I'd like to try them, just to see what all the hype is about but have a real problem with the almost $5.00/each price (Trest) (I have no clue if the NRU are even over here in the US) ESPECIALLY when there is NO WAY IN HELL they can adsorb the ridiculous amount they advertise (would weigh well over 20lbs, no clue how the hell a 20lb diaper could possibly stay in place on ANYONE's body!) so that's a real gray area bordering on false advertising. Besides....I've weighed a number of my diapers after being asleep in the 16-20 hour range that were just beginning to leak and with a Betterdry & Tranquility "Super Plus" contour booster pad have exceeded 8lbs. That's overfull for sure, but is astonishingly the same, maybe a little higher than the Trest mentioned above. A Betterdry with a booster (I have to buy by the case, often in multiple case quantities especially if there's a sale as that drastically lessens the cost peer unit on everything, diapers, boosters, washcloths etc. etc.) and my combination with the booster is STILL right around the $2/each price range...so less than 50% as much for a very similar result.
I do admit I'm not much of an AB at all and though I guess I am a DL, unless I'm "playing" with a woman/partner, they're honestly nothing more than underwear to me. Necessary underwear but underwear nonetheless.
I do readily admit I've tried the MegaMax numerous times (usually buy a case or two when I make a significant amount of extra money and don't already have countless other necessities WAITING for that money. The Megamax IS INDEED a fantastic diaper, I LOVE the blue color as it looks nothing like a diaper (not an issues to me at all except for when I have to be out and about as I am very discreet with how I dress) and they've never failed to last me ALL NIGHT, without a booster pad, including being asleep for 18-20 or more hours. The main issue when you're in the same diaper that long, especially in the winter when I'm lying underneath a sheet, 3 wool blankets and a heavy quilt (and the heat build up inside of the diaper is significant) then rash issues begin to appear and though I RARELY have any rash issues last more than half a day, I've been chasing an issue on my scrotum and the creases between my legs/genital areas for well over a month now. I'm always as on top of the hygienic aspects in this regard except when I wind up in indescribable pain and sometimes literally am not physically capable of getting out of bed or showering unassisted, and that assistance isn't going to come from the soon to be ex despite me being far too nice and allowing her to live here until she gets her destroyed finances in order as the only place she could live right now if I boot her is with my 85 yr old Mother-in-Law, who wouldn't live 6 months with the two of them in the same house. My Ma-in-Law (as well as my now deceased father-in-Law) were always good to me and FAIR with me. They earned my respect and as I told my Ma-in-Law that we've been together since 1987 and married since '96, so no matter what she's still family...I mean how the hell could you forget more than 30 years of your lives being intertwined? The wife is beyond shallow, being believing she's truly "better than most everyone else", obsessed with the car one drives/clothes & jewelry they wear yet despite being married to a man who has several dozen TRUE friends (the kind I can call at 3:00 AM and KNOW they'll show up, IF I needed them although I've done so many more "favors" for all of my friends than all of them combined ever did for me. My rule on that front is that I'll NEVER say no to helping anyone (provided I'm in the area and physically able to...even when not physically able to do much I'll still help in any way possible) and she does not have a single TRUE friend...never for more than 6-9 months as she ALWAYS has to be right, in charge on top of being amongst the most judgmental human beings on Earth, a total Narcist etc. etc.
That being said, I've been trying my butt off to at least wake up after 10 hours to change, trying to get the rash to go away completely...It has been stuck in a viscous cycle...gets mostly cleared up, then I have a horrible day/days in a row and don't get more than 30-120 minutes of sleep in any given day until my body shuts off and I wind up asleep for over a day with my "record" being just over 80 hours. I woke up in the hospital as they were convinced something was radically wrong with me as no one could wake me up. No matter how you slice it, thick diapers are comfortable and serve a needed purpose, but when wearing as long as possible your skin is in for a beating. I eve apply HEAVY amounts of diaper barrier cream (with diaper rash treatments such as zinc oxide etc.) BEFORE putting a new diaper on but this year has left me dealing with dry, cracking skin on my scrotum mostly and not only does it hurt like hell at times, but the itch can get so bad I wind up scratching so hard and frequently I draw blood. Can't wait until this is healed for good in the near future....which is predicated on the weather warming up significantly as that is the best medication I know of for the majority of the issues I live with.
