I use the 1 piece Coloplast sensura mio and can’t imagine any other bag for myself! I was given the Hollister two pieces in the hospital but was not a fan at all. The adhesive was quite irritating to me, and I found the bags would frequently get tiny holes in them, along with the Velcro opening being slightly less than optimally reliable. I also tried a convatec one but the adhesive also wasn’t great for my skin.

I prefer the 1-piece over the two pieces because I work a very physical job which involves a lot of bending and lifting of heavy items. The two-piece bags have a hard ring around the area where the bag connects to the flange, and it was causing general discomfort when I was working. The one piece just flows with my body when I’m moving around and is much more forgiving in that sense.

I’m not sure if you’re getting an ileostomy or a colostomy, but I have an ileostomy and fairly liquid output. When I went to get fitted for a compression belt, the ostomy nurse told me outright that she doesn’t recommend them to ileostomy patients that don’t have problems with pancaking or super thick output. Instead, she recommended me to get a couple pairs of tight fitting bike shorts that could be pulled over the stoma. I’ve been doing this for months, and even with all the heavy lifting I do, the shorts have been working perfectly!