Huggies vs. Pampers Baby Diapers

I have no idea about diapers (even those of the said brands) in other places/countries and this post is safer assumed to be applicable only in the Philippines.

Being the two longest mainstream baby diaper brands in the local market, Huggies and Pampers have always been debated on. I believe I was a Pampers baby. Basically everyone back in the days were. It seemed to be the only brand of baby diapers. But with F and K, we’ve tried Prokids Newborn, Pampers Newborn, and Huggies Newborn which are all available in the country and can be bought from leading supermarkets and… we have chosen this

Huggies over Pampers

Of the three that we have already tried, Huggies is the most expensive. A pack of 24 Newborn-size diapers of Prokids is worth around PhP 185.oo. The same pieces and size of Pampers is worth PhP 200 while Huggies Newborn 24-pieces is priced at PhP 202.50 (prices based on SM Supermarkets as of 2011). However, Prokids is relatively harder to find in stores. Pampers and Huggies are more often seen on the shelves. The winning factor of Huggies is one of the most crucial criterion in choosing disposable diapers – absorption. Pampers (at least the ones distributed here in the Philippines) scores very badly at this! Pampers diapers are so thin! You’re better off with cloth diapers since you’d have to change it after 1 baby pee anyway. I’m actually very disappointed. They seem to be one of the cheaper baby diapers (as compared to Huggies and Mamy Poko) in line with other famous brands like Prokids and EQ Diapers but they cheat consumers off with the quality. Good thing I only bought 3 packs of Pampers just so we can try it out. We are definitely going back to and sticking to Huggies.

Again why Huggies wins over Pampers: It absorbs much better, it doesn’t leak that easily, it’s relatively not that expensive (Come on, a 2-peso difference), it’s available in most supermarkets, and the tape doesn’t fall off easily so it keeps its snug fit even if the baby moves a lot.

While other moms/consumers prefer Pampers, Drypers, Prokids, EQ, Mamy Poko (not in our budget, sorry), or other diapers for reasons of their own, ask me and no doubt I’ll recommend Huggies. Then again, things might change as the twins become older and we change diaper sizes.