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Econobum

Dec 29,2009 / By Maria / 4 Comments

>I got this free with an order by using a coupon code. Not a fan.

It consists of a nice prefold. I mean a really nice prefold. Not even in the same neighborhood (or country for that matter) as those Gerber diapers people use as burp cloths. Really.

and an extremely thin, cheap, one size cover. It comes in white only.

The prefold is unbleached cotton, so it had to be “prepped” by washing 3-5 times, which I did. Supposedly, you are able to trifold the prefold, and place it inside, rather than pinning or using a snappi, so that’s what I did.

Leaked instantly! (Probably not fully prepped) I suppose I should give it another chance, but I really don’t care to. I believe the intention is to re-use the cover, only changing the prefold (unless the cover gets really dirty).

At under $10 retail for a set of 1 cover and 1 prefold, this would be a very economical method of diapering, especially if you were to buy just a few, and fill in with plain old (decent) prefolds.

However, I feel that you’d be much better served to buy a few BG 3.0s (approximately 2x the cost of an econobum set), adding to your stash as you could (this is pretty much what I did).

I definitely do not see an econobum lasting through more than one child (I’d be surprised if it lasted more than a few months) nor would I expect it to have any resale value.

I’d definitely put this is the “penny wise, pound foolish” category.

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Blueberry bamboo

Dec 24,2009 / By Maria / 6 Comments

>When I had all of my new diapers hanging to dry, my husband picked this one out as the most expensive immediately. I didn’t ask him to choose one, he did it on his own. He said it definitely looked the nicest & felt the softest. It was sooooooo soft inside, I wanted to put my face on it! It wasn’t quite as soft after washing though.

The diaper came with the same cardboard sleeve that the minky diaper with the hemp/microfiber insert had, but it had an outer plastic bag with a “bamboo” sticker. It had a loose doubler like the minky one did.

When I opened it up, the inserts were a really soft material, not at all like the microfiber/hemp ones I received with the minky diaper. The sleeve’s fabric content listing was clearly not accurate, since these were NOT microfiber/hemp.

I couldn’t tell what they were, so I wasn’t sure if they would need to be prepped like hemp. To be on the safe side, I washed them separately 3 times, to ensure any oils were removed, and no oils (if any) were transferred to other diapers or inserts.

I finally found on their website that the inserts are bamboo/cotton velour. Still not sure how to prep them but oh well.

The diaper is really cute. I think it’s actually quite gender neutral, despite being blue.

The other Blueberry diaper I have has velcro closures, which I despise. They stick to every-freaking-thing and it takes super human strength to get them off the dang laundry tabs. Even my husband was surprised by that. So this diaper has snaps.

The inner and outer material, closure and inserts are different, but the two diapers I have are otherwise the same (ha, that sounds ridiculous).

Anyway, same good fit, I didn’t have any trouble with the snaps. I liked that there were two rows of snaps. The Fuzzibunz have a total of 6 snaps to do each time and it’s irritating and confusing.

I can’t imagine anyone who wouldn’t prefer this soft, squishy diaper against their skin instead of paper!

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Category : Inserts

Econobum

Blueberry bamboo

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