Pampers Baby-dry Vs. Cruisers

[Aleia]

Which is better/thicker/more absorbant in your opinion? And which runs larger?

[attendsdiapers]

The Baby Dry diapers are thicker and more absorbent, in my opinion, as the Cruisers are "form fitting," unlike the Baby Dry which are designed to stretch. As far as which runs larger, Cruisers feature a size 7 diaper, while the Baby Drys do not, but in reality the size 7 isn't much bigger than the size 6. So I reccomend the Baby Dry diapers.

[Angela Bauer]

Hi Aleia, There must be millions of reasons the Pampers Division of P&G uses two brand names, Cruisers and Baby Dry. The basic difference is the intended use. Cruisers are very soft and supple, intended to prevent leaks when a toddler is active. Baby Dry are not as supple or form fitting, because they are intended for naps and bed, while a toddler is not very active.

When relaxed there is not much difference in size between a Size 6 Baby Dry and a Size 7 Cruiser, but on actual bigger toddlers, the Size 7 Cruiser will fit heavier kids than the Size 6 Cruiser. The length of the diapers does not need to increase, but the way it stretches does matter. Because Baby Dry are intended for use on napping and sleeping toddlers, they tend to be longer than Cruisers. So, a 45 pound toddler can still fit in a Size 6 Baby Dry so long as she does mot move a lot. Probably that same girl when active would be too large for a Size 6 Cruiser, so she needs a Size 7.

Frankly back in the plastic days they got it right for naps and sleeping. Bedding slides by a shiny plastic outerlayer, and clings to cloth-like. That momentary cling when a person turns during sleep causes momentary gaps at the legs and waist due to bedding cling. These are responsible for mysterious damp spots even when inspection shows the diaper did not come apart. Unfortunately Pampers and Huggies so over-sold cloth-like as better for the baby (when it is more an advantage when a mom carries a crawler in her arms) that they do not want to revert to plastic.

However, a major sea-change will start later in 2008 and continue. All the manufacturers have never solved the manufacturing difficulties of baby/toddler pull-ups. Those machines run much slower than the tape-on lines and the pull-up lines have much more downtime due to jams. Fairly recently a vastly inmproved Velco-like baby diaper fastening system has been perfected at affordable prices. This system allows many re-positioning and re-fastenings, like a cloth Velcro diaper. Currently a new series of larger baby diapers are undergoing tests to replace pull-ups. The concept is that a kid who can use a pull-up will be able to release one tab, slide the diaper down to go potty, then slide it back and re-fasten it as easily as using a pull-up. Generally tape-on leak a lot less than pull-up when toddlers nap or sleep, so this new series could be a major win-win for manufacturer, parents and toddlers being toilet trained.

We can expect to see these in sizes up to 60 pounds, which might be a Size 8 probably with a different name. There is no solid evidence KCC is attempting to use that technology to replace their current GoodNites pull-ups. KCC made their peace with the production problems on those machines years ago. In fact, they might re-purpose some of their newer baby pull-up machines to add GoodNites capacity. I must say that the people in the know at GoodNites are very good at keeping their future plans secret.

Let us here it for gentle, humane go-slow toilet learning!

Angela Bauer

Which is better/thicker/more absorbant in your opinion? And which runs larger?