Crop-a-dile snaps

[Sharise]

I am a first time mom, due in a couple weeks and I've been venturing to make my own cloth diapers. It's been quite difficult since i don't know anyone who has made them personally, I've been just searching the internet trying to figure it out.

I reciently purchased the "crop-a-dile" to apply snaps to my diapers... Its a hand held tool used to apply snaps... but now that I am attempting to purchase snaps I reolize that there are different types/sizes, most of which can only be applied via a snap press..

Has anyone used this tool before? Or know what type of snaps I can buy to use with it? I went to my local fabric store but the snaps there were really expensive and the ones I bought I can't apply with this tool...

Thanks for any insite!

[fwlady]

I am not familiar with the crop-a-dile. But, doesn't the person who sells the tool sell snaps to go with it?

I buy my snaps from KAM snaps. You don't have to use a press, but they have some pliers, that I believe I paid $18 for. The pliers aren't interchangeable with other resin snaps, but the snaps are very reasonably priced. I know that buying snaps from Walmart and Joanns as I had done previously, cost a LOT more than all the snaps I have bought lately. I also like the resin better than the metal, but I have had some issues of them popping off, but no different than the metal ones from WM/JA. And, they are soo much cheaper to replace.

I could never figure out how any WAHMs made any money making snappable diapers, because of the cost of the ones I was using. But, now I know that they use KAM, and some use VeryBaby snaps. Kymberli

[Sharise]

So... after searching the internet for several days and visiting every local craft store in attempt to find snaps that actually work with this tool I finally found a customer service number for the company that makes the Crop-a-dile.

She informed me that although the packaging and item description says "sets eyelets, snaps and more!" it does not, in fact set snaps. They sell a product that "looks like a snap, but has an eyelet backing," and that is what they are referring to.

What an incredible waste of time, money and frustration.

[Alenaloo]

Ugh I bought one of these as well, thinking that I would be able to used it for setting snaps in CDs... Frustrating false advertising!