gDiapering-- is it "environment friendly" form of plastic diapers?

[VroomieMama]

I was surfing amazon.com looking for bumgenius 3.0 diapers so I'd purchase some and I came across to gDiapering and I read about it but I'm a little bit confused. Is it really an environment friendly plastic diapers? Have anyone on here ever used it before? I don't mind getting those in case of emergency.

Tell me the pros and cons of using those.

[Ifluffedthree]

They contain the same SAP gels as in disposables but they don't highlight this part of the ingredients in their marketing practices. Please take a look at their website for yourself, they do say that the product contains SAP's.

Yes, parts of them are able to be composted. However, I made some inquiries. From a couple locations that I inquired, the common answer from a Master Gardner's and garnders is that they would not compost anything with human waste. Composting human waste is very doable but with a noted amount of care. Without that care you are increasing the risks of spreading diseases. Having a busy household with small children and counting days and turning a compost pile containing any human elimination can a tricky thing imo.
Personally I am not comfortable with how the company markets composting which is something I did not bring up in previous thread but am aware of and have been researching for almost 6 months and as noted the SAP's are always a concern to me.

I have friends that are plumbers -- they laugh and say that little white mice are a plumbers bread and butter. If a tampon can create this much money for the plumbing industry what do you think will happen when insert will be an undeniable issue in time.

The product still comes in plastic packaging and requires manufacturing water and resource waste to make them, transport them and maintain the disposal of the packaging.

The plus side as I have noted before -- the covers are a great idea with prefolds.

From my observations about the G-diapers, myself I would choose an environmentally friendly disposable over them.
Cloth would be my first choice.
But that is just me, take or leave any part of my post.

[VroomieMama]

Originally Posted by Ifluffedthree

They contain the same SAP gels as in disposables but they don't highlight this part of the ingredients in their marketing practices. Please take a look at their website for yourself, they do say that the product contains SAP's.

Yes, parts of them are able to be composted. However, I made some inquiries. From a couple locations that I inquired, the common answer from a Master Gardner's and garnders is that they would not compost anything with human waste. Composting human waste is very doable but with a noted amount of care. Without that care you are increasing the risks of spreading diseases. Having a busy household with small children and counting days and turning a compost pile containing any human elimination can a tricky thing imo.
Personally I am not comfortable with how the company markets composting which is something I did not bring up in previous thread but am aware of and have been researching for almost 6 months and as noted the SAP's are always a concern to me.

I have friends that are plumbers -- they laugh and say that little white mice are a plumbers bread and butter. If a tampon can create this much money for the plumbing industry what do you think will happen when insert will be an undeniable issue in time.

The product still comes in plastic packaging and requires manufacturing water and resource waste to make them, transport them and maintain the disposal of the packaging.

The plus side as I have noted before -- the covers are a great idea with prefolds.

From my observations about the G-diapers, myself I would choose an environmentally friendly disposable over them.
Cloth would be my first choice.
But that is just me, take or leave any part of my post.

Thank you for your response. My husband and I still prefer to use bumgenius 3.0 anyways.

[Ifluffedthree]

I am hopeful to help people to understand that they should read more into the actual product, regardless of where they end up in their decision.

[BekahMomToOliver]

Originally Posted by Ifluffedthree

I have friends that are plumbers -- they laugh and say that little white mice are a plumbers bread and butter. If a tampon can create this much money for the plumbing industry what do you think will happen when insert will be an undeniable issue in time.

Just to share, we used g's briefly (until my son outgrew them) and the inserts, when disposed of properly in the toilet (i.e. ripped up and swished around) actually do break up and end up quite dissolved and mushy, much like toilet paper. We have super old plumbing and never had a problem.

