Bioderm 23046 Liberty 3.0 Specialty Male External Catheter

Ordering this unit on-line is worthless. It must be replaced every day, and the storage bag is too small.Deal directly with the manufacturer, MensLiberty, and have your med insurance pay for all that's needed.

First, let me say I do not work for, nor am I associated with this product. These work like a charm. Allowed me to start doing a lot of things that I had to give up because on my gravitational incontinence. I have no control or sense of urge, as well as constant leakage. Pads were a help, but not great. They often leak, especially when I would stand up after several minutes of sitting. I have put up with this problem for over 6-years, so If you have the same problem, try these out. Buy just a few of them at first to see if they work for you. Your first one or two will only last one day because of the amount of moisture in your skin, but after that, I found that they would last two to three days.After washing and before applying the special skin conditioner that comes in the package, I would do an alcohol rub to make sure the moisture in my skin was gone. This helped make these catheters stay on longer.

Design of the parts is very good. The tape parts are terrible. The tape is flimsy and does not stick very well.

Not nearly as easy to uses as they claim.

To start off, one of things I don't like is that a product is mentioned for removal of the tape, and is not included. I wasn't even able to easily find it when I searched. However, it wasn't difficult to remove anyway, because unfortunately, my husband took it off during the night, when he was confused and sleepy, and I found it thrown into the bathtub. I found it a bit difficult to put on him, since he is not circumcised, so I think the directions are a bit casual when they say it works for those who are not. It is definitely a bigger challenge, and especially when you are dealing with someone older who needs help attaching it.Before calling his doctor to see if we can get a prescription and some help paying for this, we'll try again. I don't want to return to the huge number of bags of disposables, so bad for the environment, and not particularly helpful for the ambience in our room either. Even safely wrapped up in the special bags provided by our supplier, they still do smell somewhat. And they cost a couple hundred dollars a month, as well. However, this would cost much more if we can't get a prescription and get Medicare to pay for part of it. We are with Kaiser, and I don't know if they will cover it or not.So, we are going to try again with the second one I ordered. I would say if you are more able to handle this on your own, and you are circumcised and can get the financing, go for it. It seems to work, is not that difficult to put on, and my husband did think it was comfortable.

My husband has been using this product for over eight years and has even been one of the company’s product testers when they were considering a design change. While there are occasional bad batches, these catheters provide an excellent alternative to other condom style catheters out there especially for men with retraction issues. They do take some getting used to for application, but the process is simple overall. It is imperative that the user thoroughly prepare their skin for application which starts by using either dial gold bar soap OR ivory soap. We use ivory and it works very well. The soap you cleans your skin with MUST NOT contain any moisturizers which is why these are the only two soaps recommended by the manufacturer.For successful application follow these steps:First wash the area thoroughly with the ivory or dial gold soap. Use VERY HOT water if doing a bed bath. A steamy shower to open your pores is also helpful.Use soap and rinse multiple times until you are sure skin is very clean.We add coloplast brava barrier spray and fan to dry (the included cardboard around the catheter makes a great fan!). Then user the included barrier wipe and fan to dry. If skin is NOT thoroughly dry fan until dry. If using only the wipe it may feel a bit tacky.Remove petals covering one side at a time. Ensure vent is pointing up. Carefully pinch at vent and apply over urethral opening aligning the opening of the catheter with your anatomy. Place one petal at a time while keeping the skin taut to avoid adhesion causing skin entrapment.Take the faceplate and cover just over the top cap of the catheters ensuring you seal all the petals with no gaps. Ideally you want tension on the faceplate and to elongate it as you wrap it.We personally find that a second faceplate overlapping and elongating the faceplate application is helpful. We also use an incontinence pad folded in half around the application in the event of leaks, but this would work best for a seated user.

The best ever. My husband was finally able to get a good nights sleep. All the other condom catheters came off in the first 3 to 5 minutes. This one lasted till it was removed after 2 nights. The secrete to this catheter is to use the clean packet first then a prep sponge which is a barrier and glue prep that dries on first before applying the condom . There is a video that you can watch how to a apply this catheter. To take off i ordered some glue release. You spray on the catheter when ready to take off and change and it releases the glued on catheter easily. This is expensive but the relief is worth it.

This is the worst device I have ever seen. Its design is highly defective and totally incompatible to the male anatormy. Whoever has designed it appears to have absolutely zero idea about the male anatomy for which the external catheer is being marketed. I wasted my time and money in trying to mke it work. It is meant tobe for one time use and costs about $15. How anyone with any sense can imagine someone to spend about $ 450.00 per month for a catheter that is simply worthles. The sales agent told me that insurance (in this case Medicare) pays for it and therefore it is affordable. Unbelievable!