Babble Best Picks:
Cloth Diapers
Cloth diapers aren't always the most convenient or cheapest option, but it's a choice that's healthy for your baby and the planet. Plus, they've come a long way! Today you can find highly absorbent, easy-to-fit cloth diapers that are used exactly like disposables - only you throw them in the wash instead of the garbage. Plus, it's not an all-or-nothing decision. You can use hybrid options (which are biodegradable but disposable), or supplement your cloth diapers with disposables.
Yet all of these advances have given cloth-using parents one problem: too many diapers to choose from! Luckily, we tested 17 of the most popular cloth diapers - from prefolds to all-in-ones - to find the best of the best. Did we forget one? Nominate your favorite here.
BEST OVERALL | Bummis Tots Bots Easy Fit Pocket Diaper
After months of testing cloth diapers, this is the first one we reach for every time. If we could pick only one type of diaper to use, this Tots Bots Easy Fit (distributed by Bummis) would be it.
The Easy Fit has everything you could ask for in a cloth diaper: It functions like an AIO because the liner is attached, yet you're able to stuff the sewn-in liner like a pocket diaper for more customizable absorbency. And then when it's time to wash, just throw the entire diaper right in the water (no unsnapping or unstuffing), and the liner shakes out on its own. (We've washed these diapers dozens of times and they've always come out clean.) And even though they wash like an AIO, they don't take days to dry. They're the easiest to wash and dry, hands down.
We're also obsessed with the super soft lining made with bamboo fibre. Not only does bamboo feel buttery soft, but it's also 70 percent more absorbent (on contact) than cotton, and it has natural antibacterial properties.
To top it off, the Easy Fit contained leaks and blowouts exceptionally well, was incredibly easy to fit both our infant and toddler testers (it grows from 8 to 35 pounds), and didn't leave any red marks. Overall we have no complaints. Love, love, love them.
12 Responses to “Babble Best: Cloth Diapers: Bummis Tots Bots Easy Fit Pocket Diaper”
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AppleCheeks has elastic in front and is not further restricted by anything else like the BumEssentials are. The velcro straps on the BEs totally negates the wonderful movement the elastic would provide.
Interesting for those of us who CD
FYI-for those out there that are looking into CD’ing
they seem as good (maybe better, i havent tried them yet) as the ones i use (baby beehinds and cushie tushies) but the bum essentials just dont look as good. sorry guys, thats why i didnt vote for them. call me vain, but i like my lil girl to have cute things on her tush as long as they work as well as they look :/
I’m cheap and lazy, so I like prefolds (Green Mountain Diapers tbs) and covers. Most other stuff is just too expensive to be used as poo catchers
. And as far as easiest to wash, prefolds and flats are so much easier to wash than any AIO, pocket or hybrid of the two. Especially if you use some sort of liner.
In addition, you can’t beat the custom fit offered by prefolds (well, flats offer more customization, but like I said, I’m cheap but also lazy).
as a shop owner with cloth diaper also remember that is is about the individual baby. I try and tell my mom’s not to get to caught up in the hype of one diaper vs. another and just use what works best for their baby. I think the FB OS work great for skinny legs too. Also, I am super excited about the Best Bottoms Diaper System and a New Brand Baby Chai by Lucky Jade…yummy bamboo!
Love that you posted this! I am a huge fan of the FuzziBunz One Size. If any of you are looking for a one-stop read to learn how the heck to get started, this covers it all! http://styleberryblog.com/2010/05/21/an-accidental-passion-cloth-diapering-for-the-modern-mom/
Have you tried out Best Bottom Diapers? Where would they rate compared to the Bummis Diaper?
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Your story was raelly informative, thanks!
Your story was raelly informative, thanks!