Snappi or Pin? What do you use? - Prefolds and Flats Discussions on Welcome!

autumnbeck

Are you a purist and use only pins? Or are you all about modern inventions like the snappi?

Me, I'm a Snappi girl. I love how they hold all together nice and tight. When I pin it's a joke. My poor son has parts hanging out the side!

Or maybe you are a trifolder?

mom2boys

Snappi and trifolding over at this house. :)

juditupp

They didn't even have snappis back when I first started using pre-folds in the early 90's! The only pinless option was putting the prefold in a velcro cover (which I never had much success with). I never have gotten the hang of using a snappi (I have one that was given to me and I couldn't get it to work right) so I stick to pins.

autumnbeck

If it ain't broke don't fix it! My mom looks at Snappis like they're strange.

Momarabbit

I like a both! Pins work well with some of our fitteds but not so great with our Bummis prefolds. I would really like to try the Boingo and compare it to a snappi.
-Sherry

mamarachael

boingo looks interesting. snappis don't work with tighter woven prefolds, so I'd be interested to find out if boingos work better.

autumnbeck

I'm going to sit back and watch the Boingo introduction to the market. There are some bumps to overcome and I think if they can make it through the early days then they will stick around.

MayLily

We love our Boingos and we are ordering the new design hopefully next week! They look so much better and with having a boy I won't go back to snappis after using Boingos! I know they had some issues in the begining, but so did snappis, I just think everyone forgot about how they fell apart... Hopefully Boingo gets over that big hurdle they faced, because the product is fantastic!

autumnbeck

Thanks for the input!! I really do appreciate it.

Rlambert6002

I'm def a snappi girl! It took me about a week to get the hang of it but now I can have it on in mere seconds. I remember initially looking at it and wondering how that little rubbery thing and those tiny teeth could keep a prefold on? After a few diaper changes in which I was frantically searching for the snappi only to realize one set of teeth had firmly relatched into the soiled diaper I had just removed, I became a believer.

BastiansMommy

I love snappis!! It's funny to watch my mom try to get them on ;) my hubby got good at them quick though!

MayumiMom

Question: I have yet to try any cloth diapers (my rental pack is on the way) but I read something that said you shouldn't use Snappis on children who can remove their own diaper. Has anyone else read that? Also my daughter is 14 months old, for those of you who use prefolds with children that age, do you put it on like a diaper and use a Snappi or pins or do you trifold it and lay it in the bottom of the diaper?

BastiansMommy

MayumiMom- my son is 10 months old and I occasionally still snappi prefolds, but diaper changes have become such a challenge (he HATES to lay still for a diaper change to the point where he cries pretty much every time) that when I do use prefolds these days, it's usually trifolded and laid in the diaper.

MayumiMom

Lea, I totally understand. My daughter also hates to lay still (most of the time she only gives me a hard time) for a diaper change, so if I'm not using AIO's or pockets I want to be as quick and as effective as I can be with prefolds.

Erin

Rlambert6002

Erin- My dd was a big time diaper remover before I changed her into cloth, but I have discovered she can't remove a cloth diaper cover with snaps. She tried for a while but then finally gave it up! lol. I don't know how she'd do with aplix. Also with my prefolds I do it more "old fashioned" style and snappi it. When I first got started I would trifold (as it is much easier and somewhat more absorbent with urine) but I also discovered it made soiling the diaper cover alot more likely if she had a bowel movement. I use Flip covers when I'm home and like them mainly because you can wipe the inside and reuse them...unless they are soiled. Having the diaper on the old fashioned way just covers more area and makes soiling the cover less likely.

MayumiMom

Rhonda thanks for the information. I know that a Snappi will be coming with my 2 week rental package so I will make sure to try it out. I also have ordered some diapers (I couldn't resist) and got snaps because I was that my little mighty mouse might be able to undo the aplix.

FirstTimeDad6120

Snappi for me.no pricking my daughter.

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