What Diaper would you NEVER buy again? - Page 4

[SubliminalDarkness]

I will totally agree with anything Aplix. I do not like it. I switched everything to snaps once DS2 was about a year old and never looked back! I didn't especially love bumGenius, but I think they're a good diaper for people who aren't totally 'sold' on cloth diapering yet. So for that, they totally have value. 
 

Originally Posted by Amanda_Reyasmom 

One day I'm gonna get some flats!
 

Have any receiving blankets lying around? They make perfect flats. 

[sunsetdancer]

Probably bum Genius (my child developed a rash every time he wore them) and NuBunz (snaps came off, insert didn't sit right, etc).

[natural momma86]

gDiapers!  The Velcro stopped working after only one or two washes. 

[KABB]

Rumparooz. Small cut of diaper overall, bad customer service-when I had an issue with their diapers they tried to tell me it was something I had done when I knew it was NOT, and the process they use to bind their PUL to the diaper is questionable the way it's done in their China facility. NOT worth the money!

[desertgirl01]

Despite the horrible reviews, Kushies actually worked on my daughter, especially at the top end of the given weight range--and then became one of the trimmest diapers she had. 

Diapers I won't buy again:

Any WAHM diaper--every brand I've tried has been super cute, but leaked horribly.  Even the WAHM training pants I've bought have sewing issues, and they are from two different etsy stores. 

Rumparooz--love the prints, hate the puffy-butt fit, and when the diapers had KNOWN issues, it has hella hard to get a replacement. 

g-diapers-the plastic insert is....ridiculous. 

bumessentials-could never get a good fit on my daughter

GroVia all in ones:  I'm a sucker for the super cute prints, but the one-size diapers are TINY and I absolutely hate side snaps.  And the soaker is awkward.

Softbums-the Echo shell print faded, the insert is awkward and really didn't work for a tall toddler--I can see how it would work folded for a smaller baby.  The Omni style wicks, everytime. 

Another cd item I won't ever buy...cd detergent.  I tried most of them:  Rockin Green, Country Save, Tiny Bubbles, Mountain Green Free and Clear, Lulu's, Ruby Moon, Crunchy Clean.  Ended up with stink and bad ammonia within days.  Was stripping every month and doing a super complicated wash routine, using tons of water.  At my wits end, I tried Tide in August and the dipes have been stink and ammonia free since then.  Haven't even contemplated stripping the diapers in 8 months now.  Using far less water, my wash routine is just a push of some buttons and ONE cycle rather than me running the wash 3 times, standing around adding extra water to the load, dropping wet towels in....  The nasty chemicals in Tide actually work to CLEAN the diapers!  

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Edited by desertgirl01 - 4/12/11 at 8:42am

[Perdita_in_Ontario]

Yeah, I've never had any great success with CD detergents either - I did find that NatureClean works, and it's much cheaper than the CD detergents. Bonus!

[gardenmommy]

Haha!  I use Tide, too.  I'm sure I'm destroying the earth one load of laundry at a time, but at least my clothes are clean, and my diapers don't stink.  I just cannot bring myself to try a more natural detergent at the expense of having stinky diapers, or ruining my brand-new, very expensive washing machine.  

I do love my SoftBums, though.  I heard that they re-did their print because of the fading problem, so maybe that won't be an issue now.

Originally Posted by desertgirl01 

Another cd item I won't ever buy...cd detergent.  I tried most of them:  Rockin Green, Country Save, Tiny Bubbles, Mountain Green Free and Clear, Lulu's, Ruby Moon, Crunchy Clean.  Ended up with stink and bad ammonia within days.  Was stripping every month and doing a super complicated wash routine, using tons of water.  At my wits end, I tried Tide in August and the dipes have been stink and ammonia free since then.  Haven't even contemplated stripping the diapers in 8 months now.  Using far less water, my wash routine is just a push of some buttons and ONE cycle rather than me running the wash 3 times, standing around adding extra water to the load, dropping wet towels in....  The nasty chemicals in Tide actually work to CLEAN the diapers!  

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[CrazyCatLady]

Bum Genius is the only diaper that I ever hated.  It leaked every single time.  It also fit weird and I hate velcro. 

I'd never buy any velcro diaper again, I'm not nice enough to diapers in the wash and I destroy velcro really quickly.

[anjsmama]

I think gDiapers are a serious love-them-or-hate-them diaper. A lot of the moms here on MDC seem to hate them - we use them exclusively and love, love, love them. Simple fit, simple look, simple wash. However we are also ECers so I don't have to worry about absorbency because they're more of a back-up than a soak-up-the-pee kinda thing for us. Anyway - yes, we love them too! 

