Customer Reviews

gPant diaper, Large, 2 Pack, .

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You can get the straight poop here, http://www.gdiapers.com/. I've been using cloth diapers for three years, since my first kid. He is about to be potty trained (we hope) but we've started using gDiapers on our second kid.

So here's the short story. Cover + liner + insert. The cover is nice and soft with the velcro tabs in the back so hopefully the little one doesn't figure out how to open them. The liner is a snap in plastic-y sort of deal that keeps the moisture inside. The insert is the cotton pad that you take out when you change the diaper, and toss in the trash or flush down the toilet.

Some benefits:
* No more diaper pail. That alone does it for me. You flush the insert, easy peasy. MOST of the time the liner stays clean so you just leave it alone. Occasionally you get a little poop on it which can be wiped off or you can wash the liner. They give you a spare for each cover in the kit.

* Smaller form factor. These are way less bulky than the cloth diapers we were using. I'd say they're a bit more bulky than a traditional disposable.

* You can toss wet (not poopy) liners into a composter, if you have one.

* You can toss them in the trash. They contain no plastic and the company claims they will bio-degrade in 50-150 years... which seems like a lot, but really isn't compared to traditional disposables which bio-degrade... never.

* I like the velcro in the back. Our cloth diaper covers had the velcro in the front so we always had to make sure our daughter was wearing pants or shorts so she didn't get into them. Now, on hot days, she can go with just the diaper.

* If you're flushing the insert, poop is going where it's supposed to. Most people don't realize that poop isn't supposed to go in the trash. Then it just go straight into the landfill and you have a dangerous biohazard that can propagate disease and is extremely unsanitary. The majority of people don't realize that, even with modern disposable diapers, you are supposed to rinse the poop out of them in the toilet so they go through the water/waste treatment that all our human waste goes through, making it somewhat safer for the environment and for us. Let's face it, people using disposables aren't interested in rinsing them in the toilet first. But with these, if you're flushing the insert, it all goes down the drain which is pretty nice.

* They cost about the same as cloth diapers (via a service we use) and disposables. This is not counting the covers, which you would amortize over the life of your kid using diapers. But the inserts are about the same. I'm basing this off Amazon's price for a case of 4-32 count packages. Not counting the discount you get for the automatic fulfillment, which I hope to sign up for once Amazon has them in stock again.


Some cons:
* The covers are fairly expensive. On the up side, you don't need as many. We owned quite a few covers for our cloth diapers, but should get by with maybe 4 of the gDiaper covers. And only that many because we use a daycare and I don't want to have to shuttle covers back and forth every day. Anyway you save a fair bit of cash if you buy this kit, even if you already have one. I plan to get a second kit to get the two more covers I want.

* You have to rip open the liner and dump out the absorbent middle. This might be gross for some people. My son has the messiest poops and if we were using these on him it might be pretty icky. But my daughter's poops are very compact and tidy so it's no big deal.

* Some low-flow toilets don't like the bulk of the liner. If so, you might need two flushes to get it all down. gDiapers offers toll-free support and flushing help via an 866 number.

Overall I'm very impressed with the design and implementation of this diaper. It's clear a lot of thought and planning went into them and they are very cool. I've been using them for a few days and I'm ready to say goodbye to my cloth diaper service.

Now if Amazon would just get the liners back in stock, I'd be ready to go. Fortunately the Whole Foods in my neighborhood carries them also.

Unlike some folks reviewing "green products" - I'm not going to go on about how I'm saving the earth. While a great side benefit - it's not my main objective. I'm more concerned with my son's room NOT smelling like an open sewer. I gave them 4 stars because they achieve my goal - reduce the smell - but they're not the perfect solution. While it may sound like I'm griping - I'm not - I just want folks considering this solution to have ALL the facts - and not just glossed over reviews espousing the benefits to Mother Earth.

PROS:
- I can walk into my son's room without gagging at the smell
- My garbage can doesn't fill up as fast (nor does it smell as bad)
- The diaper covers are cute

