Tuesday, January 08, 2008
I have been wearing and using diapers most of my life. Big deal. I wish I could afford cloth diapers and plastic panties. I hate disposable diapers!
- Find
Where can I get cloth diapers and plastic panties that don't cost an arm and a leg?
1/12/08 5:06pm
Hi:
If you've been looking online for ready made cloth diapers then I can understand why you think cloth diapers are so expensive. Most of these companies are making diapers for hospitals and insurance companies so cost is not an issue for them because the insurance is paying for them. I personally think paying fifty or sixty dollars for two or three layers of cotton flannel to be just another form of robbery.
For the cost of one (so called) adult cloth diaper you can go down to the local Babies-R-Us store and by four or five dozen 19 x 39 inch gauze flat diapers. With a little bit of sewing and folding you can make two or three night diapers or four or five daytime weight diapers that are easy to wash and dry in just one cycle (as opposed to four or five dry cycles for the ready-made diapers).
Of course you will have to wear plastic pants over these diapers and I would recommend that you buy from a company that encloses is the elastic leg and waistbands. Once again most everything you find in a hospital supply store that are purported to be waterproof pants were made by companies that cater to insurance companies not people who need to wear diapers. I wear diapers because I don't like my bed or pants being wet and the idea that someone would make "waterproof pants" that leak out the leg bands and the waistband is ludicrous. If I wanted to wet my pants I wouldn't wear diapers. The whole idea is for the diapers to get wet, not my clothing not my furniture not my bed or bedding.
As for the cost take a look at what a bag of disposable diapers costs (for me that would be two to three bags a week at $20 a bag multiplied by 52 weeks a year... big bucks) as opposed to less than $100 a year ( mostly for plastic pants) and no leaks. It's a no-brainer.
I too have made my own cloth diapers,i buy ;"curity diapers"sew a few together,and they make for a very absorbment diaper.That and a good pair of plastic pants,and your all set to go.I buy teen plastic pants from fetware .
2/ 4/08 11:25pm
Cheap disposables aren't worth bringing home from the store, unless you're really desperate. I can go through 4-5 in nothing flat. Cheap cloth diapers barely last six months. Cheap plastic pants don't last three months. It pays, in the long run, to invest in better-quality goods, even if you have to do it a little at a time. Right now, I use Molicare Super Plus. One lasts an entire day, which isn't a bad deal, overall.
Ari
3/ 8/08 5:32am
A couple of Web stores I know about are www.abaip.com and www.xpmedical.com. I've had a lot of experience with abaip, but have only heard about xp, but they were all good comments. I used to prefer cloth diapers, but have switched to disposables almost exclusively. Right now, they're much easier for me to manage, but I keep cloth diapers and plastic pants on hand for emergencies.
Ari
2/10/08 4:00am
I purchase my cloth diapers from Adult Cloth Diapers.com and my plastic pants from Plastic-pant.com. I have no idea how their prices relate to any that you have found to date.
3/ 8/08 5:41am
Most of the plastic pants I've seen are made by the same company: Gary Plastics. The prices vary wildly. In some cases, I think the sellers are buying at retail, and marking up from there. There isn't any reason plastic pants should cost $29.95 each. I'm not really sure who makes diapers. I've heard that Gary is involved in that. I read somewhere that work-at-home moms are involved, too. In any case, I don't have my own washer and dryer; $1 wash/$1 drying gets a bit steep after awhile.
Ari
4/ 6/09 9:01pm
Unfortunately, the cost of running this business, and
employing you, is starting to eclipse the threshold of
marginal benefit and let me tell you why:
I am being taxed to death and the government thinks
I don't pay enough. I have state taxes. Federal taxes.
Property taxes. Sales and use taxes. Payroll taxes.
Workers compensation taxes. Unemployment taxes.
Taxes on taxes. I have to hire a tax man to manage all
these taxes and then guess what? I have to pay taxes
for employing him. Government mandates and
regulations and all the accounting that goes with it,
now occupy most of my time. On 15th, I wrote a
check to the US Treasury for $xx,xxx for quarterly
taxes. You know what my "stimulus" check was?
Zero. Nada. Zilch.
3/ 9/08 9:10pm
You may want to check out fetware inc. for reasonable priced plastic pants,and adult diaper.com for diapers?
5/13/09 9:00pm
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Hello, Daniel. Thanks for writing.
Here's some info that may be helpful to you:
Some Hidden Costs of Cheap Incontinence Products
http://www.healthcentral.com/incontinence/c/8257/13019/costs-cheap/
Best,
Maria
I get my plastic pants from llmedco.com. At present my cloth diapers that I have been wearing for 4 years now, came from angelfluff.com. You might try nicediaper.com as well. Their diapers start at $14 each. I have not tried these but found their site, so may be some help.
Sheep Chinese made plastic pants does not compare to gary manufactured pants.
Try Gary "Comfort" pants or as they are also caled leakmaster.
my 16 year old daughter is a bedwetter and i buy both the gerber and curity cloth diapers in the 24x27 and 26x26 sizes and sew them together to one diaper out of them.i pin the diaper on her at bedtime then i put the comco plastic pants on her over the diaper.they work well and there are no leaks.she wore a cute easter dress yesterday and i put one of her diapers and plastic pants on her for her to wear under the dress.it was cute having her in a diaper and rubber pants under her dress for the day.