I did really like the gDiapers when I used them with prefolds instead. They actually worked super well as covers and I never had a single leak. You don't have to use the disposable liners, they work excellently with a folded flannel prefold. In fact, on quite alot of gDiaper boards, I found that most of the moms use some kind of prefold with the cover/liner setup.
We never bought disposable refills, just used the ones that came in the starter packs and then used the covers with egyptian cotton or flannel prefolds. Like I said, they were pretty reliable that way. They're really cute too

[Ifluffedthree]

I think this is an excellent way that they get used.
"You don't have to use the disposable liners, they work excellently with a folded flannel prefold. In fact, on quite alot of gDiaper boards, I found that most of the moms use some kind of prefold with the cover/liner setup."

I suppose in a weird sort of way the g company is leading many to using cloth. Not sure if that is their goal though.

[skolbut]

We use gdipes covers with prefolds in them. Here's why:

-the cloth is so nice and soft against ds's skin
-WAAAAYYYY cheaper
-The cost of the flushies is really expensive and I didn't find them all that absorbent. They don't wick extra liquid to cover the entire flushie so I kept finding myself with a leaky dipe but only a half-wet flushie which was then a pain to get ripped apart and emptied.
-The covers are really cute
-If I'm going to put the stuff in a flushie against DS's skin I might as well by a sposie and save some $$.
-pf's wash and dry super easy and are cheaper than other cloth
-poo flushies are really gross to rip apart and flush (whereas the pee ones aren't all that bad)
-Just as easy as sposies if prestuffed in the diaper bag
-Using an additional liner I can get multiple days uses out of one cover, then the covers can go in my regular wash (not necessarily the diaper load)
-The liners are made out of nylon

If you're looking for something only for emergencies it doesn't really make sense to invest in gdiapers, my recommend would be getting an organic/low chemical pack of disposables (like 7th gen) to keep on hand (unless you don't mind the chemicals, then get cheap).

[happyhats]

Do you think you could use the gdiapers as covers for trim fitting fitteds as well. I too think they have awesome designs but I decided long ago that the gdiaper system wasn't going to work for me, if for nothing else the expense.

[skolbut]

Maybe the old style covers, since the inside is coated with a waterproof material. But the new ones don't have that, and the snap in liner is rectangular, so it seems like the fitteds would wick right onto the cover and soak through, especially at the hips. Unless maybe you didn't snap the fitted and just put it in like the insert, but then it seems to defeat the purpose.

[Ifluffedthree]

Good Information in this post.

Originally Posted by skolbut

We use gdipes covers with prefolds in them. Here's why:

-the cloth is so nice and soft against ds's skin
-WAAAAYYYY cheaper
-The cost of the flushies is really expensive and I didn't find them all that absorbent. They don't wick extra liquid to cover the entire flushie so I kept finding myself with a leaky dipe but only a half-wet flushie which was then a pain to get ripped apart and emptied.
-The covers are really cute
-If I'm going to put the stuff in a flushie against DS's skin I might as well by a sposie and save some $$.
-pf's wash and dry super easy and are cheaper than other cloth
-poo flushies are really gross to rip apart and flush (whereas the pee ones aren't all that bad)
-Just as easy as sposies if prestuffed in the diaper bag
-Using an additional liner I can get multiple days uses out of one cover, then the covers can go in my regular wash (not necessarily the diaper load)
-The liners are made out of nylon

If you're looking for something only for emergencies it doesn't really make sense to invest in gdiapers, my recommend would be getting an organic/low chemical pack of disposables (like 7th gen) to keep on hand (unless you don't mind the chemicals, then get cheap).

[skolbut]

Originally Posted by Ifluffedthree

Good Information in this post.

Thanks!!! Did the flushie thing to get dh on board with cloth and now he loves the g's with pf's. I prestuff them and he uses them like an aio. If covers aren't soiled I just restuff. Easier and less washing than aio's or pockets, too. We use a cover a day on average that goes in with the regular wash and I do a FULL load of pf's and liners twice a week. I think the biggest downside is rinsing soiled liners at the leg elastic (which you don't HAVE to do), it doesn't swish well.