IN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE...
- The refills are about 2x more expensive than disposable diapers
- The amount of contact required to flush the inserts - I don't care what anyone says, it's not "easy". You have to peel down both sides (usually holding the end that is not soaked with #1 or #2) then try to get the middle part to drop in the toilet. With simple #1 diapers, this is bearable but not easy b/c the soaked part tends to not want to fall out as easily; when you add in #2... not so fun. The instructions direct you to get the entire middle part out first, then break it up, then toss in the top. While this is nice in theory - doesn't always work as easily in practice.
- If your toilets are "Green" and you reduce the water usage - you may need to change this. One bathroom is pretty much for the kid so the only toilet use is his diapers - I've had to adjust the toilet so we get a nice full bowl of water to allow the diapers to break up and minimize risk of a clog in my ~100 year old pipes.
- They include a plastic stick to break up the inner diaper - which is fine but who wants this hanging around the bathroom? It's not terribly sanitary, and it's one more thing for my kid to try & grab. I rinse it when the toilet is flushing and hang it as high as I can- and it's in a bathroom not frequented by guests.
- I do not travel with these diapers. I'm not going to risk someone else's plumbing, nor am I going to cart around the break up stick. My kid wears disposable diapers when we travel, and for that matter, when I know someone else is going to be watching him, I put him in disposables. I don't mind enduring this much contact with his diaper parts, but I'm not going to ask someone else to.
- Leaking. Nothing has made it out of the diaper (yet), in part because I'm paranoid and change him more frequently; however, I've not had a clean poopy diaper yet. Every time some poo gets on the plastic snap out liner which I toss in the sink with some hot water and soap. It's really not ideal - do you want baby poop remnants in your sink? Do you want to clean it every day? Spray it down with bleach? Again, I do it, but it's all to avoid the stench.
- Wipes: They're still an issue. Stinky wipes alone have not yet made the pail unbearable. Maybe I should just find flushable wipes.
- Night time: We stick with disposable. My son will sleep a good 12 hour stretch and that diaper is loaded when he wakes up. No way I'm going to put him in a g-diaper through the night.
- The Velcro straps - work great so far... one time my son realized he could pull on it and... well it was only once. Also, they're SO strong that if it's not a perfect seal and your holding baby, the Velcro can rub against your arm/wrists (I had scratches on my arm and it took me a while to figure out what had caused it - some exposed Velcro on the gdiaper.

Good luck!

I have been using these for about a year since my little girl was one and have loved them ever since. I can't flush the liners because of our plumbing issues, but feel good about throwing them away. I love the covers!! She cannot take them off since it closes in the back. Love everything about it and the fact that they are better for the earth! I wish that they would have these when my first was born. Give them a try!!

We thought Gdiapers looked great when we first purchased them with the cloth insert option, but after 4 months of constant leaks and clothing changes we have given up and switched to Bumgenius. Our daughter would leak out each and every Gdiaper she wore. They were the worst option we could have picked.

Just a note: Make sure you use a biodegradable trash bag to throw these out in. Otherwise, they will just sit inside of the plastic bags and won't biodegrade. I use the biodegradable bags in my diaper pail, it works perfectly.

My wife and I use gDiapers for both our newborn and our one year old and we love them!

With cloth diapers you have to keep a bunch of poopy diapers around till you wash them, and with disposables, you have to keep a bin full of stinky diapers around until trash day.

The great thing about gDiapers is that you flush most of the gross mess away instantly and, at worst, you're left with a slightly soiled liner or cloth outer.

I was worried that the flushing would be a hassle at first, but I grew to believe it's actually less of a hassle than dealing with diaper bins.

Oh, and my wife and I also have a good tip for at night: instead of having to change a wet diaper at the 2 AM feeding, you can throw two pads in the diaper when you first put them down for bed and your baby will be fine till morning. The two-pad approach makes it much more absorbent than any other diaper for nighttime convenience.

As a cloth diapering mom, I always had to fall back on traditional disposable diapers during busy weeks and trips. G-Diapers have saved us from not only the waste, but simplified our clean up process. I've yet to have a leak, even over night (I have a boy, btw) - but I do noticed that the messies get on the liner easier than I had hoped. It really doesn't matter though, since we can swap the liners out so easily. And I just LOVE that the flushies are also biodegradable, so they can go in the garbage or down the toilet with ease.

I now have 6 covers, 12 liners, and feel this is the perfect combination for my 17mo.

I'm not a full-time cloth diaperer, but I really like how easy the gdiapers are as a substitute for disposables once or twice a day. We use the cloth inserts which are so soft, I'm sure it gives baby's booty a break from the from disposables.

I started to cloth diaper my son when he was six months old, so I was a little late in the game BUT I did do research before I bought and decided to use a combination system of Thirsties Duo Diapers, and gDiapers (using both the reusable cloth and disposable inserts.) My favorite part about the gDiaper is that the velcro tabs attach in the back, where my son can't reach them to take off his diapers (he's now 11 months old and has done this at least five times.) My least favorite part is the durability. I own 10 gDiaper covers and after only four months, the velcro tabs are no longer sticking practically at all, and the rubber inserts are just falling apart. The newest set that I bought here on Amazon, out of the two that came in the box one is already have velcro issues. I followed the washing and drying instructions to the "t", have attempted stripping the velcro to get it to stick again, and nothing has worked. I know other people have had a great experience with these diapers, but mine just has not been that positive. So much for being able to use these covers for a second child in the future.

I got these on clearance, but they are not good. They leak every time. I have tried it with the disposable inserts and with cloth inserts. The fit is awkward also. This is the only cover I have come across that isn't waterproof. I don't get that. Bum Genius or Smartipants are better.