Cloth Diapers ... What are your thoughts?

[JigmeDatse]

I'm not sure if there should be other tags these kind of look like good ones. I mostly wear pull up cloth diapers, with vinyl pants. I sometimes will go with something else. I mostly don't wet, and actually don't wear the waterproof pants unless there's the possibility that a big wetting would not be able to be dealt with quickly. Though sometimes I just want to go with what makes me really safe.

That said... sometimes even when I *do* have things all nicely safe... It doesn't end up being so.

I just want to know what other people's opinions, thoughts, experiences are with cloth diapers. I almost never wear disposable as so far I've not found one that comes *close* to being comfortable for me to be able to wear, and as they *will* be disposed of, they are a "must wet" situation for me. Which of course is fine, when that's what I'm looking for, but the dang things do not like my skin or something...

 

[rothpirate]

I just switched to Ecoables, and they are having a sale right now!

 

[littlemoosey]

Cloth is great, what I wear 99% of the time.

 

[dogboy]

I also wear cloth 99% of the time. I actually like the wet feeling. It's probably because I wore cloth diapers as a toddler.

 

[Floodingpants]

I have always been in cloth diapers. I like how they feel and I have very few leaks.

 

[dondl2]

You should try cloth diapers, Keep in mind If you do get some , they need to be washed before using to wash out products used in the manufacturing process and it will make them softer and more absorbent,

 

[JigmeDatse]

I just switched to Ecoables, and they are having a sale right now!

I'll check them out. Care to say more about your experience?

 

[JigmeDatse]

I also wear cloth 99% of the time. I actually like the wet feeling. It's probably because I wore cloth diapers as a toddler.

Yep, wore cloth here too... That does seem to be a factor to some extent.

 

[JigmeDatse]

I have always been in cloth diapers. I like how they feel and I have very few leaks.

Good to know. How are you managing to not have leaks? I know my main problem ends up being I fail to check sometimes carefully enough if everything is all properly aligned.

 

[JigmeDatse]

You should try cloth diapers, Keep in mind If you do get some , they need to be washed before using to wash out products used in the manufacturing process and it will make them softer and more absorbent,

I do wear cloth. They are lovely. And washing pretty much goes for *anything* you buy. Like clothing or whatever.

 

[richieboy]

My problem tends to be fecal incontinence, not just urine incontinence, so cleanup with cloth is undesirable.

 

[BexarBottom]

I'll check them out. Care to say more about your experience?

Not OP, but I also own a lot of EcoAble cloth diapers and inserts. I highly recommend their cloth diapers. They have 2 versions of diapers, their 2.0 and ‘discontinued’ ones. Both styles come in diaper covers, pocket diapers, and pull-up style (with snaps still).

I purchased the newer 2.0 ones first, but then tried the discontinued ones and liked them way more. They fit me better and the designs are way more childish. I now own at least 10 diaper covers and an array of inserts. They are top quality products, but expensive. Unfortunately now that they are having a sale, looks like I will be buying the remaining cover designs I currently don’t own.

BTW, the inserts really do absorb more as you launder them. I am happy with the absorbency now that I have used them for a while.

 

[NappiedTruckDriver]

I’m from the Uk and wear terry towel nappies to bed when at home done up with4pins with 2 had towels as boosters,
Super bulky and absorbent

 

[Cottontail]

I mostly wear cloth diapers—prefolds, specifically. They’re hard to beat for performance, but also hard to conceal when you’re out and about. I don’t often wear diapers out of the house, but when I do I’ll go with a fitted type (Threaded Armor / Super Undies, DependEco, Snap-EZ) or a disposable.

 

[rothpirate]

Not OP, but I also own a lot of EcoAble cloth diapers and inserts. I highly recommend their cloth diapers. They have 2 versions of diapers, their 2.0 and ‘discontinued’ ones. Both styles come in diaper covers, pocket diapers, and pull-up style (with snaps still).

I purchased the newer 2.0 ones first, but then tried the discontinued ones and liked them way more. They fit me better and the designs are way more childish. I now own at least 10 diaper covers and an array of inserts. They are top quality products, but expensive. Unfortunately now that they are having a sale, looks like I will be buying the remaining cover designs I currently don’t own.

BTW, the inserts really do absorb more as you launder them. I am happy with the absorbency now that I have used them for a while.

I’ve been looking at the discontinued styles, I noticed the rise is lower and they don’t have inner gussets. Why do you think they fit better, shorter, taller?

 

[rothpirate]

Not OP, but I also own a lot of EcoAble cloth diapers and inserts. I highly recommend their cloth diapers. They have 2 versions of diapers, their 2.0 and ‘discontinued’ ones. Both styles come in diaper covers, pocket diapers, and pull-up style (with snaps still).

I purchased the newer 2.0 ones first, but then tried the discontinued ones and liked them way more. They fit me better and the designs are way more childish. I now own at least 10 diaper covers and an array of inserts. They are top quality products, but expensive. Unfortunately now that they are having a sale, looks like I will be buying the remaining cover designs I currently don’t own.

BTW, the inserts really do absorb more as you launder them. I am happy with the absorbency now that I have used them for a while.

Do the discontinues styles have snaps for the inserts? Do they fit over the fitted cloth diaper?

 

[Lyric]

Cloth prefolds with cloth inserts are the only diapers I wear now. Before I was able to buy prefolds over the internet, I used flat cloth diapers from several places and those require me to use 2-4 diaper at a time folded together. Until my early 30's I wore Curity baby diaper that still fit me. I've tried disposable but never liked them, they never gave me the same feeling I had wearing cloth. I'm sure my preference for cloth stems largely from my childhood where I was diapered in cloth Curity diapers andGerber plastic pants well into my teens. I love how soft they are and how many times I can pee in them before I need to be changed.

 

[SeniorMan]

The laundry in my nursing home doesn't wash cloth diapers.

 

[JigmeDatse]

My problem tends to be fecal incontinence, not just urine incontinence, so cleanup with cloth is undesirable.

Yeah, I'm not blaming you at all for that. I really hate that poopy situation.

 

[JigmeDatse]

I mostly wear cloth diapers—prefolds, specifically. They’re hard to beat for performance, but also hard to conceal when you’re out and about. I don’t often wear diapers out of the house, but when I do I’ll go with a fitted type (Threaded Armor / Super Undies, DependEco, Snap-EZ) or a disposable.

Sounds like a nice set of options for you.