This is a really old thread but I happened to run across it and wanted to answer for any future readers. I have been using depends, bought at Walmart. Depends protection is the latest incarnation of the tape on diaper. I have had good luck with depends and I like them.
When I went to walmart this last time they didn't have the depends protection in my size (large / x large) so I picked up a package of assurance diapers. I have been very pleasantly surprised. These diapers work very well and the price is great.
First is performance. They hold everything I do in them. The first night I thought it would be fun to try a fleet enema in a diaper. That is why I bought them in the first place. I expected a big mess so I covered them with two pairs of high quality plastic pants. One in X large which holds overflowing liquid very well. And then one XX large to catch anything which gets past the diaper and the first pair of plastic pants.
The poop was huge as you can imagine. Semi liquid and of course the enema itself gushed out into the diaper. I was able to hold back about 20 minutes before I lost control. I had been holding for two full days so I filled the diaper. Added to that was a urgent need to pee.
I sat in the messy wet diaper for almost three hours, adding to it as the urges came. I wet and messed the entire time. When it came time to clean up, I was completely amazed, nothing had leaked out of the diaper itself. The plastic pants were clean and dry. That has never happened before with depends.
Yesterday I slept in one the night before, doing some very heavy wetting over night and in the morning. I sat in the diaper while drinking coffee wetting it as I felt the urge. I am a very heavy wetter due to my liquid intake and my water pills. The absorbancy and capacity of assurance diapers is awesome. The diaper held it all. When I took it off at bedtime, the plastic pants again were completly dry and the diaper was heavy and soaked.
The absorbant material is high in front and back, not overy thick, but it holds a lot. This is great for laying down in bed. It takes it all. And as Tinkles stated the diaper is high, reaching to the waist. Not a low riding hip hugger.
The outer material is a thin cloth like material, quiet and comfortable. And waterproof.
Two tapes on each side are velcrow type material which can be opened and closed over and over unlike sticky tape. They hold just as good as tape.
As I said above, the leak guards really work. No mess, no wet bed.
I will be buying more of these, I really like them.