Wheels Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Hi everyone, so I randomly decided to figure out how many diaper I'll use for the rest of my life. I wear 24/7. I use on average 4 diapers every 24 hours. If I live to 75, I have 33 years to go (hoping longer!). Ok... 4 diapers a day, times 365 days = 1,460 diapers per year. 33 years times 1,460 diapers per year = 48,180 diapers. This works out to 669 cases of Dry 24/7... I wonder if they'll all fit in my basement? Link to comment
willyrides Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Why keep count? Just enjoy each one, and the next one, and the next one, and so on. I just hope we can get a point where they won't linger in landfills for 500 years. Still disposable, but highly biodegradable. Within 20 years would be a great goal to work for. Link to comment
Amyuser Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Wheels the greater question is do you get frequent diaper miles for all those diapers?? Link to comment
Wheels Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 I just thought it was a fun question. I do enjoy each one as I go! My est. DPG is good! Oh, that Diapers Per Gallon... Link to comment
rusty pins Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 How many diapers will I use in a lifetime? A S**T load!!! Link to comment
Creepymouse Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 A lot more than the average person, that's for sure. > Link to comment
diaperpt Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 ...pretty much ALL OF THEM...all the ones I put on... Link to comment
I M Soaked Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 As many as i decide to wear. Link to comment
diapertime42 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 How many diapers will I use in a lifetime? A S**T load!!! And here I thought you were just a "Wetter"! Link to comment
Angela Bauer Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 There is no way I could calculate the number of diapers I have worn in my lifetime so far, or predict how many more I will need. Up to turning 12 I never wet at night or in bed. I only wore "Just In Case" diapers on trips or for special occasions, meaning I could go 3-4 months without being pinned into a diaper, and then be diapered part of every day for a couple of weeks. I reached puberty a couple of weeks after I turned 12 and reverted to dribbling in bed a week or so later. From then until I left home for university at 17 I only needed a single pinned gauze diaper each night, plus some of those "Just In Case" diapers because I had a tiny over-active bladder. For university I switched to disposable Attends. I budgeted for 2 per day. Often I only needed one for the night, but I sometimes wore for a party with alcohol and for long lectures. In 1985, the summer I moved from university to law school and turned 21, I lost my daytime bladder control. I had to increase my budget to 5 Attends a day, although often I only needed 4 of those. I continued budgeting for 5 Attends a day until I fell in love with Don Davis in May 1991. Once we started living together I could discreetly use his washing machine and dryer. So I only needed 3 Attends a day, plus 2-3 pinned gauze diapers when home. Since 2004 I seldon wear a full adult disposable diaper. In 2011 I only bought one case of Atends Youth and 4 cases of Attends Breathable Small. During the day I wear snug cotton briefs with a slip-in disposable pad. I make those by cutting off the flaps of Cruisers Size 4 or Pampers Extra Protection Size 4. At home I wear just pinned gauze diapers when in my AB mood. For bed most nights I add one of the Pampers inside my gauze diaper so that when I wake up in the morning the sensation of the wet Pampers is similar to what I will experience in just the Pampers the rest of my business day. I buy cases of Cruisers and Extra Protection from local stores, stocking up when there is a sale. Currently the best price on Cruisers tends to be in cartons of 132. Normally Extra Protection are cartons of 80, but sometimes cartons of 104. Don and I have a lot of storage space in our home, so I seldom have less than 12 cartons each of the 2 kinds of Pampers. I use about 4 each of both kinds a working day. On days off I wear more pinned gauze diapers, which I change exery couple of hours when I am awake. I buy 12 ACD Company 36" square 2 ply gauze diapers a year and 6 dozen Gerber Birdseye baby pre-fold diapers as soakers every year. From Babykins I buy 18 adult medium soft vinyl pull-on pants a year. Link to comment
rusty pins Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 And here I thought you were just a "Wetter"! OK, you got me! I'm probably 98% just a wetter but with a 2% messy diaper maybe once or twice a year thing. Link to comment
Dubious Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I just hope we can get a point where they won't linger in landfills for 500 years. Still disposable, but highly biodegradable. Within 20 years would be a great goal to work for. Its old news, but here from Japan: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/waste-and-recycling/news-used-adult-diapers-turned-fuel-japan and Canada: Diapers – It’s not the most pleasant alternative fuel source, but it’s certainly one of the strangest. A Canadian company has researched a system where the plastics, resin, fibers and waste contained in a diaper can be processed into gas, oil and char. The benefits of this system are two-fold: The energy produced from converting diapers into biofuel will help offset carbon emissions, and millions of diapers could potentially be recycled rather than buried in landfills. Link to comment
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