MSUSpartan,
Sorry to read that you have not had a good experience with the Dry 24/7. It is my main diaper and I wear it almost every night.
One difference may be that I wear it with a booster and successfully get 10 to 11 hours out of the diaper.
Like you, I flood and that is bad for any diaper. I know from when I wear my external catheter at night that I pee about 20 ounces at night. I also sleep mostly on my side, which is the most vulnerable position for any diaper. Even without the booster, the Dry 24/7 still is better than most other diapers I have tried for nighttime.
You mentioned that you woke up in a puddle. Dude, aren't you wearing plastic pants when you to to bed??? Even if your diaper leaks you should not be wetting the bed.
I have posted this before, but I have begun wearing a day-weight cloth diaper over the disposable. Then plastic pants on top. This system rocks! Absolutely no more wet beds and I have a happy wife. If the disposable does not leak I do not need to launder the cloth diaper. I do average a leak from the Dry 24/7 about once every 10 days, but that usually is a small leak that barely dampens the edge of the cloth diaper.
You are an experienced diaper wearer, so I am thinking of two possibilities: 1) taping angles or 2) fit. When you put the diaper on, do the internal standing leak guards and the leg gathers stay in contact with your skin?
The easiest fix might be to add a small booster pad. Although you flood, you may not leak immediately and a booster might make the difference in reducing the amount of liquid at the leak point of the diaper.
Is there any chance that you are between sizes and just go not get a good fit from the 24/7?
If you figure this out, please let us know. Our learning curve is continuous.
--John