Recently seen the advertising for Tykables Waddle Cut diapers and the " 7 year old " I take care of decided to order a pack of overnights.
We have both used the diaper, so here is my review .
The length is the exact same as a normal Tykables, however the width is only slightly wider. The ‘Waddle Cut’ has very deep guards on the sides, compared to shallow guards on a normal Tykables .
After comparing ‘Wadde Cut’ to modern Tykables , we decided to compare to an old Tykables diaper from years ago to see the difference … we where surprised to find the old Tykables and the new ‘Waddle Cut’ are the exact same width, only difference is deeper guards.
As for use … I’m urinary incontinent, and the “Little One” is fecal incontinent with some bladder accidents . We have both used the ‘Waddle Cut’ diaper over night to see if it was any difference in performance.
I wet more heavily during the night than the ‘Little One’ - nether of us had urine leaks. The “Little One” had a pretty big fecal accident, and there was no leakage. The ‘Waddle Cut’ does have very good containment for mess .
Overall ‘Waddle Cut’ is good for containing fecal accidents, but I do not see the big deal with a slightly wider version of modern Tykables … I found several diapers in our collection that are actually WIDER than ‘Waddle Cut’ .
Personally I found ‘Waddle Cut’ to be a bit annoying to wear, since the center of the crouch folds in on it’s self and hangs a bit lower than the normal diapers I use. The velcro tabs are still very weak and pop off easily - a trade mark of Tykables ( ABU and Rearz both have far superior ‘hook and loop’ tabs ) .
I love the new waddle cut, its like they were made specifically with me in mind, I’ve never had any issues with tapes ripping off from the back sheet either, occasionally if I wet heavily at night and on my belly the front will swell up so much that the bottom tapes start to fold in a little, ready to pop off, but the never do.
One thing about hook and loop is that you have to give them a little tug for the hooks to actually hook in. Haven’t had one of the tapes pop after I started doing that.
Any of the waddle cut is usually what I wear every day. I have some times when the bottom tapes curl due to the swell, but they’re really solid tapes IMO. I guess I haven’t tried ABU’s hook and loop tapes yet, though. I love the leak guards that are high and how the diaper hangs low, it usually gives me room for a booster or two.
The thing with velcro tabs is they’re great at pulling straight back, but if they get pulled at an angle it sheers them right off. So make sure you’re not attaching the tapes at an angle, they need to pull straight back to hold the best.
But yeah, unfortunately I’d agree with the fox, tykables velcro is the least reliable for me too. (when I wear Little Builders, I almost always have to put the lower tapes back where they belong at least once during the day, as they have “popped” and re-attached about an inch back from where they started)
I don’t prefer the waddle cut for overnight, but that might just be due to my particular body shape and being a side sleeper. I’ve particularly had problems with leg leaks while wearing rawrs during the night. Not that I don’t love them, just not for overnight