Originally Posted by boomer78 

I LOVE gDiapers! They work for us.  We had some leaks in the beginnig, before I figured out the liner needs to be in one certain spot, like underwear.  Velcro never curled much even if dried in a dryer, usually I just hand dry the covers though.   We only use gDiapers - with gmd prefolds, sometimes with the disposable liner when traveling and don't have access to a washing machine. 

[doulawoman]

Originally Posted by Marissamom 

gDiapers. The disposable inserts chaffed, the cloth inserts weren't absorbant enough to hold more than one pee and were hard to wash, the velcro on the covers curled, and they weren't tight enough on DD's legs, so she was constantly leaking. 

I don't think I'll buy another of the Kissa's Marvels OS cover. my 21 pounder is wearing it on the largest setting, and it's still tight in the belly and legs. it has very tight elastic. 

Totally agree about g-diapers. Same experience here, chaffy, weird to break up the insert, didn't last very long so we ended up using prefolds in them for a while but the plastic liner didn't breathe at ALL and the velcro curled within a month and got really hard to use. Thank god they were on sale!

[Emma Bryan Fuller]

I like Kushies.....I see most don't!  i use a pocket kushies at night on a toddler and it's the only none leaker we have used through the night. She never wears them during the day though. The fit isn't quite right.

I bought homemade ones on ebay. Soooo cute and soft but they leak, always, instantly. I pad them out but they are already so bulky. I trusted the feedback, which was super good?

[ILoveMyBabyBird]

fuzzi buns OS and sunbaby. I am not a fan of the fuzzi bunz it is too hard to stuff, sunbabys quality is poor imo, i love bumgenius though...

[doulawoman]

Originally Posted by Emma Bryan Fuller 

I like Kushies.....I see most don't!  i use a pocket kushies at night on a toddler and it's the only none leaker we have used through the night. She never wears them during the day though. The fit isn't quite right.

I bought homemade ones on ebay. Soooo cute and soft but they leak, always, instantly. I pad them out but they are already so bulky. I trusted the feedback, which was super good?

ok, just to disagree, this is the other diaper brand i'd never buy again. They fit horribly on dd, too high of a rise, too big leg holes, leaky, just all around annoying, but g-diapers were worse. And we also did EC very intensly at the age when we used them and I still hated them. For Ec, esp in summer, I preferred a tri-fold prefold with a sumo belt, nothing, or a fitted cloth with no cover. Dd was changed immediately and still developped a bad rash from then because of the stupid plastic liner, which was flimsy, and the snaps broke.

I'm so glad some of you find they work though, I was so excited abot the concept when i was pregnant!

[mamaprovides]

Bum Genius...Of the 12 I bought (for night time use) 8 of them leaked! It was really annoying. We ended up marking them on the label to see if and sure enough.

If I had it to do all over again (sigh) I would buy the bummis (or any cover) with snaps instead of the velcro! The velcro wears out SO FAST!

For detergent I use 7th gen delicate care. That works really well. Doesn't the Tide breakdown the PUL and make it leak or wick?

[Minalas]

Happy Heinis. They leak at the legs, both with skinny DD and with chunky DS. Plus the velcro gave up, too.
BumGenius with velcro is trouble, but I fixed the problem by adding an additional velcro stripe on top, which keeps them securely closed.

[Nicole730]

Originally Posted by mamaprovides . Doesn't the Tide breakdown the PUL and make it leak or wick?

I don't have any leaking or wicking problems and we use Tide.  We use the regular scent powder Tide.

[mommy212]

gdiapers! I had cloth so not sure about their disposable ones but they leaked like mad, especially EBF poop and even pee very often

[summerdubois]

Happy Heiny's! I was just reading something the other day about how all these celebrities use them. We've tried a LOT of different kinds and those are my least favorite - especially considering how much I paid for it (I just HAD to have the silly monkeys print). We CD twins and are rough on our diapers but this diaper was useless to us after a couple months.

And while I do wish I'd bought my BGs in snaps, hook and loop was the only way I could DH on board!

Here's a blog post I did about all the different kinds of diapers we've tried http://wellroundedhippie.com/2010/06/26/loving-cloth/. And here's another about life after 18 months of CDing http://wellroundedhippie.com/2011/05/18/cloth-diapering-18-months-later/.

[alyadri]

I know Kushies has been said several times but I have to agree.  I've only tried a Kushies cover and absolutely hated it.  From day one I could feel moisture being leaked from the extremely cheap PUL.  It's now a swim diaper/cover because I will never trust them to hold anything

MotherEase AIO's - - They were super bulky and really hard to wash/dry.  After 1st baby they started to get holes in them....

I do however like my MotherEase Sandy's fitteds.  I find that they fit really well and aren't too bulky under a Thirsties cover.

[alyadri]

Oh, and G Diapers - Bleck.  I really did not like them at all.