Favorite Vintage Pampers?

[sohcman90]

Top left 90’s would say are my favorite. But 2006-2009 was when I was able to buy them on my own. So I’d say those two.

 

[Deleted member 56273]

For many of us the period between 1961 and 1999 is regarded as a golden era for P&G and other major sposie makers.

 

[BobbiSueEllen]

For many of us the period between 1961 and 1999 is regarded as a golden era for P&G and other major sposie makers.

Well, that all 'Depends': for us older Pampers babies, that ended in the spring of 1985 when fanfold diapers gave way to hourglass diapers.

 

[Deleted member 56273]

Well, that all 'Depends': for us older Pampers babies, that ended in the spring of 1985 when fanfold diapers gave way to hourglass diapers.

Indeed but this change occurred in North America. Europe stayed with fanfold sposies until the 2nd half of 1986.

Hourglass style was already present in the 1970s with Luvs and Huggies pionneering the trend which become an industry standard in the mid-1980s.

 

[Aquasailor]

@chrisw75 Wow your collection looks amazing. Yes, if you could post individual pics of the Pampers Phases walker diapers, that would be great.

 

[Cavvet8993]

For many of us the period between 1961 and 1999 is regarded as a golden era for P&G and other major sposie makers.

Yes exactly because the plastic backed Pampers were better on leaks and plus the crinkly noise was the main reason I loved wearing Pampers and wore them till age 7

 

[Cavvet8993]

Dignity also marketed a similar product called "Ambeze".

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[Deleted member 56273]

Was late 1999 the end of this era?

You're right as many major sposie makers switched to cloth after the turn of the century.

Cyprus-based Linette continued offering their baby sposies with the crinkly plastic backing until 2003.

 

[Deleted member 56273]

BobbiSue's all-time favorite! An old orange box of Pampers Super fanfolds before the introduction of stay-dry elastic gathers & resealable tabs.

 

[Deleted member 56273]

Was it that most baby diapers had already switched to cloth in the late 90s and the last remaining brands followed suit in the early months of 2000?

Yep.

 

[Joediaper]

I would say a good 99%. LoL

Seriously though the number is pretty high. Plastic backed were getting hard to find around this time in major stores. Usually you would have to go find a bargain brand somewhere in an oddball shop or convenience store.

 

[BobbiSueEllen]

I would say a good 99%. LoL

Seriously though the number is pretty high. Plastic backed were getting hard to find around this time in major stores. Usually you would have to go find a bargain brand somewhere in an oddball shop or convenience store.

Nope. Pampers BabyDry and Luvs together were outselling Huggies...and they were plastic at that time.

 

[Joediaper]

Seriously? I wasn't buying any during that time because all the big brands were cloth backed. Or so I thought. I should have done a bit more research back then.

 

[Deleted member 56273]

Not all big brands followed the suit.

A very few sposie makers continued offering plastic-backed sposies until 2003.

Once the stock left overs were gone in their warehouse they immediately switched to cloth.

 

[Cavvet8993]

I've never worn Babylino diapers, never been to Greece. The only foreign country I've ever been to was Canada and the only disposable diaper I ever got put in as a baby was Pampers.

As a teen, I wore both fanfold Pampers and generic diapers folded like fanfold Pampers...generics were very big in the early '80s, they were product packaged in white with black lettering that could say "BEER", "BREAD", "DIAPERS" or the like. It was a fun time...wearing diapers made it more fun!

Then early '85 hit, Pampers went hourglass, I ended up back "in the diaper bag" until I got Attends in 1988.

 

[Cavvet8993]

These are by far my favorite diapers I've ever worn

 

[BobbiSueEllen]

I so, so wish they still made fanfold Pampers...and fanfold, thick adult diapers, too. I miss 'em badly.