Best cloth diaper to get that has pins?

[Diaper Duck]

If anyone has any good recommendations for best cloth diapers and pins, let me know? I want to get a good stock of them.  

[oznl]

I’m sure for your market you’ll get some better recommendations for specific brands that I could offer from here on the far side of the planet.  Having said that, I find the Babykins stuff to be usually quite well made.

Things you should know up-front about cloth diapering:

Cloth diapers are awesome in bed where they rarely, if ever leak but they can be quite bulky for day-wear.   They are also FAR cheaper to use in the long run.

But…

You also have to have good, in-house laundry access and a robust system to deal with the endless washing/drying cycle.  You will have ZERO chance of keeping their existence secret from people you share a house with.

Folded, flat diapers are probably the easiest to wash and dry but also harder to wear stealthily during the day.  I tend to use these at night.  If wearing cloth during the day I go for Kins cloth pull-ups or maybe Rearz Omutsu.

Things I try to minimise in cloth diapers are Velcro (fails early but some of my diapers have it) and integrated waterproof covers (makes laundering difficult and also fails early, I completely avoid them).  Simple is best.

As for the pins, if you can find them, “old-school” fully-steel (ideally stainless steel) safety pins are the ones to go for.  I find those ABDL-styled plastic headed ones to be pretty useless over time.  The plastic invariably goes brittle and cracks before long rendering the whole pin useless.

You may prefer “snappi” or “boingo clip” style stretchy rubber nappy/diaper clips.  They seem to work quite well on my Rearz overnight pre-fold cloth diapers.  They also have the advantage of being a tensioned connector, they will tend to counteract the inevitable sag of a cloth diaper as it gets wetter.

Don’t forget plastic pants: high waisted ones for cloth.  Rearz are good.

[Stroller]

Well, oznl's pretty much said it, and I won't repeat.  The best pins appear to have gone from the market: they were 3" long with locking metal heads. I'm still using them, but my stocks have just about run out.  The plastic-headed ones don't last, as oznl says. The metal pins in oznl's post don't have a locking head, as far as I can see, so are a bit riskier - I've not tried them. 2" pins aimed at real babies aren't strong enough in my experience - they will bend and spring open when you really don't want that to happen.

I use a pin for each thigh and a Snappi for the waist, and I'm in terry 4ft squares folded in the Chinese fold. During the day too, in the summer anyway. Works for me.

[Stroller]

Update: Nappies r Us here in the UK now have stocks of pins. They appear to be the same as the ones I've been using for the past few years. Assuming that's the case they are reliable. The head isn't stainless steel and eventually rusts once the paint goes, but they last for months of continuous use and I've never had one fail unexpectedly. I've just ordered some.  I've no idea whether they ship worldwide.

[kirababy]

Have had great luck with the prefold diapers from Adult Cloth Diaper.  I prefer the birdseye over the gauze as they last longer for me.  I buy the night weight version, and after a year or so of use, they are a bit thinner and can be a day diaper.  My primary wearing is night, so I double them, and never worry about leaks.

[FretaBWet]

Here in the U.S. I bought most of mine at Angel Fluff diaper company. I started out with heavy night diapers with multiple soaker layers down the center. They dry very slowly in a clothes dryer because they are so thick. Then I moved to lighter weight day diapers and I fold baby diapers into the center as soakers. They work as well as the heavy night time diapers but they dry much quicker in a clothes dryer because they are all much thinner and tumble separately allowing the hot air to circulate through them. The added benefits are lower cost for baby diapers and lower cost to run your dryer. I use the real plastic headed diaper pins as they make me feel more babyish. I have severely sets, one set having yellow duckies 🐤 heads that I bought at CAPCON one year.

Hugs,

Freta

[rusty pins]

I use regular plastic head baby diaper pins (if you can find them).  They are plenty long enough and strong enough and I've never had a problem using them

 

[zzyzx]

Since this comes up with some frequency, see: 

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[oznl]

15 hours ago, Stroller said:

 I've no idea whether they ship worldwide.

Great pins but sadly they do not.  It seems to be Europe-only...

[Diaper Duck]

13 hours ago, FretaBWet said:

Here in the U.S. I bought most of mine at Angel Fluff diaper company. I started out with heavy night diapers with multiple soaker layers down the center. They dry very slowly in a clothes dryer because they are so thick. Then I moved to lighter weight day diapers and I fold baby diapers into the center as soakers. They work as well as the heavy night time diapers but they dry much quicker in a clothes dryer because they are all much thinner and tumble separately allowing the hot air to circulate through them. The added benefits are lower cost for baby diapers and lower cost to run your dryer. I use the real plastic headed diaper pins as they make me feel more babyish. I have severely sets, one set having yellow duckies 🐤 heads that I bought at CAPCON one year.

Hugs,

Freta

I checked those out!! Might be the cloth diapers I get, just not sure what is the difference between standard weight and heavy weight.

[FretaBWet]

The heavyweight flannel is thicker than the lightweight. I use the heavyweight because I wear them at night. I feel it adds strength to the fabric and absorbancy. The downside is the heavyweight takes a little longer to dry but for me it's worth the tradeoff.

Hugs,

Freta

[ValentinesStuff]

I like these. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001HZOZS0?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback&th=1

 

The ends are metal, and slide up and down to "lock" the pin in place.