Friday, March 19, 2010

Flip Diapers

Ok so the first cloth diapering system I have pictures of is Ellie in her Flip diaper she is about 9 lbs in this picture and 22-22.5 inches long at 3.5 months. Now I use them just with prefolds. I fold my prefolds into thirds and just lay them in the cover. I do not pin or use a snappi. I do not have the stay dry inserts. I do have the disposable inserts but have yet to use them. I don't know why I haven't used they I guess I just haven't had the desire to try them out. I got the inserts free because I ordered over $50 of stuff from Cotton Babies.

So here is what I think of the Flip covers.
What I love:
I love the stretchy tabs. The snaps are strong. The covers hold everything in, I have not had a leak yet.

What I wish was different:
I wish the legs had a bit more elastic gathering.

Now the only real complain I have is that it never fails that a messy diaper gets on the cover as well. Maybe that is the case with all diaper covers but it is a bit of a pain because you can't just wipe it out and reuse because the elastic legs are covered in cloth so you can't just wipe it off of there you have to wash the cover. Overall it is a great cover and recommend it as a one size cover to anyone looking for covers to last over a wide size range.

 


 


 

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Amanda said...

Hey Alyssa! Nice covers! It's amazing to me how many more one-size options there are now than when I bought my cloth for Johnny not even 2 years ago. Then bumGenius pockets were about the only one-size option I could find. I wish these had been around.

As far as the covers getting messy along with every messy diaper, I'm wondering if fastening the prefold around the babies with a snappi would help to contain the mess better and keep it off your cover. It's always a bummer to run out of covers and have to wash a load of diapers sooner than planned!