Tara Olivo, associate editor09.15.15
P&G announced that its Pampers Cruisers and Swaddlers lines of diapers have gotten upgrades. New “Extra Absorb Channels” are said to help babies stay drier and do not sag compared to ordinary diapers. The enhanced diapers have three absorbent channels in the core of the diaper that distribute wetness evenly and help prevent diaper sag, according to P&G.
Pampers upgraded the lines following a recent survey that found that more than 80% of moms who notice sag are bothered by saggy diapers, and that 78% of moms feel that saggy diapers can weigh their babies down. The three-channel absorbent core design represents four years of research and development, P&G says. After testing the new Pampers Cruisers, moms shared that the new design allowed their babies to move more freely, 89% of moms said that it reduced bulkiness between the legs, and 91% said it distributed and locked wetness evenly.
While my tot is still in diapers, I wanted to test out the newly improved Cruisers. For the past week, my son donned the Sesame Street-clad nappies. There were no leaks (which, I must say, he hasn’t really had since his infant days), but I’m still glad they held up. So did he get diaper sag? That’s a big YES. Like most other diapers I’ve tried on him, there was a good amount of sag. While sag bothers me a bit—I always want to change him when the diaper is looking too full, even if it’s not—I don’t really think a saggy diaper necessarily weighs him down.
I can’t actually compare these new and improved Cruisers to their predecessor since we had never tried them previously, but we have had good luck with Pampers Swaddlers and Baby Dry in the past, and these new ones were just fine.
Now, onto potty training...
Last month, Pampers upgraded the lines following a recent survey that found that more than 80% of moms who notice sag are bothered by saggy diapers, and that 78% of moms feel that saggy diapers can weigh their babies down. The three-channel absorbent core design represents four years of research and development, P&G says. After testing the new Pampers Cruisers, moms shared that the new design allowed their babies to move more freely, 89% of moms said that it reduced bulkiness between the legs, and 91% said it distributed and locked wetness evenly.
While my tot is still in diapers, I wanted to test out the newly improved Cruisers. For the past week, my son donned the Sesame Street-clad nappies. There were no leaks (which, I must say, he hasn’t really had since his infant days), but I’m still glad they held up. So did he get diaper sag? That’s a big YES. Like most other diapers I’ve tried on him, there was a good amount of sag. While sag bothers me a bit—I always want to change him when the diaper is looking too full, even if it’s not—I don’t really think a saggy diaper necessarily weighs him down.
I can’t actually compare these new and improved Cruisers to their predecessor since we had never tried them previously, but we have had good luck with Pampers Swaddlers and Baby Dry in the past, and these new ones were just fine.
Now, onto potty training...