It’s Fluff Friday again my favorite day of the week I have really started to enjoy talking to you all about cloth diapers and all things that go with it. I apologize I missed last week, but we were in Disneyland with my little man. We had a blast but missed our cloth diapers a lot. This week I am going to combine my two blog posts for the week into one. I am going to review Glow Bug Diapers.
First, lets talk a little about the brand. The story of Glow Bug started when two expectant mothers Sarah Downey and Neta Telmor bonded in a prenatal yoga class and their daughters that were later born just a few months apart. They both discovered and enjoyed using cloth diapers on their girls. After the birth of both of their second children, they were both looking to find some new cloth diapers, but they could not find exactly what they were looking for. “Neta and I had the same concerns with the available brands. All we wanted were good quality, affordable cloth diapers but we were really frustrated the the product we were looking for did not exist” sara recalled. Glow Bug Diapers were born in 2011 to fix all of the problems that they found with the available diapers.
Glow bug has an entire line of products that includes; Diapers, inserts, liners, bamboo wipes, and a diaper sprayer. They even offer gift cards if you would like to request these as gifts. I will only be reviewing the diapers. I will state up front they are only sold in sets of twelve or twenty-four. This is the reason that is quoted from their website on why they do that “Glow Bug Cloth Diaper’s design are sold only in packages, as we believe that buying individual cloth diapers, just to “try them out” is actually counterproductive and can get parents started on the wrong foot with their cloth diapering journey. We know to ensure success with cloth diapers, parents need to have an awesome design that gets the job done, have everything they need already included, and all the information. That’s what Glow Bug Cloth Diapers offers, and everything about our company is focused on those goals.” I will talk more abut the packages and pricing a little later.
Lets talk a little about the basics of this diaper. Glow Bug Cloth Diapers are a one size pocket diaper. In every Glow Bug set you get twelve one-size diapers, twelve microfiber inserts, six bamboo inserts, and one wet bag. Any order made before July 13th with get twelve free bamboo wipes. You are able to make upgrades to your order such as; upgrade all of your inserts to bamboo, add additional inserts, add bamboo wipes, add rolls of disposable liners, and add a diaper sprayer.
Now its time to get to the fun part actually reviewing the diaper. I absolutely love this diaper I will admit this is not my number one favorite, but it is number two I actually like it better then all of the BumGenius 4.0s that I own. The quality is fantastic and it is relatively easy to get a great fit are all bonuses. it has a nice tight fit around the legs that keeps everything contained inside the diaper. I like the unique 360 gusset system keeps everything that happens inside the diaper. The SlimDry fabric is great because it keeps the diaper much thiner while still being just as functional. They also have water proof flaps on the front and back to prevent leaks. Plus my favorite two openings one on either end front and back to stuff and unstuff the diaper easily. I also like that there is a snap in the diaper that keeps the insert in place after you have stuffed all the diapers; honestly there is nothing that dives me more nuts then an insert that moves around inside the diaper. There is really not much I don’t like about the diapers and coincidently one of them also made the pros list. My son is now eating solid food which means sometimes there are how do I put this without being gross lets go with pieces in his poop and I have to spray out his diapers and as great as the 360 gusset is at keeping everything in it also is kind of a hindrance when you are trying to spray out poop that contains the aforementioned pieces. The only other thing I don't like having a boy is that the inserts seem to be a little short, but since my son is not a super heavy wetter I am able to just use the one microfiber that I got with my diaper and it hold enough to last the two to two and a half hours between diaper changes. (Sorry little man would not let me get a good original picture)
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As I mentioned before these diapers are only sold in sets of twelve or twenty four. A set of twelve costs $189 which is a great deal considering you get 12 diapers inserts and a wet bag I would say you are paying about $14.75 per diaper set plus $12 for the wet bag. That is great considering I like this diaper much better then a diaper that cost almost $20 per diaper.
Glow bug has been nice enough to give all of my readers a 5% discount on their order from the glow bug website click here to get your unique savings code. I promise if you take the plunge and buy Glow Bug Cloth Diapers you will not be sorry I will be buying more some time in the near future.
Thank you for reading and in the interest of full disclosure I did receive one diaper and one insert free of charge in exchange for an unbiased honest review. Feel free to comment and I will answer any questions you have and if I don’t have an answer I will get in touch with my contact at glow bug to get your questions answered.
