Reviews
Since I have very little to do all day, I am able to research a gazillion sites and find the ones that I want to buy stuff from. I have learned that smaller companies might move more slowly than Amazon and the orders might get a little screwy. I thought that I'd provide a few reviews of some popular homegrown businesses.
My first task was to research cloth diapering systems and then pick the one that seemed to suit me best with no hands-on experience. Illogical, at best. However, I decided to go with Fuzzi Bunz and set out to find the best bang for my buck. After looking at many sites that offered free shipping and/or free inserts with the purchase of each diaper, I narrowed it down to two sites, Mother Eve and Cotton Babies.
I really liked the ease of use of Cotton Babies' website and how professional it looked. They also have a large selection of goods that they offer. However, after a few unanswered emails, it was the lack of customer service that pushed me over to Mother Eve. If I was having problems with $15 diapers, I wanted someone to give me immediate support.
Over at Mother Eve, free shipping is offered for Fuzzi Bunz as well as a free cotton insert. Their packages are great and the best prices out there that I've found. In addition to the cost savings, Mother Eve offers free All Together Pre-folds or Joey Bunz inserts with the purchase of multiple diapers. I have placed several orders and each was satisfactory. It is obvious that they take great care to ship items in a timely manner and they seal the orders in plastic to secure them in the package. One recent order was delayed due to a backorder of a particular color diaper, because of this my free cotton inserts were upgraded to hemp.
Mother Eve has a small but growing collection of merchandise. The only drawback that I have found is the website. I did register with them but people who tried to access the gift registry gave up. It's not really user friendly yet but they are working on it.
Recently I did have the need to make a purchase at Cotton Babies. I figured that it might benefit us to have a backup system to the Fuzzi Bunz for the early days and for days when we simply don't get the laundry done. Cotton Babies has a large selection of Diaper Covers. Because I am totally winging it on reviews alone, I purchased a couple of Snappis, two newborn Proraps Classics and a small Bummis Super Whisper Wrap (who can resist the frogs?). The Bummis wrap and the Snappis were shipped off immediately but the Proraps were on backorder. I emailed yesterday, about a week after placing the order, to check the status and got a response today saying that they should be shipped from Cotton Babies on Thursday. In the meantime, I received a package from Cotton Babies with three small, white Fuzzi Bunz diapers inside. Was this a shipping error? Generous Lagniappe? I'm not sure but I'm not inclined to ask just yet...
The third company that I've dealt with was Nurtured Family. I read that Bravado Bras were great nursing bras and Nurtured Family had the best deal. The bras were shipped with free breast pads very quickly. However, I ordered two styles in two colors and they reversed them. I emailed the next day to see how to return the items. I was immediately shipped an UPS shipping label for the return and replacements. The exchange was quick and customer service was very good.
I almost forgot about the last company - probably because there were no problems whatsoever! I ordered a Co-Sleeper Leg Extension Kit from Baby Bungalow. Good prices, quick shipping and no hassles.
Hopefully this is somewhat helpful to someone out there. In only a few weeks I will be giving a first hand account of cloth diapering. I'd like to say that everyone has been supportive of my choice to cloth diaper but mostly I get a lot of negative comments like, "So and so tried it and quit after a week" or "Miss X said that you won't last" or "Ewwwwww." The Husband even thanked people at the shower for not buying us cloth diapers. I was pretty much under the impression that he was going to humor me until I gave up. He became more supportive the other day when I assured him that I would do the washing.
My first task was to research cloth diapering systems and then pick the one that seemed to suit me best with no hands-on experience. Illogical, at best. However, I decided to go with Fuzzi Bunz and set out to find the best bang for my buck. After looking at many sites that offered free shipping and/or free inserts with the purchase of each diaper, I narrowed it down to two sites, Mother Eve and Cotton Babies.
I really liked the ease of use of Cotton Babies' website and how professional it looked. They also have a large selection of goods that they offer. However, after a few unanswered emails, it was the lack of customer service that pushed me over to Mother Eve. If I was having problems with $15 diapers, I wanted someone to give me immediate support.
Over at Mother Eve, free shipping is offered for Fuzzi Bunz as well as a free cotton insert. Their packages are great and the best prices out there that I've found. In addition to the cost savings, Mother Eve offers free All Together Pre-folds or Joey Bunz inserts with the purchase of multiple diapers. I have placed several orders and each was satisfactory. It is obvious that they take great care to ship items in a timely manner and they seal the orders in plastic to secure them in the package. One recent order was delayed due to a backorder of a particular color diaper, because of this my free cotton inserts were upgraded to hemp.
Mother Eve has a small but growing collection of merchandise. The only drawback that I have found is the website. I did register with them but people who tried to access the gift registry gave up. It's not really user friendly yet but they are working on it.
Recently I did have the need to make a purchase at Cotton Babies. I figured that it might benefit us to have a backup system to the Fuzzi Bunz for the early days and for days when we simply don't get the laundry done. Cotton Babies has a large selection of Diaper Covers. Because I am totally winging it on reviews alone, I purchased a couple of Snappis, two newborn Proraps Classics and a small Bummis Super Whisper Wrap (who can resist the frogs?). The Bummis wrap and the Snappis were shipped off immediately but the Proraps were on backorder. I emailed yesterday, about a week after placing the order, to check the status and got a response today saying that they should be shipped from Cotton Babies on Thursday. In the meantime, I received a package from Cotton Babies with three small, white Fuzzi Bunz diapers inside. Was this a shipping error? Generous Lagniappe? I'm not sure but I'm not inclined to ask just yet...
The third company that I've dealt with was Nurtured Family. I read that Bravado Bras were great nursing bras and Nurtured Family had the best deal. The bras were shipped with free breast pads very quickly. However, I ordered two styles in two colors and they reversed them. I emailed the next day to see how to return the items. I was immediately shipped an UPS shipping label for the return and replacements. The exchange was quick and customer service was very good.
I almost forgot about the last company - probably because there were no problems whatsoever! I ordered a Co-Sleeper Leg Extension Kit from Baby Bungalow. Good prices, quick shipping and no hassles.
Hopefully this is somewhat helpful to someone out there. In only a few weeks I will be giving a first hand account of cloth diapering. I'd like to say that everyone has been supportive of my choice to cloth diaper but mostly I get a lot of negative comments like, "So and so tried it and quit after a week" or "Miss X said that you won't last" or "Ewwwwww." The Husband even thanked people at the shower for not buying us cloth diapers. I was pretty much under the impression that he was going to humor me until I gave up. He became more supportive the other day when I assured him that I would do the washing.
1 Comments:
I'm not even a momma - but I just read this whole review. Heck I don't even know how I ended up ON your blog :)
But you write well and it was fun to read - maybe it will be the best birth control yet ;) See you go through the "joys" first hand.
Best of luck to you and your bundle of joy.
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