WWYD? Should I sell these? (long)

[jenmichelle99]

Ok, so, I bought 20 Bumgenius 3.0 brand NEW for 10$ each today, locally. (The diapers are brand new, a warranty exchange, and the inserts are used but in great shape). My thought was to keep 10 and sell 10 at a profit to offset the cost ( I am pretty broke right now), and also if I did not like them, I could sell them all and definately not lose money off the deal. Of course now that they are here I want to keep them all, sort of? And I kinda want to sell them all.

Pro- Keeping them:
1. I have never had new diapers before and they are bright and shiny
2. Those microfiber inserts seem like they would hold a ton
3. Super easy to put on my screaming, thrashing, twisting, kicking 1 y/o
4. I have to go back to work soon and DS might be going into daycare part time at some point (through Nov I will be working 3 days/wk at a temp job and my mom will be keeping him and after that I dont have a clue what/when/where I will be working but I do NOT want to do disposables at daycare)

Pro-Selling them:
1. Fleece- my stash is primarily fuzzi bunz with trifolded prefolds and I am fighting the stinkies without even taking into account microfiber (I have recently switched detergents and hope it is under control for the most part)
2. Microfiber- If my fb stink with no inserts, I shudder to think what dealing with mf stink would be like
3. Stay-dry- I have started EC/pottylearning with DS and that is the primary reason I was looking at diapers anyway- to get cotton instead of fleece
4. Bumgenius have a reputation for wearing out sooner rather than later and I am not psyched about that. However they have scores of devotees too....
5. Aplix is a pitb to launder
6. DS is almost 13 mo and weighs 24 lb and is 31 inches tall. I am not confident they will fit that much longer even though they claim to fit up to 35lb, I dont think that will be the case.


Part of me is saying suck it up and use prefolds (I already have about 15 premium prefolds and a couple thirsties covers) and he actually runs around part of the day in cheapo gerber trainers (no carpet here so no worries with that). Or sell these and find some cotton fitteds. Thanks for reading, if you made it this far!!! Thoughts???

[aikigypsy]

I don't know. I think you need to try them out for a while and see how they go, whether you like them. It sounds like you have enough CDs to send to daycare later even without these, so I wouldn't worry about that too much.

One thing did stick out at me, though:

Originally Posted by jenmichelle99

6. DS is almost 13 mo and weighs 24 lb and is 31 inches tall. I am not confident they will fit that much longer even though they claim to fit up to 35lb, I dont think that will be the case.

My DD is about that size (22 lbs, 32 inches) and 19 months old. She really hasn't gotten much bigger around the middle since almost a year ago, though she's starting to get a bit bigger now. Kids between the ages of 1 and 2 seem to grow more in height than girth. The dipes will probably fit for as long as you need them, especially since you're doing EC now.

[TheGirls]

Personally, I'd sell them, but I'm not a devotee, lol. Ours are very worn looking at this point and the aplix isn't working well and they're starting to fall apart. They've been used occasionally and for less than a year, and laundered gently.

[jenmichelle99]

Originally Posted by TheGirls

Personally, I'd sell them, but I'm not a devotee, lol. Ours are very worn looking at this point and the aplix isn't working well and they're starting to fall apart. They've been used occasionally and for less than a year, and laundered gently.

Thats what I'm afraid of!!

[inky leeuhhh]

i just sold two bg that had hardly been used because the tabs were just starting to show signs of wear. they were ok when i sold them, i could just tell they wouldnt last as long as i wanted them to.

[mama to 2 girls]

I have a little more than a dz. BG 3.0's and I like them....but I do prefer the FB over the BG ONLY because of where I have to fasten them right now to fit ds the velcro cuts into his thighs.......he is the same size as your ds and will soon be 12 mos. old.

They get used a LOT and washed heavily and are still hanging in there they look brand new except for the applix of course, which is starting to curl of a bit....but they still fasten really good...they only curl up if I have them fastened to the laundry tabs or just open.

If I were you I would sell half like you had mentioned. That's what I'd do anyways. But thats just my opinion. I still like using them though....when ds was younger I would OCCASIONALLY have blow-outs with the FB's but NEVER did with the BG. For that reason I liked them a LOT when he was younger.

[poppan]

I think I would try out a few (3-4) and see how you like them. Keep the rest, don't sell them quite yet, see if you like them first. If you like them then keep more, if you don't, you can still sell the rest for good money since they would still be brand new.

Personally, I am not a fan. I don't like one size diapers, I don't like their inserts, I don't like suedecloth, I hated the fit (the elastic was so horribly tight, I think because they're one size).