Do you prefer plastic-backed or "cloth" disposable diapers?

[thatsmymango]

I want to ask people who wear disposable diapers whether they prefer diapers with a plastic outer “shell

[Hookedondiapers]

Poll is broken - you have to put at least one answer to both plastic and cloth like - regardless of which one you chose in the first question.

[babyleanna75]

Plastic backed are the best the clothlike ones slip off my bum no matter how tight I fasten them

[thatsmymango]

Hookedondiapers .... Yup I discovered that when I first put it up ... I think it's fixed by adding a "non-applicable" answer :-)

[warpiper]

Does anybody really prefer the cloth backed diapers except non-dl incontinent folks who are paranoid that someone can hear their diapers?

[thatsmymango]

Warpiper ....

[jaytay]

I actually like cloth, mainly because of the refastenability of the tabs to get the perfect fit. However, I do think that plastic is more reliable in terms of leakage protection. There are some highly absorbent cloth backed diapers out there but none of them compare in leakage protection to that of an M4 or Dry 24/7.

[happyindprs]

Nothing says waterproof more than plastic to me. Cloth diapers are what I grew up with and they are covered with plastic pants to seal in the wetness.I know technology changes and improves things, however cloth backed diapers when really wet begin to wick and that is a potential for leaks. I would be inclined to wear a pair of vinyl pants over them to make sure they didn't leak and that defeats the purpose of a disposable diaper and adds cost.

[nhdl]

Plastic backed for me. The "cloth like" diapers chafe in all the wrong places and hold less and are more apt to leak.

[DLdapper]

Plastic!

[Angela Bauer]

I am profoundly urinary incontinent and have been so since 1985. As a child Mom only used pinned classic Curity 21x40 gauze diapers. Our family hugged trees, so we were anti-disposable. In 1981 when I was getting ready to leave home for a university dorm I had to learn to use and sleep in Attends disposables. Of course those were classic poly-plastic backed with sticky tapes.

[Bettypooh]

A good poll with well thought-out questions

[thong5]

For me its plastic, i have used cloth like diapers in a pinch but i feel more secure in the plastic backed diapers.

[Baby Brian]

We should have another option for cloth diapers with a diaper cover.

Given just cloth-like and plastic, it's plastic all the way for me. As far as I'm concerned, cloth-like simply doesn't work any where near enough to be called a real diaper. They are not water proof on the sides or around the legs, typically do not have enough capacity to hold even one major wetting, and often fall apart or sag within a couple of hours of normal, active wear.

[mike indiapers]

I grew up in the early 1970s when there was a large shift from cloth diapers and plastic pants to plastic backed disposable diapers. I wore diapers late into childhood and my Mom used both types on me, preferring double cloth and plastic pants at night for added absorbency and disposable diapers during the daytime for convenience. I grew to prefer plastic backed disposable diapers and got attached to them as a diapered child. Today, I have the same preference because they remind me of happy times, I.e. I love the look, feel, and crinkle of the pampers I wore as a child that I now get from wearing AB diapers like bambinos. I only wish that I could get the same smell I remember from a freshly opened box of pampers that often permeated my room as a child.

[spoonchicken]

plastic, plastic & more plastic

[CrinklyKitten]

Grew up with a weird combination of cloth and plastic.

[willnotwill]

About the only thing I like about the cloth backed diaper is the ease of opening and closing them.

[rusty pins]

I like them both but I would give plastic

[tibsy]

A good poll with well thought-out questions

[Walesiswet]

Plastic backed cling to your body better. One thing I find with cloth backed is they kinda 'swish' around and make a noise anyway when you walk. You also can't get them to fit as tight as plastics.

The side sleeping in a cloth is another issue.

BUT:

When it's roasting hot outside and you've got to do some chores or go for a walk cloth is far cooler. They're fine until you start filling them the.n they tend to stretch and fall down a little.

[Rachel Emily]

[Wheels]

I bet as children that wore cloth-backed diapers as babies grow up and frequent this site, the number of those that like cloth will increase.

[Hookedondiapers]

I prefer plastic backed, but I recently got caught short, and had to use some Attends Breathables, and they worked much better than I expected.

[oliver d]

Grew up with cloth diapers and rubber/plastic pants but still prefer my diapers to be plastic and not cloth.I have worn cloth backed one and they wernt that bad .if there will be no more plastic ones I wont have a proplem switching to cloth like ones.