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Has the increasing price of quality diapers caused you to modify your diaper purchasing practices? My mainstream diaper for years has been BetterDry. As cost was one of my original considerations in selecting that diaper, I have stayed with it over the years as it is a very good value for its price.

As I am double incontinent, a "cheap" diaper will not suffice when I have a bowel accident.

My "fallback plan" should my budget be stressed would be to select a less expensive diaper with adequate internal standing leak guards and add an inexpensive booster pad. At night I would continue to use the BetterDry.

My further fallback plan would be to return to cloth for daytimes.

What about you guys?

--John

I used disposables in the months after my surgery in June, 2024. My family caregivers insisted on them, rejecting my inventory of washables. Since resuming caring for myself, I have used the disposables primarily for travel and appropriate medical appointments. However, washables will always be my standard protection. More recently, my wife decided that, because I was no longer using them, my inventory of disposables should be donated to a local charity. I may need to order several packs of disposables if we go on vacation this summer. I do not see washables as lesser protection than disposables. I launder them daily and replace them as they wear out. Washables demonstrate my support for ecology; they give me comfort and protection, and they have numerous uses beyond incontinence management.

I hate to say this but keep an eye on those ABDL sites for discounts and discontinuation sales.

I do this quite a lot does not matter about the design and order a good stock.

Us diaper wearers have been through such a lot since Covid and incontinence is the gift that keeps on giving challenges.