Review : SNUGGbaby OS Pocket Diaper

This is a long overdue posting which I should have write since early of last month. But due to my busy work schedule, I have taken some time off from writing and updating this particular blog of mine. To Liza Yaakup of SNUGGbaby, am really sorry for this late posting.

SNUGGbaby have organized a mini giveaway way back in the end of April and am so happy when Liza announced that am one of the three lucky winner for the mini giveaway in May. Many thanks to SNUGGbaby that am able to get a free diaper!!!

SNUGGbaby OS Pocket Diaper in Baby Hue

STYLE

SNUGGbaby OS pocket diaper have just hit the market few months back. It is a new cloth diaper brand that is proudly made in Malaysia.

SNUGGbaby pocket diaper is an One Size cloth diaper which is said to fits from newborn till around 13 kgs. It can be adjusted to small, medium, large and extra large size. The size is adjust through the rise snap on the front of the diaper.

It is available in snap closure only. But unlike most One Size cloth diaper that comes with overlapping snap closure, the SNUGGbaby OS pocket diaper DO NOT have overlapping snap closure.

Just like any other cloth pocket diaper, it have a pocket opening to stuff in the insert. Each diaper set come with 2 pieces of insert :-

• 1 piece x 3 layers microfiber insert
• 1 pece x 2 layers hemp insert

The pocket opening to stuff in insert

At the time when I wrote this review, it is available in 4 different solid colours only. No prints is available.

• Baby Hue (blue colour)
• Pink Cloud (pink colour)
• Spiceberry (purple colour)
• Barnabrown (brown colour)

From SNUGGbaby website, it did not specify what exactly is the fabric it use for lining. It only stated that it used a "stay dry wicking fabric". From my personal point of view, the fabric for lining looks like an athletic wicking fabric which feel the same as some sport jersey.

My Verdict (After More than 10 times of usage)

1. Price & Availability

• As I have mentioned at the begining of this posting, I got this SNUGGbaby OS pocket diaper free from SNUGGbaby mini giveaway.
• SNUGGbaby is retailing at RM 45 per diaper.
• Bulk discount is available as well and the diaper can go as low as RM 37.50 per piece for purchase of 12 pcs and above.
• I find the diaper is reasonably priced given the material and quality of the diaper.
• SNUGGbaby OS pocket diaper can be purchase directly from SNUGGbaby website.
• I was told by Liza Yaakup of SNUGGbaby that currently there is one retailer in Penang that is Mom's Little One (MLO) located at D'Piazza Mall.
• There is also resellers for this diaper in Kota bahru and Johor Bahru.
• The retailers/ reseller list can be found in SNUGGbaby website.

2. Fitting

• Sad to say that my gal can't fit in this diaper as she is already around 15 - 16 kgs when I got this diaper.
• But thanks goodness that I have a tab extender from a different diaper to use with this SNUGGbaby diaper.
• My gal can only fit this diaper with the tab extender without leaving any red mark on her.
• BUT for the purpose of this review, I have actually "loan" this diaper to my sister for use on my 16th month old niece who weighted around 10 kgs.
• My niece fit on this diaper on the highest rise setting with probably medium waist setting.
• This diaper fit my niece nicely that it doesn't leave any red mark on her skinny thigh.
• There is 2 row of snap where we can adjust the waist and thigh setting accordingly to some extend.
• This actually helps to provide better fitting on my niece.
• The bulkiness is more or less about the same as most pocket diaper like coolababy.

The 2 row of snap helps to adjust the waist and thigh setting accordingly.
Rise snap on the front of diaper to adjust the diaper to different size setting.

3. Absorbency

• I would say the inserts that comes with the diaper (1 microfiber and 1 hemp insert) do not provide sufficient absorbency for overnight use especially for older toddler like my daughter.
• For that reason, I have only tested this diaper for day use only.
• When I tested this diaper on my 29 months old daughter, the diaper cannot last for more than 2 hours as she is quite a heavy wetter.
• But for my niece, it can last longer than that though.
• Not sure how long it can last exactly, but it last at least 3 hours on my niece.

