Saturday, February 9, 2013

Eco Posh One Size Fitted Diaper

We got the Eco Posh One Size Fitted Diaper in our trial because we wanted to use cloth diapers at night (we had been using disposables) and wanted something ultra absorbent with a "stay dry" liner against the peanut's rash-prone tush. Laura, who set up our trial, included the EP fitted diaper along with a Rumparooz cover (not pictured) and said it was the heavy artillery of the nighttime diaper options. 

The EP diaper is ten layers thick and made of recycled water bottles, bamboo, and organic cotton.  It also comes with a bamboo "soaker" that you can layer in for extra absorbency. I liked the brown interior because, ahem, it would stain less than the pristine white interiors of all the other diapers.

Stay dry fleece + gussets on the inside
Ten layers of fluffy absorbency - how posh!

To be honest, however, we didn't really give the Eco Posh diaper a try. When we prepped the diapers for use (wash, wash, wash, dry, wash, wash, wash, dry), it took FOREVER to dry, much longer than any of the all-in-ones. That's the flip side of the super absorbent materials like bamboo - they also absorb and hold onto water from the washing machine and don't let go of it for a long while.  The long drying time was a serious red flag, especially since we planned to buy only enough diapers to last us for two days or so. The extra long drying time would have meant that we needed to buy several of these and the price ($35 for the diaper, $15 for the cover) made that a cost prohibitive plan. 

When I put the diaper on the peanut, she looked hilarious - skinny little legs poking out of this giant diaper.  I stood her up to take a photo and ... the peanut made use of the diaper.  I removed the diaper before getting a photo, and that was the end of that.  

I would have given the extra absorbent diaper another try despite the cost, but most of the other diapers worked just fine for nighttime. If we didn't need to spend $50 per diaper on a stash that would take a lot of time and/or electricity to dry, we weren't going to.  

Price info (from Amazon):
Rumparooz One Size Diaper Cover, $18.00 (Diaper Lab's price was better here - only $15.00)

The peanut used the diaper for approximately 45 seconds but the downsides of the diaper (cost + drying time) weighed heavily once we found out she didn't need quite so much absorbency.  Despite its superpowers, we returned the Eco Posh One Size Fitted Diaper at the end of our trial.  


1 comment:

  1. Awwww! I love these eco posh diapers! I think they are totally worth the price, but you make some good points there=)

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