In this section I’ll try and explain some of the things I learned on the way whilst being diapered 24/7.
I’ll touch types of diapers I have been in, some I only tested and rejected as a viable solution for various reasons.
How did I test the diapers, keep in mind every one’s mileage are different? My diaper journal only targeted disposable diapers.
My diaper journal was a tool which should give me an overview of which diapers I should buy, given cost per diaper, the big question mark; was it an effective diaper, was the diaper discreet enough to not out me while being in public. At home I honestly don’t care if I have a very obvious diaper butt / bulge, if my diaper crinkles more. In public and on job, that is entirely different, here it has to be silent, a minimum of diaper bulge and enough absorbency, still. I’m not using the thinnest diapers out there, but neither am I using the thickest ABDL diapers / Medical diapers.
Absorbency measures of a particular diaper, was to record how much a given diaper provide me of time before needing to change, off course taken into account how many times I was wetting, and volume on each wetting.
My diaper journal was also a tool to recognize the optimum diaper to use, and optionally if a diaper booster would make it even more efficient, cost wise.
Being in diapers 24/7 does cost money, but done correctly, it doesn’t have to ruin you. To support my diaper journal, I used a voiding tracking app. This app was aimed for incontinent people. And basically, every time you are voiding you should register it, same for fluid intake, volume and what type. Thirdly, you shall note the degree of urgency you experienced either while you were wetting yourself, or relieving you in the toilet….
Combining these two tools gave me a lot of insight into how much I could push fluids on a particular day +/-. What diaper I should wear on a particular day, given what I expected the day to be.
I still use that measure today, though only what diaper I should wear on a particular day, depending of the day of the week. I don’t know why, but Mondays seems to be the days where I wet more frequently, hence on Mondays, I know I need a bit heavier protection, tradeoff is more bulk, but I just dress accordingly.
Note: Up until now, I have not been in the position to be able to change at work for instance at midday and such, so my day to day diaper usually not only has to have decent absorbency, but also has to be boosted. Supplementing with a thin pull-up cloth-diaper finishing off with waterproof pants………it took my quite some time to figure this out, about adding extra absorbency on top of my diaper as well as plastic pants / PUL pants. It could have saved me for quite a few embarrassing diaper leaks, in public and on job. More of that later. It does seem like a bulky solution, but in fact it isn’t.
Disposable diapers these I stock up on heavily, especially when I find a suitable diaper, yet economically efficient. I buy them bulk. My inventory has at least four to five months’ worth of inventory, when it comes to disposable diapers.
Cloth diapers. Very early I started to look into reusable diapers aka cloth diapers, honestly, not because of the environment, but more because it would save me money in the long run; also cloth diapers are superior when dealing with bedwetting which I unfortunately only experience very infrequently. But when you wake up during the night with a bursting bladder needing to pee, and I pee in my diaper, because I am diapered for that particular reason I tend to leak, no matter what type of disposable diaper I’m in. (and then again, only when I’m actually waken up with a feeling of gotta go – I’m a heavy sleeper, so a lot of times I wake up in the morning with a really full and bursting bladder)
Anyways, cloth diapers are superior, they prevent leaks and depending on how bulky diaper I have on, it can last me a long time. Initially I started out with all-in-ones, but realized these were of no use. So switched to pre-folds and contour diapers. a lot of soakerpads / diaper boosters and waterproof pants.
Actually, my daytime diaper today is actually a disposable diaper, with a cloth diaper booster. The disposable diaper makes sure I have the needed absorbency without being too bulky, the cloth diaper booster effectively increases both absorbency as well as adding in, superior wicking ability. So diapers with a high portion of SAP which makes the diaper able to absorb insane amount of fluid if the diaper can be fully utilized, which it usually doesn’t, because of the beforementioned SAP, now add a cloth diaper booster and you have the best of both worlds, cloth diapers excel when in comes to spreading out fluid. On top I either use a pair of cheap male briefs or a thin cloth pull up diaper and PUL pants. This combo has saved me from many diaper leaks.
One diaper leak I experienced while I was still learning was during a big company meeting / seminar, I wore a thick Molicare super plus with a booster pad. There where losts of coffee and soda, and I didn’t really notice just how much I drank during. What I do know and remember is, that when I had to leave, as one of the first, not only was the back of my jeans soaking wet, the chair I had been sitting on was soaking wet. I quickly took my trainer and cleaned the chair and wrapped it around my waist.
The thing with Molicare diapers especially the Super Plus, is that this particular diaper has great wicking capability so my diaper at that episode was wet all the way up my lower back, and I do mean my lower back, because not only was my jeans soaked completely through, but my shirt was soaking wet as well.
Luckily no one has ever mentioned anything to me afterwards, despite I know, that they knew that I had been wetting myself. The signs were simply too obvious to be able to hide.
So when I go shopping for new diapers, what I look after is how much the diaper is capable of handling. My normal daytime diaper, must at least be able to handle 3400ml. In reality it’s only half that amount. But adding a diaper booster and topping with an extra absorbent layer and a pair of waterproof pants, I’m good to go. On the days where I know in advance, I need more absorbency, I go with a diaper with a listing of 4500ml. again with a booster and waterproof pants etc.
Using this combo means my monthly diaper budget is around 60USD / month. No where near what others say their diaper budget is hovering. But then again, I don’t use printed diapers, they are usually too expensive compared to what I get out of them.
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