The microfiber and hemp insert that comes with the
SNUGGbaby OS Pocket Diaper

4. Color/ Prints

• As mentioned earlier, SNUGGbaby OS pocket diaper do not available in prints.
• It is available in 4 different plain solid color only (Baby Hue, Pink Cloud, Spiceberry and Barnabrown).
• Well, even though it is plain solid colour, the colours looks pretty good and unique on it's own.
• I personally LOVE the Spiceberry colour so much!!!
• But I choose to have Baby Hue colour instead for my free diaper from the mini giveaway since I already had another cloth diaper in the same colour. :P

5. Overviews

• What I really like about the SNUGGbaby OS pocket diaper is the lining it use.
• The fabric use really does offer stay dry (though it might not feeling as dry as diaper with suedecloth or microfleece as lining).
• Not sure if it is only me, but the athletic wicking kind of fabric used on this diaper actually make the baby bum feels cooling when I do diaper change.
• The diaper seems quite stretchy.
• I suppose it can fit up to 13 kgs just like what it stated on the website. (It is just tad bad that my gal is "overweight" in this case. :P)
• I think it would be good if there is accessories like the extender tab for the SNUGGbaby diaper so the diaper can be use beyond the stated weight like what I did.

The wing tab extender that I got from the other cloth diaper in the
collection. I can continue to use the diaper on my daughter who weighted
more than 13 kgs

• As for the diaper insert, the maker might have not take into account that the hemp insert will shrinked.
• I would be more happy if the hemp inset is slightly bigger than the microfiber when it is still new as the hemp insert do shrinked quite a lot after washes.

Comparison : BambooLite Printed Fleece Cover VS CM-TrueFit PUL Extra

From one of the forum that I joined, there is some who actually interested to get the BambooLite printed fleece cover to use with the BambooLite foldover insert as it is a cheaper option as compared to the BambooLite CM-TrueFit PUL Extra which already comes with the foldover insert.

I'll not advocate which option is better as it is all boil down to your personal preference. What I wrote here is just some different between the printed fleece cover (when use with the foldover insert) and also the PUL Extra.

1. Cost

Price shown below is retail price and exclude discount if any.

• Printed Fleece Cover (Limited Edition prints) + foldover insert - RM 63.00
• Printed Fleece Cover (not LE prints) + foldover insert - RM 61.00
• PUL Extra (already comes with foldover insert) - RM 66.00

2. Water-proofing and breathability

• Printed Fleece Cover
• It is water resistant but not waterproof.
• It is water resistant only when it is wash correctly.
• Diaper fleece cover should be wash with the usual laundry with fabric softener and not with the diapers laundry.
• There is still possibility that it'll leak since it is not waterproof.
• But this usually happen only if the fitted diaper or the soaker is very soiled to the extend it can't hold any wetness anymore.
• PUL Extra
• As the name implies, it have a layer of PUL which is waterproof.
• It reduced the possibility of leakage when it is wear correctly and fit well with baby.
• Not as breathable as the fleece cover so baby bum might feel warm/ hot.

3. Prints/ Colours

• Printed Fleece Cover
• Comes only in prints.
• There are 5 prints available.
• PUL Extra 
• Comes only in solid colours.
• There are 10 colours to choose from.

4. Closure

• Printed Fleece Cover
• Only comes with snap closure.
• Side snapping.
• PUL Extra 
• Can choose between snap or velcro closure.
• Front snapping/ velcro with overlapping snap/ velcro.
• Velcro closure will be more caretaker/ babysitter friendly as compared to snap closure.

5. Style

• Printed Fleece Cover
• As diaper cover when use without the insert - can use the same cover for a few time before wash
• As AI2 when use with the insert. Simply lay on the insert to the cover.
• PUL Extra
• As pocket diaper - there is a pocket opening to stuff the insert.
• As diaper cover when use without the insert - but still need to change in each diaper change since the inner is made of absorbent layer or else it might stinks if continue to use it with other fitted diaper as cover.
• As AIO - can lay on the insert instead of stuff into the pocket and there is snap to hold the insert.
• Note : Though it can be use like AI2, I put it here only as AIO as the inner is made of absorbent layer.

6. Bulkiness

Both is almost the same but the Printed Fleece Cover might be slighly bulkier than the PUL Extra by a bit as it is more "fluffy".

7. Total Absorbency Layers

(After the foldover insert is fold to half)

• Printed Fleece Cover - 6 layers (All from the foldover insert)
• PUL Extra - 7 layers (6 layers from the foldover insert, 1 layer from the diaper inner)

8. Size

• Printed Fleece Cover
• Comes in 2 sizes - Size 1 and Size 2 (Might have to buy 2 pcs of the different size to last till potty trained)
• General sizing guide :-
• Size 1 fit baby from 3 - 12kg,
• Size 2 fit baby from 5 - 18kg
• Not able to adjust the leg opening
• PUL Extra
• Comes as One Size to fit from 3 - 18kg
• Able to adjust the leg opening

Hooray!!! I Won A Free Diaper!!!

Ok. I have said it in my post tittle and yes, I WON A FREE DIAPER!!! Hehehe...

