A hybrid cloth diaper is a cross between an all-in-one and a fitted cloth diaper.
An AIO is fully waterproof due to the PUL layer. While a fitted diaper requires a cover due to the absence of a waterproof layer.
So, what makes it a hybrid?
One of the first WAHMs to produce a hybrid fitted was Anne of Little Boppers. Here is the description from her Etsy store defining a hybrid fitted:
What is a “Hybrid Fitted”? It is a fitted diaper that has a hidden body layer of poly fleece, sandwiched between the outer print and the inner velour. This layer of poly fleece helps the diaper to be more effective.
Liquid hits the fleece layer and is deflected back into the absorbent inner, soaking up into the rest of the soaker pad and inner velour instead of just saturating the middle and immediately needing a change. The hybrid fitted is still a “fitted” diaper, meaning it is breathable and it isn’t totally waterproof. It would require the use of a cover to be considered waterproof.
Many folks like to use these coverless around the house because they are more water-resistant than a regular fitted. They are not as waterproof as AIOs or AI2s made with PUL, but they are more breathable than them.
On the market today are dozens of stores making this extremely popular new diapering system. Some are near impossible to get, like Tangerine Baby, but don’t focus on the one that eludes you.
Here is a list of shops selling the popular hybrid fitted:
- Chloe’s Cloth hard to get
- Little Boppers main site hyena cart etsy
- DDDiapers
- NaraBums
- Little Bit Loo Creations cute recycled t-shirt hybrid fitteds!
- Panda Baby Boutique
- Old School Cool
- Muttaqin Baby subscribe to Yahoo email group! This is where Michelle announces stockings.
- Hipster Fluff
- NiteOwl Dipes
- Kabumkiss
- Bagshot Row Bamboo another popular, hard to get brand
- Cheeky Revolution
- Little Fancy Pants hard to get
- Pied Piper’s Cloth Diapers
- Baby Ten hard to get
- Wiggles Cloth Diapers side-snapping, a nice trim fitting alternative to the popular front snap
- Little Seedlings hard to get
- fluff by mamamade if judging a book by its cover was wise this would be my favorite store! love the look and her diapers look very well made.
- Diaper Donks
- Rainbow Monster hard to get
- Chuckle Pants pinterest page to see past work
- Pooz Cloth Diapers
- The Diaper Addict
- My Munchi hard to get
- MAC’s Diapers
- Ari Safari
- Dick&Jane at this point I need an award for the self-restraint I’m practicing!
- Couture Fluff
- Binky D
- Monkey Rumps
- Baby Roman
- Dillicious Dipes
- Macaroni Baby
I could go on and on and I encourage you to post your favorite hybrid fitted!
The one thing I highly recommend is to like the store’s Facebook page. On the Facebook page you will see details of stocking times and previews of what is to come. There are oftentimes a b/s/t (buy/sell/trade) page on Facebook as well.
Plenty of opportunities to try out a hybrid fitted!!
**If you are the owner of one of the stores listed and would like your hybrid fitted reviewed by All About Cloth Diapers please click the “Contact Us” button in the toolbar at the bottom of your screen. Thank you for all your hard work!
May 12, 2013 at 6:54 pm
Cuddle butts on Facebook makes hybrid fitteds as well.
February 24, 2013 at 10:57 pm
Can anyone link patterns for making your own hybrid diapers? Preferably paid ones, as I know they will be more detailed
December 27, 2012 at 6:56 pm
I also make Hybrid Fitteds
you can find me at Facebook.com/Urbanbumsboutique
Thanks for the post, I enjoyed reading it!
September 29, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Baby biology, baby Ten, Heidioh to list a few great new up and coming WAHM brands. All have Facebook pages.
http://www.facebook.com/babybiology
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Baby-Ten/174555695925433
http://www.facebook.com/heidiohdiapers
September 29, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Another fantastic WAHM hybrid is 4wardThinking. They are hard to get but Cheryl is amazing! She has amazing customer service and goes out of her way to please her customers.
October 1, 2012 at 11:38 am
eek. Can’t believe I don’t have her on the list! I have 3 of her diapers.
September 15, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Ok, I know I sound like a dork but how does one ever acquire these coveted yummy fluffies? Every time I go on the websites or HC everything is gone. I don’t have time to play games and cruise the net forever, but I definitely want to try one of these on my rash prone girlie! Any advice to an old cloth diaper who’s a newb at this type of problem?
