Cloth diapers , pin or snappi or both ?

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NappiedTruckDriver

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I had an issue last night with my cloth terry towel diaper coming lose because the snappi had slipped ! :mad:
last weekend I pinned as well as snappi'ed with no issues .
how do you lot secure your cloth sheet or prefold diapers ?
 
I don’t always use them but when I do I like to use 4 pins. 2 on each side just like taping a disposable.
 
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I use Boingo fasteners which are like mini tarp straps. I also use pins for
backup, but haven't had a Boingo come off in years since I've been using
them.
 
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Regular diaper pins work fine for me. One on each side.
 
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oleman72 said:
I use Boingo fasteners which are like mini tarp straps. I also use pins for
backup, but haven't had a Boingo come off in years since I've been using
them.
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Got my self 2 sets coming from Amazon USA site , no one does them in UK and Ebay sellers :devilish:want the same for 1 P&P as Amazon will send me 2 P&P
 
I'm old school so I like pins.
 
parcelboy2 said:
I had an issue last night with my cloth terry towel diaper coming lose because the snappi had slipped ! :mad:
last weekend I pinned as well as snappi'ed with no issues .
how do you lot secure your cloth sheet or prefold diapers ?
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The "big diaper pins" from baby-pants.com. They are the real thing only bigger, locking plastic heads, and can handle an adult diaper without popping loose. On an adult they are to scale, just the right size.
 
I use pins. I tried Snappi and they do not work.
 
egor said:
I use pins. I tried Snappi and they do not work.
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I pinned and snappi'ed last night worked better
I just worked out that by just wearing cloth 3 nights a week I'm not using 156 disposables a year :eek: that's £170
Meaning my stash has paid for its self
 
I like Snappis and pretty much use the most of the time now. I like how they pull up on the center.
It's getting harder and harder to find real diaper pins these days.
 
littlemoosey said:
The "big diaper pins" from baby-pants.com. They are the real thing only bigger, locking plastic heads, and can handle an adult diaper without popping loose. On an adult they are to scale, just the right size.
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Me too. I like the duckie ones. They're cute and a little bigger than the regular style. I use their Peva baby pants as well. They last almost forever!
 
parcelboy2 said:
Got my self 2 sets coming from Amazon USA site , no one does them in UK and Ebay sellers :devilish:want the same for 1 P&P as Amazon will send me 2 P&P
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Another source for Boingos is Changing Times Diaper Co, also get my Dritz baby pins there.
 
I also remember one night when my brother was still in diapers and my mom couldn't find my diaper pins, she used 2 of his di-d-klips on me. But I liked the pins much better.
 
Well I've just used pins tonight , 2 plain head with the safety cover and 2 with duckys on the end also powdered up with the J'n'J night time baby powder ,
Also I've notice that the more nights I wear cloth the more comfortable I'm becoming with the bulk , literally sleeping like my baby self 👶🏻
 
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DocBrown said:
Me too. I like the duckie ones. They're cute and a little bigger than the regular style. I use their Peva baby pants as well. They last almost forever!
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You are right Doc, the DUCKIE PINS are great. I remember the night my wife found them she could not wait to order them; got all of the colors except pink of course. She likes switching them up between the traditional style and the duckie pins... its fun.
 
I have tried all of the above and have had success with all of them but I think the diaper pins were less damaging on my flat diapers the hooks tend make holes in my diapers which only get worse with washing
 
Carnifex said:
I have tried all of the above and have had success with all of them but I think the diaper pins were less damaging on my flat diapers the hooks tend make holes in my diapers which only get worse with washing
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We have never tried the hooks, and I dont want to, Diaper pins are traditional for me. We have been using the same diapers now for pushing into 2 years with pins, a little more than 2 dozen high quality cloth diapers, both night and day weights. I am not 24/7 but wear nearly every day. The cloth diapers are holding up beautifully. I replace plastic pants the most as over time they just wear out and eventually get holes in them.
 
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When I wear cloth, I prefer contoured diapers with Velcro on the wings. I have a few that aren't that way and I use diaper pins. I'm not crazy about those.
 
I prefer plastic-head diaper pins over the metal-head ones--if I am wearing jeans, my belt pushes on the metal head and tends to tear my plastic pants.
 
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