What Works For Me
I am an insulin dependent diabetic with urgency incontinence, when I get the urge to void I have 30 to 60 seconds until I am incontinent. If I am at home I can sometime, not always, make it to my bathroom. So I wear an adult diaper at all times.
I am also retired and on a fixed income so the cost is very important to me. Over the last few years I have experimented with many different brands of adult diapers. Yes, the expensive ones work fine, however I wanted to find a system that did not cost a lot. Here is what I have found.
I buy the Walgreens brand “Certainty” and then add a Depend guard. On the back of the guard using my utility knife, or a single edge razor blade, I make two slits then affix it to the Certainty. These cuts allow the guard to be a flow through booster. With this system I can usually get four to six hours before I have to change. The Certainty cost me $0.60 and the guard cost $0.23 making a total cost of only 83 cents.
I also assemble my diapers ahead of time so I can then put them on just like regular underwear. To keep the diaper from falling down I use my suspenders, clipping the diaper and my pants together. If I know that I will be away from home for seven or eight hours I do wear the more expensive “Dry 24/7” also with a Depend guard. As they cost more I only wear these when I have to.
When I want to be even more frugal I have some washable cloth diapers. I purchased them from AliExpress. -
http://www.aliexpress.com/ - I found the best ones, for me, come from “Mandy's store” number 900423. You can search “Adult cloth diaper”. Please note they are describe as leak proof, however I have found that I must also were vinyl pants with them. With a Depend guard I get around four hours before I must change them. So after the initial cost they are only 23 cents, saving even more money.
I tried quit a few “drug store” diapers, until I found one that works for me. Just because a diaper is bought in a “drug store” do not dismiss it until you have tried it. You may find an alternative to the expensive ones.