September 16, 2012 at 10:37 pm
Make a note of when the stores stock. These diapers are made by one mom and they can only sew so many per week. I know it can be frustrating but thankfully there are many wahms that make diapers!
September 17, 2012 at 7:01 pm
Hi, I’m K, and I have a WAHM page on facebook called Chunky Monkey Products and I make fitted hybrid diapers. I do not have “stocking times” but am always taking orders for custom items. This means you all can pick out your fabric and I’ll sew it up for you and get in the mail with in 2 weeks. Just wanted to drop a little note tooting my own horn, hope that is okay. These really are my new favorites, and I’m selling off most of my diapers to replace with my fitted hybrids.
September 17, 2012 at 8:22 pm
K, thanks for the info!!
September 18, 2012 at 10:38 am
Your welcome, thanks for schooling me on what a fitted hybrid is. I had never heard of them til I stumbled across this article and I am in love with them! My little bean has been having the worst trouble with a teething diaper rash and I just couldn’t get it to clear up on her. Started making these for her to try out and it is clearing up her bum nicely, think it’s the more breathableness (is that a word?) of not using the pul, but it is working wonders on her poor little bum, and I’m not having to use a pul cover over them.
September 8, 2012 at 11:07 am
earthLINGZ are new breed of fitted hybrid. They are amazing! The shells are 2 layers of poly fleece, with no hidden layers… which means no wicking of moisture to the outer fabric! They stay dry coverless all the way up until the soaker is saturated and it’s time for another diaper change! Check them out at etsy.com/shops/earthLINGZdiapers
September 8, 2012 at 12:02 am
Have you ever tried BubuBebe diapers?
http://hyenacart.com/stores/BubuBebe/
September 10, 2012 at 1:38 pm
I’ve drooled over them often! But not tried. I haven’t found anything saying they are hybrid fitteds. Are they?
September 11, 2012 at 3:35 pm
I’m not sure… Maybe I’ll send her a link to this article.
August 15, 2012 at 9:13 am
How about Macaroni Baby?
September 4, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Thanks, Tarah! I just saw your comment so I’ll add your store.
August 11, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Macaroni Baby makes great hybrid fitteds too. https://www.facebook.com/MacaroniBaby
macaronibaby.com
August 9, 2012 at 7:04 am
Can anyone say how long these might last until feeling wet? Love the idea of having more breathability but I’m concerned about including them in the rotation for the wonderful sitters I have in place when I head off to work. Would be great if they generally lasted the 2-3 hours we are accustomed to waiting until next diaper change.
September 4, 2012 at 5:32 pm
I can answer this now after using them for a couple of weeks. They easily last 4 hours.
August 8, 2012 at 9:13 pm
ok, so glad that i read this! i had no idea what a hybrid fitted was.
August 8, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Bsrb is my absolute favorite hybrid. I highly recommend cruisig her site on fridays at 1pm. Or the facebook b/s/t.
September 4, 2012 at 5:33 pm
My dear friend just started using these and is in love! She is going to write up a review soon!
August 8, 2012 at 9:04 am
Don’t forget Flufferbutters!
August 8, 2012 at 10:14 pm
do you have a link? couldn’t find one
August 7, 2012 at 4:01 pm
I have a Kabumkiss hybrid fitted that I absolutely love and the Mom that makes them provides outstanding customer service!
August 7, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Love teh idea. Going ti have to try one in my night solution. Any recommendation from anyone using them for night time let me know.
August 7, 2012 at 3:02 pm
LOVE my BSRB hybrid fitted! <3
August 7, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Thank you for writing this post. Lately, a lot of people have been wondering what a hybrid fitted is. I need to share this post on the CDT Facebook page
By the way, Dick & Jane also makes hybrid fitteds. Her store is at http://www.etsy.com/shop/dickandjanediapers
August 7, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Those are cute diapers!!! I am so glad I’m content with my AIOs right now
August 8, 2012 at 7:41 pm
This is the one that I had: http://www.northernbaby.com/2012/05/04/review-dick-jane-one-size-fitted-diaper/
I won it in a cloth diaper group on Facebook
August 8, 2012 at 10:13 pm
love!
August 7, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Couture Fluff, Rainbow Monster, Binky D, Monkey Rumps, Baby Roman, Dillicious Dipes, My Munchi and Wild Mountain Mommies are a few more
August 7, 2012 at 4:12 pm
I was thinking Couture Fluff was but couldn’t confirm. Thanks! I’ll add the ones I don’t have listed already!
September 29, 2012 at 11:04 am
Thank you!