them to loosen more than a plastic backed diaper would.
 
Plastic vs cloth?

Comes down to what 'looks like underwear' vs what 'works well'.

People who are ok with with their needs want what works well.

That would be plastic backing, or if not in need of discretion, cloth and plastic pants.
 
Honestly, it's never crossed my mind specifically why I chose plastic-backed. It's odd for me because I was born in '95 and I was a Huggies kid, so I was in cloth-backed disposables for a number of years.

Now that I think about, I don't think the cover material really plays a part into it for me. I do like the advantages that a plastic-backed diaper offers over a cloth-backed one, but I buy diapers more out of how they fit, capacity and performance, and design. The fact that pretty much every diaper I prefer is plastic-backed is a bonus I suppose.
 
My 2 cents worth: plastic backed are way above cloth backed in all levels of functionality, ie. odor control, holding shape better,no weeping, better capacity, and the list goes on in functions. I prefer plastic for all the functional reasons and also if I pop a tape I just take a small strip of duct tape and fix it rather then throwing the diaper away thus saves money (and for a very active incontinent on a budget that is important). From a fetish point I prefer plastic as I like the smooth appearances and to me they look more babyish and I like the crinkle when I walk reminding me of who I am.
 
Having spent way to much of my time pondering this exact question... I've sort of concluded it's a generational thing. ABs of my generation are most drawn to prefold cotton and plastic panties. And I'm certain there are persons even older than myself.(raised in the 50s?) that are drawn to cotton and rubber. Those of us raised in the 70s are most likely into plastic backed disposables. And I SUSPECT incontinent persons, NOT into the adbl thing are big on the cloth backed ones as the are less associated with their childhood? IMO.
 
For the longest time for me, I would've just outright said it's because cloth backing is garbage that fails too hard. That Plastic is the only way to go because it actually functions. BUT I have since changed my stance on that, the Seni Quatros that were first brought to the US Market were worth(the redesign with the single peach stripe seems to have massively downgraded them quality wise) they really made me reconsider my position on clothlike backing, and now I've actually put the ABU Preschool Clothlike ones in my daily diaper usage because they're relatively cheap and still pretty reliable and comfortable.

What I've found is actually that medical companies were just putting out a garbage product every time they put out a "cloth" backed "diaper". Their backing, done primarily to be cheap, is essentially a dryer sheet that immediately fails almost every single time, and isn't worth using at all. But the WAY better backing used on modern baby diapers that ABU and Seni were much closer to replicating is actually pretty reliable and comfortable and worth imo. If they could get the absorbency of the Simple/Space/Paws into the Preschool shell I think I'd be fully converted to it at this point.
 
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