Showing posts with label AIO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AIO. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

GroVia OS AIO - Review (sponsored by Bouncing Babies)

Bouncing Babies Cloth Daipers I contacted the wonderful Mamas behind Bouncing Babies about 2 months ago to see if they would be awesome enough to sponsor a hop that I had coming up during this busy and hectic time of the year we call "The Holidays!!" :)  They obviously said yes :) or you wouldn't be reading this right now!  But seriously they were wonderful enough to say yes and also to allow me to review something of my choosing.

GroVia OS AIO Review
Outside of Diaper
I looked through their extensive inventory selection and had an extremely hard time narrowing it down to just one item.  I wanted to try them all!!!  But I ended up deciding on a GroVia OS AIO diaper.  I had tried this diaper when I 1st started cloth diapering Baby K at 8 months and I have to say THEN it was my least favorite and I sold it within a couple months.  The 1st time around it leaked on me all the time and I could never get a good fit with it.

But my really good friend and fellow CD Mama kept telling me how it was one of her favorite diapers.  So when I had the chance to try it again I took it :)  And I have to say I LOVE it now!!!  I don't know if I got a bad diaper the 1st time around or if it was Baby K's build at the time but I am very sorry that I sold that 1st diaper now :(  But more on why I love it below!!!  But I want to make sure to thank Stacey and Megan for being such wonderful sponsors and allowing me the chance to review an awesome diaper!!!  You ladies have been wonderful through everything and I have loved working with you!!!  Also make sure to check them out on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest where you can keep up with all the latest happenings at Bouncing Babies!!!

GroVia OS AIO Review
Inside of Diaper

Thursday, March 29, 2012

bumGenius Elemental OS AIO - Review


Outside of Elemental
When I met with the wonderful owner of The Cloth Nook over a week ago see gave me a bumGenius Elemental OS AIO to review and GIVEAWAY!!!  I have wanted to try bumGenius for a while but just never got around to it.  I feel in love with their Albert print :) and Hannah was nice enough to allow me to have that print to review.  When I brought it home and showed my husband he LOVED it.  He is really not into CDing but goes along with it.  So to have him excited about this diaper was great.  Hubby is a Computer Engineer and I have a degree in Mathematics so the Albert print suits our family well!!!

About the diaper (from the manufacture)

Inside of Elemental

Made With Organic, One-Size... affordable.

Looking for organic, natural fibers next to your baby’s bottom? Our award winning one-size bumGenius design is now available with luxuriously soft, 100% organic cotton inside. bumGenius Organic One-Size Cloth Diapers offer an industry first - tabs that stretch for a perfect fit. Stretchy tabs combined with our brand-new snap fasteners make cloth diapering easy. Our new, "no-stuff" system is an ideal solution for families with a child in day-care or family members resistant to cloth diapers! It really is as easy to use as a disposable diaper. Using the snaps on the front of the diaper, adjust the size if needed, put the diaper on your baby, wash, dry and re-use. No extra steps. No stuffing. No cover required. Our one-size diapers are designed to fit most babies weighing between 7 and 35 pounds.


Highlights
  • Absorbent layer integrated into the waterproof outer layer.
  • One step cloth diaper - no stuffing!
  • Two rows of snaps ensure a trim, bumGenius fit every time!
  • Ultra-absorbent, certified organic cotton inner.
  • Gentle leg elastic contains the mess!
Smallest Rise Setting
Medium Rise Setting
 
Largest Rise Setting

My Thoughts

Up close view of Albert print
Ease:  For the most part the Elemental is extremely easy to use.  It is an AIO so there is no stuffing or extra parts to this diaper.  All you really have to do is snap the rise setting and snap it on the baby.  It is a little difficult to use at 1st since the absorbent area is attached a the front and the back only.  When you snap down the rise setting you have extra material in the absorbent area and have to fold it to fit better.  I try to fold it in the front of the middle area for Baby K since she is a girl.  Having to do this is not a big of a deal once you get the idea of how much and where to fold for your little one.  Cleaning up the poo out of the diaper is a little bit of a pain since both ends are attached to the diaper itself.  The 1st time I put the diaper on Baby K she decided to poo in it.  And not the nice kind but the I'm teething kind.  It was a mess and when I was done cleaning up the diaper the WHOLE thing was soaked :(  But it was worth it for how cute she looks in the diaper!!

On Baby K 19lbs
Price:  The bumGenius Elemental OS AIO is $24.95.  Most AIOs are around this price point.  You pay for easy and functionality.  I have found AIOs for around $10 cheaper but they do not have the cute prints/colors like the bumGenius.  Personally I don't know if I would buy an AIO for this price.  If the print called to me like the Albert did then I would :)  But honestly I am more of a pocket girl than an AIO girl.



Hanging out in the Elemental
When and Why I use it:  This diaper can hold A LOT of pee :)  Yesterday I decided to try and leave Baby K in the diaper as long as I could to see how much it could hold.  Finally after 3 1/2 hours I just couldn't leave her in it anymore.  Not because it was leaking but because I felt bad that she has been in it for that long :)  The thing can hold.  This is now one of my diapers that I use when "I just don't know when I will be able to change you again".  It also will be a great nap time diaper but I'm not sure if I would try it for overnight.  I have found a great system for overnight and I am afraid to try anything else.  For an AIO that has extra material to it (depending on the size of baby), it is extremely trim.  It looks great under a pair of pants and even better under a skirt :)

Elemental in a pair of jeans
Recommend:  I would definitely recommend the bumGenius Elemental OS AIO to anyone who wants ease and/or a fun print.  If you have not found an AIO that works for you yet I would try the bumGenius.  They have some of the most adorable prints I have seen and the construction of the diaper is top notch.  They make some of the most well know and popular diapers on the market, so they must be doing something right :)

Thank you to The Cloth Nook and especially to the owner Hannah.  You have been extremely generous and wonderful.  I have enjoyed getting to know you and I know that I will be seeing you soon!!  

All opinions are my own and not influenced in any way.  The diaper was provided by The Cloth Nook NOT the Manufacturer for review.  No additional compensation was accepted for this review.