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When I kept casting about for a cheaper disposable, it became obvious that there were three classes of disposable adult diapers. Insurance/Medicare will only pay for the most useless diapers. I was at a store the other day where someone was sitting on the floor, he stank like the worst truck stop bathroom. He were next to their Walker/chair ( don’t know what they’re called). The manager had to help him up, and push him back out to his vehicle, after getting him the soda and frozen drink he came for. The manager commented that his diaper was clearly saturated. He got it on his pants and had to spray himself with axe body spray. The man clearly had out of control diabetes, he was also not cared for or adequately protected. The whole store stank. That’s what you get with cheap thin diapers.

Some diapers have that problem more than others. And sometimes they can get a bad manufacturing run that will affect entire batches. And sometimes it's our own unwitting sabotage that does it. Diaper manufacturers don't want to use better tapes that cost more and aren't going to make a significant improvement. As long as 90% work as intended they think that's good enough (looking at you Abena and Confidry). They also found a bad run can cost 100's of thousands to recall. But still selling them might not cost more than a few grumpy customers (looking at you Bambino and Wellness). For them, our best bet is to rub the tapes on after sticking them in place. Just a few light rubs is enough to make sure they have full contact and are fully stuck in place. That is unless you want to try and heat weld them into place for an even better guarantee they won't come off. And then there's us too. If you use powder or creams/ointments then be really careful how you handle the diaper. Don't grab it where a tape is supposed to go. And definitely don't rub the side of the diaper flat while putting it on. That could deposit a light coating which absolutely can affect tape performance. And if they still pop off early, you can use a diaper pin (my preference), or extra tape (and later scisors) to keep them in place long enough till it's time for a change.

Good points all. However, do note that a thicker diaper is not necessarily more absorbent than a thin one. If two diapers have the same absorbency I will select the thicker one as it probably has more fluff pulp that will help wicking. --John