I just received an email today from LampinKain and I just couldn't believe that I have won a free cloth diaper from the recent LampinKain giveaway that I have participate about a week ago. On top of that, I actually won the first place in the giveaway which means am entitle to get a free LampinKain in-stock One Size PRINTED pocket diaper. This is really a great news before I go for a short holiday tommorrow.

One of the friend that I know from the DiapersAsia Forum, Hanizawati Jamaludin whom is casually known as Hanz actually won the second place in the giveaway. Hanz congrats to you too!!! Am better off from you simply by 1 entry point to grab the first place. Hehehe...

The blog entry that leads me to win in the giveaway can be view from HERE.

Now time to choose the printed diaper... I intend to get this printed pocket diaper. What you think? Wanted to get the same print diaper but with midnight blue snap. But alas, it's sold out.

LampinKain OS Pocket Diaper - Space (White Snap)

Review : BambooLite PUL Pocket Diaper (Older Version)

BambooLite PUL pocket diaper - Orange color

I have bought the older version of BambooLite PUL pocket diaper early this year. This is the first pocket diaper that I have that comes with bamboo fleece inner as oppose to most pocket diaper that have fleece or suedecloth for inner. The diaper PUL is very soft and stretchy.


Style

BambooLite PUL pocket diaper is only available in One Size (OS) with snap closure. There is no overlapping snap closure for this diaper (same as with diaper like Coolababy). But there is hip snap to avoid wing drop problem when this diaper is being use at smaller waist setting.


The BambooLit PUL diaper can be adjusted to size S, M, L with the rise snap in front of the diaper. The diaper is available in only 5 solid colour to choose from (azure green, orange, lemon yellow, pale blue and white).


It is sold with a One Size (OS) insert. The insert is made of 3 layers of microfiber and topped with a layer of bamboo which making is more absorbent. There's snap on the diaper to adjust the size of the insert.


The diaper have a bamboo fleece inner which is an absorbent layer itself. So when use with the insert that comes with it, you actually get a total of 5 layers absorbent layers.


Most pocket diaper that is available in the market have the pocket opening at the inner back of the diaper. But for BambooLite, the pocket opening is placed at the at the inner front of the diaper. 


It have the All-in-Two (AI2) diaper style where we can just snap the insert to the diaper without stuffing the insert into the pocket opening.

The pocket opening of the diaper. There is snap to hold the insert when you

choose to lay on the insert instead of stuff in the insert.

Picture shown above with the insert lay on the diaper.

My Verdict (After 6 months of usage)

1. Price & Availability

• The diaper is reasonable price.
• You can easily buy BambooLite from quite a number of local online store. Only problem for getting from online store is we can't touch or grasp a feel of it before we purchase.

2. Fitting

• This diaper fit well on my daughter. Have been using it since she is about 13 months old.
• The sizing is quite standard as compared with cloth diaper like coolababy.
• Because it is an OS cloth diaper, it may look bulky on newbown.
• The diaper is quite trim. No big bum when my daughter wear it.
• Occasionally I do get red mark on her thigh. Probably due to her chunky thigh.
• There is 2 row of snap at each of the diaper wing tab so, you can actually adjust the snap a bit to fit the thigh.

3. Absorbency

• The insert that comes with it is absorbent. Though it is absorbent, it cannot last more than 2 hours for my heavy wetter daughter. 
• As she grow older, I have to add a 3 layers microfiber insert to use with the existing insert for it to last for 2 - 2.5 hours.

BambooLite One Size insert. There is snap to adjust the size of the insert.

Insert shown in the picture is adjusted to smallest size.

4. Overview

• I personally like the bamboo fleece inner. It's still remains soft after many wash.
• But then again, sometime I feel the bamboo fleece inner is a bit coarse to touch also.
• For baby who have sensitive skin, diaper with bamboo fleece inner is way to go as it have the natural anti-bacterial properties.
• The diaper have a hip snap to prevent wing drop problem when the diaper is use at the smaller waist setting.
• But I find the hip snap is rather annoying if you are using it at a bigger waist setting as the hip snap will touch the baby skin and thus leave a mark there (unless you cover it with snap cover though)

That white color snap on the diaper is the hip snap.

I have a love-hate relationship with the hip snap.

• Overall the diaper soft and stretchy. At some point, I do hate the stretchiness as I wonder will the stretchiness caused the PUL to tear.
• Plus, sometime I find it difficult to unsnapped the snap due to the stretchiness also. I feel as if the snap get pull when I unsnapped. It make me worry that I might pull the snap off one day.
• For someone like me who prefer to get printed cloth diaper, the choice of colours that available for this BambooLite PUL diaper is quite a turn off as it's only available in limited choice of solid colour and there's no printed one at all.