I agree with the majority. I bought plenty of size 1 & 2 maxi dry's before the birth of my son 7 wks ago to stock up. I am very disappointed with them and found 3 out of 4 nappies leaked. I found them to be a total waste of money. I am now using the older version of pampers as i did on my first born and not one has leaked. (though i had to search for these around supermarkets which is not ideal with a newborn). I will probably start to use other brands after this pack is finished due to the inconvenience of searching for the older style. They are called maxi dry but the absorbent strip is half the length and width of the older style. To sum it all up i am very disappointed and feel annoyed that i choose a trusted brand and spent so much money stocking up. Just a waste! would not recomend.

I'm glad I went onto this site today. As a first time mum you want to buy the best disposable nappie on the market. Pampers was always my first choice through , but after reading about the "new improved" nappie I think not . Why can't companies leave products alone if it work it works.

Without this forum, I would have thought I did something wrong. I bought enough supply of pampers nappies sizes 1 and 2 before my son was born (I'm on my last pack now and my son is 6.5 weeks old). I bought the old type and the dry baby and I was not sure if the dry baby was faulty as it had leaked up my baby's back and down the sides. My husband complained about it leaking urine twice when I used the dry baby (the first time I did not believe him and the second time I saw for myself). We were out shopping in the mall when I noticed a nasty smell I had to rush to change him. I try timing my baby's nappy changes to every three hours. Once when I changed him after four hours and the smell was horrible and the nappy had leaked and soiled his vest. As a first time mum I blamed myself but I also noticed that with the old nappies there were no leaks. Please make it right or my loyalty will change.

In common with the vast majority of writers we too found the padding at the back of the New Baby nappies to be incapable of absorbing urine. My daughter's leak at least once every day, requiring a change of clothes for her AND us. It's embarrassing. Babies in general spend most of their time on their backs. It would appear that no-one actually tested the things in the real world before releasing this inferior product. We used Pampers because they were completely successful during our 1st girl's development. Brand loyalty and trust can only take a product so far. Only the fact we bought a few multi-packs keeps us using these. Once they are done, we won't be buying any Pampers products again.

i used pampers wit my son so decided to use them again with my daughter whos now 9wks old, until 2wks ago i was using the old style nappies which were great. Ive been using the new style nappies for the last 2wks and they leak, i have to change her alot more frequently she sleeps through the night and your nappies arnt up to the job! please bring back the old pampers

i hav always used pampers at night as felt they had best fit & absorbancy when my bubba was lying flat on his back i am therefore very glad that my prem boy is still in size 2 OLD style pampers & that i've got at least a coulpe of months supply of these since hearing from MANY sources with boys & girls all finding "new improved" style are a joke & utterly useless......what we're going to use after this i'm not sure but i certainly wont be buying sub-standard crap at the prices that pampers charge !

..... I too noticed a VERY unfavourable strong smell coming from the nappies and being a new mummy this worried me to the point that I sought medical advise (!!!!) as I thought the smell indicated a health problem with my daughter!! The smell also made me feel nauseous!!!

I'm new to Pampers with a 4 month old Daughter. I have only bought Pampers due to the many money-off coupons received and will not be buying them again after all the negative comments on this forum and word of mouth. My sister has switched brands due to the reduced quality of this product...she WAS a Pampers advocate until their very ill advised move to change their product. She said they USED to be brilliant nappies but are not longer. They are clearly not about the consumer but about saving money on the product whilst still charging their customers the same high prices. Being a new customer to the 'nappies market' no amount of money off coupons would persuade me to become a 'loyal' customer over the health of my babies bottom. I'm am currently testing Supermarket own brands and Huggies which are proving to be of superior quality to Pampers. Pampers - supposedly a market leader. Not for much longer as their favour is rapidly descending!!!!

I agree with all of the other comments. I have used pampers since my daughter was born as I did and still do with my son who is now 2. I don't like the new nappies at all. I have to change my daughter twice as much, and there is a really strong smell just after she has been changed. I think I will be changing to huggies for both my children as the pampers active-fit I normally use for my son are now too small for him, ever since pampers ''improved'' them by reducing ''the bulk'' of the nappies!!

My daughter is now four months old and i have used pampers from the minute she was born. However i have just bought my first pack of huggies as i am no longer happy with the product. i have to be honest and say they have not leaked however they do have this awful odour about them. So much so that when people hold my little girl they say "oh she must need changing" when i had only just changed her! My daughter has been very good at sleeping through the night , but of late she has been waking two or three times. I thought that it was just one of those things. But since i have put her in huggies we are back to waking only once! Needless to say i will no longer be buying pampers, bring back the old design.

I swore by Pampers nappies with my first child and recommended them to just about anyone who would listen. However I have just tried the "all new" New Baby nappy. Ugh. Clearly to counteract the lack of padding they have added more supersorb crystals which has left the nappies with a horrible chemical smell. I haven't experienced worse leaks yet like other customers, but I am definitely suspicious of the extra chemicals and am concerned about the stories of nappy rash. I'm going to switch away from Pampers as soon as this packet is finished. Gutted, can anyone recommend another brand that is as good as Pampers used to be?

