Tim said:
When confidry (dry 24/7) went bankrupt, I started thinking what happens if disposables are hard to get or cant be had at all? I wear pullups in the day time and tape on diapers at night. I purchased a few leakmaster prefold cloth diapers in overnight weight, and leakmaster plastic pants. not long after this better dry were unavailable for a period of time. As was stated above everyone has their preferences. For me the cloth is ok and if there would happen to be no other options I can get used to them, but...my preference is disposables. There are "fitted" cloth diapers as in the photos above. the kind I chose are a flat rectangle that is held on with safety pins. These take some practice to apply and pin. Personally I would not wear these in place of pullups, they are far to thick. If pullups become unavailable then I will need a different idea for a replacement. The absorbency is on par with disposables. I have had some wetness in the plastic pants when I removed them. Modern disposable absorb a lot and the wearer still feels "dry". When the cloth diaper is wet it feels wet. In addition cloth diapers require more effort then disposables. With a disposable one takes it off, rolls it up and tosses it. The cloth diaper will need to be washed. If I am going to wear cloth for more than one night, then I rinse the diaper in the bath tub, ring it out as best as possible and store it for washing. If I am only wearing for one night then I don't bother storing it goes right into the washer. plastic pants need rinsed out every time and hung to dry. An advantage to cloth is the cost is a one time shot (till they need replaced of course) vs. disposables. I cant say how long they last. I've had mine for approx 6 months worn them maybe 20-25 nights total, plastic pants and diapers are both in good condition. Not sure how long they would last if I wore them every night?
Tim,
My cloth diapers have lasted for 6-10 years easy. I wash and care for them in a manor similar to you. I hand rinse prior to washing every time.
Like I stated in prior posts. There are many brands of cloth pull-ups that work very well.
There is an all in one pull-up diaper that is phenomenal, however it is expensive. It is the Lounge Diaper by Threaded Armor.
I recently purchased one, and it’s everything TA says it is.
Kind makes an all cloth pull-up that requires plastic pants.
Dependeco brand and EcoAble brand has many varieties of cloth options as well.
TA is by far the most comfortable and most discreet under clothing.
I normally wear disposables over cloth too. But I’m trying to cut expenses, so I’m wearing my cloth diapers about 3 days a week at night and a couple times a week during the day now. It’s working out ok.
I’ve also seen and heard about frequent shortages and raising prices.
So much disposable products comes from Asia, and I’d imagine caught up in trade issues and material availability, costs etc.. we should expect to see more delays, price increases and unavailability ahead. Probably best to plan for it.
Let me know if you want links to some of the cloth options I’m aware of.
Joe
Using Cloth helps.