I saw the story on Watchdog where the BBC highlighted the problems with the 'new and improved' Pampers Active Fit. I didn't think that much about it when I purchased my next package of Pampers New Baby. I just love these nappies and if you can actually enjoy buying nappies, I enjoy buying them for my 5 month old daughter as I believe in the product. When I put on the first nappy from the new pack, I noticed that Pampers had messed with the design of the New Baby nappy as well! The back 1/3 or so of the padding was missing. I actually weighed the old nappy and the new nappy and noted that 5g or 1/5 of the padding is missing form this new design. Unimpressed, I thought it would be best to reserve judgement until I had actually tried the nappy. My daughter began leaking overnight and coming out in nappy rash. I don't know if the rash was caused by a lack of absorbency or something new they have added to the product, but in any case the improvements made to the product have not been helpful and I believe they should be recalled and the old design reinstated. How many parents do they need commenting on how unacceptable the product is to know that it has not been a successful redesign? I am working through my last stack of Pampers New Baby which I only use during the day and change much more regularly and am testing out nappies from other manufacturers to find a suitable replacement for the Pampers I have come to love so much. Call me cynical, but I think this has been about saving money rather than creating a better product, and I don't see Pampers passing the 'savings' on to the consumer. Shame on you, Pampers - how much did you spend on me trying to recruit my custom by way of samples and advertising, only to lose it by skimping on materials in your redesign. Please, please see sense and bring back the product we all know and love.

I used pampers with my first child so I decided to use them again with my second. When my second son was born, 7 weeks ago, they were still the old ones but now they've changed the packet and are the new ones I've noticed there isnt as much padding as before (its actually thinner than a sanitary pad) and he has now started to leak. I say bring back the old ones!

I've been using pampers my baby is 5 months. We haven't had any problems with the new ones. They are slightly smaller though. With my older daughter i used huggies. Its just different babys need different nappies weird i know but very true, as pampers were useless on her.

I have been using new baby nappies since my 14week old was born and have had nothing to complain about them, yet after trying out the new "improved" nappies i've found he has leaked after a couple of hours of them being on. not impressed as he has got into a great sleeping pattern and im worried now he will have to have changes in the night which will disturb his sleep. I agree bring back the old ones!!!

i have been using the pampers for 2 years ago and found them excellent.

talk about scraping the barrel!!! these new styled nappies are naff.Pampers should have kept them the same i have had so many leaks and more nappy changes then ever since this change and they not even cheaper!!!!! they are horrid, change them back i say they were great before

Unfortunately i too have to agree. I have a 6 week old son, and since using the 'new improved' size 1 and size 2, i have found that poo has leaked out through the sides and up the back. I am now having to constantly change as they don't seem to hold as much wee as the previous design and as soon as the nappy is soiled, you have to be very cautious it doesn't leak between carrying baby to changing. These are very very disappointing, especially as pampers seem to have always carried a very strong reputation, yet these new designs are awful.

I have 2 daughters who are 21 months and 2 months old and I have been using Pampers since my eldest daughter was firstborn. I've found both the Active Fit and the New Baby nappies I use are prone to leaking up the back, especially when my youngest poos. Why the new nappies have no obsorbency at the back is beyond me. I've also noticed that they smell unpleasant, which makes me a bit worried about the chemicals they might have added. I was perfectly happy with the way the nappies were and I think these new and 'improved' nappies are a real disappointment. I'm now trying other brands of nappies, and won't be buying Pampers again unless they bring back the older and better nappies!

I have used Pampers since my dughter was born 4 weeks ago and have not had a problem at all.Last week I bought a small packet of the new improved size 1 baby dry and already Ive had 2 leaks which I never got with the old ones. If this continues I will have to change brand. I am quite disapointed in this product.

I can't beleve the new and "improved" nappies, they are useless, how they can advertise the nappy as best protection is beyond me. They are so thin at the back that now when my 12 weeks old baby poos it comes out the back and all up his back as there is no absorbancy. Bring back the "old" new baby nappies as they were good. I notice the nappies are made up of less material but still the same price, you should at least get a discount as they are blatantly cheaper quality!!

DO NOT USE BABY-DRY - My babys soft poo leaked from it all the time if not EVERY time!! I'm VERY UNHAPPY about the size 3 baby dry product. I might try Active Fit as suggested by Maryale. Thankyou

These are by far the best nappies I have used, the problem I have now is that my totally breastfed baby still does liquid poo (sorry if TMI), but she is 7.5 kilos at 3 months - she is getting much too big for the biggest size of these but all the others give her nappy rash or leak as they don't absorb the mess... Please start making bigger ones! Otherwise I'll have to try and find another brand or she will be miserable...

Hi, My little one was the same...he was already 6 kgs at 3 month..so I move to Active Fit it worked very well

Could someone tell me what nappies I should be using once my baby has grown out of the new baby ones? She is now on size 3 of those and she won't be for long now she is almost 3 months and over 6 kilos. Do I go for Active Fit (I thought those are for babies who crawl?) or Baby-Dry (or are those for the night only??) . Sorry I am confused! Thanks in advance for your help!

I totally agree with you paulas. I've also tried accessing the survey with no luck & found the 'new product' horrible! It doesn't feel anywhere near as soft & flexible as the usual new baby nappy & certainly doesn't keep my newborn as dry. I get the feeling this new product is a much cheaper version that we'll probably get charged more for in the future!