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Brand: gDiapers
Category: Health And Beauty

List Price: $26.99
Buy New: $26.28
You Save: $0.71 (3%)

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 4 reviews
Sales Rank: 5203

Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 6 x 5 x 4

UPC: 187006000026
EAN: 0187006000026
ASIN: B0019I8JXC

Release Date: May 14, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Features:
  • gDiapers Starter Kit, Large, offers convenient, "green" alternative to traditional disposable diapers
  • Decomposable diaper liners are completely flushable
  • Contain no plastic components; breathable "little g" pants keep baby's skin healthier
  • Starter Kit contains 2 "little g" pants; 10 liners
  • "Large" size for children 26 to 36 pounds

Accessories:

  • gDiapers Flushable Refills, Medium/Large, 32-Count Bags (Pack of 4)

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Product Description
A baby in disposable diapers puts an average of 6,000 diapers into the landfills by the time he or she is potty trained -- and those plastic-based diapers take about 500 years to decompose. What's an environmentally conscious parent to do? With gDiapers, you can have the convenience of disposable diapers and avoid doing damage to the planet. In fact, gDiapers even help the environment. Get started with this gDiapers Starter Kit which can be used on babies or toddler 26 to 36 pounds in weight.

gDiapers offer:
  • Flushable, decomposable diapers that offer an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional disposables
  • Breathable, non-plastic diapering system that keeps baby's skin healthier
  • Starter Kit that contains everything you need to begin using gDiapers
Flushable, Decomposable Diapers
The gDiaper consists of a machine-washable, reusable cotton "little g pant" and a snap-in, reusable waterproof liner, which contains the diaper refill. These refills are decomposable. Containing no plastic products, they're made from sustainably farmed wood fluff pulp, sodium polyacrylate (SAP), which provides absorbency, and cellulose rayon. And they can be flushed down the toilet, which has a couple of wonderful benefits. First, it eliminates the need to keep smelly diapers around in a diaper pail. Second, it keeps unnecessary waste out of the landfills. And finally, the entire contents of the diaper gets processed by sewage treatment plants, which return treated, completely sanitized solids to be converted into valuable fertilizer. It's recycling at its best!

If you're unable to flush the liners, they can still be thrown in the trash without guilt, since they will decompose in 50 to 150 days -- a much better turnaround than their plastic counterparts. And, if you're a gardener, you can simply throw the wet liners in your compost bin. (Note: for sanitary reasons, never put poopy diapers in the compost.)

As Easy As Traditional Disposables -- but Healthier
The "little g pant" itself sports an adorable style and trim silhouette, and it's available in several cool colors. With easy-to-use rear Velcro closures, the little g pant is just as easy to put on a baby as traditional disposable diapers -- no pins to deal with here. Plus, its breathable qualities help keep baby's skin healthier by minimizing diaper rash.

Get Started!
Everything you need to get started is included in the handy Starter Kit: two little g pants in trendy "Great Orange" and "Vanilla Bean" colors, suitable for boys or girls, each with two snap-in liners; 10 flushable diaper refills; a "swishstick" to aid with flushing; and a Handy User's Guide (H.U.G). The "Large" Starter Kit is for children 26 to 36 pounds in weight; small and medium sizes are available for babies and smaller children, so you can start with gDiapers in any stage of your child's pre-potty-training life.

Starter kits come in three sizes:
Tips for Successful gDiaper Use
Some plumbing systems may have problems with the flushable liners, including systems with tree-infested pipes; non-standard plumbing systems, including grinders or house traps; and septic tanks, which require close monitoring to make sure the outflow is clear. It is recommended that only poopy diapers be put into septic systems, and wet ones be composted.

But even if your plumbing system won't accept the gDiaper flushables, you can always simply throw them in the trash where they'll quickly decompose, making a much more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional disposable diapers.

Stock up on flushable diaper refills:
What's in the Box
Two pairs of large-sized `little g' pants (Great Orange and Genuine Vanilla Bean), 10 flushable diaper refills, swishstick, and Handy User's Guide (H.U.G.).



Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great for on the go!   August 4, 2008
K. Knoernschild (W. Burbs - Chicago)
As a cloth diapering mom, I always had to fall back on traditional disposable diapers during busy weeks and trips. G-Diapers have saved us from not only the waste, but simplified our clean up process. I've yet to have a leak, even over night (I have a boy, btw) - but I do noticed that the messies get on the liner easier than I had hoped. It really doesn't matter though, since we can swap the liners out so easily. And I just LOVE that the flushies are also biodegradable, so they can go in the garbage or down the toilet with ease.

I now have 6 covers, 12 liners, and feel this is the perfect combination for my 17mo.



4 out of 5 stars Not perfect, but beats the stinky pail any day   July 16, 2008
Jenny (Seattle, WA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Unlike some folks reviewing "green products" - I'm not going to go on about how I'm saving the earth. While a great side benefit - it's not my main objective. I'm more concerned with my son's room NOT smelling like an open sewer. I gave them 4 stars because they achieve my goal - reduce the smell - but they're not the perfect solution. While it may sound like I'm griping - I'm not - I just want folks considering this solution to have ALL the facts - and not just glossed over reviews espousing the benefits to Mother Earth.

PROS:
- I can walk into my son's room without gagging at the smell
- My garbage can doesn't fill up as fast (nor does it smell as bad)
- The diaper covers are cute

IN THE INTEREST OF FULL DISCLOSURE...
- The refills are about 2x more expensive than disposable diapers
- The amount of contact required to flush the inserts - I don't care what anyone says, it's not "easy". You have to peel down both sides (usually holding the end that is not soaked with #1 or #2) then try to get the middle part to drop in the toilet. With simple #1 diapers, this is bearable but not easy b/c the soaked part tends to not want to fall out as easily; when you add in #2... not so fun. The instructions direct you to get the entire middle part out first, then break it up, then toss in the top. While this is nice in theory - doesn't always work as easily in practice.
- If your toilets are "Green" and you reduce the water usage - you may need to change this. One bathroom is pretty much for the kid so the only toilet use is his diapers - I've had to adjust the toilet so we get a nice full bowl of water to allow the diapers to break up and minimize risk of a clog in my ~100 year old pipes.
- They include a plastic stick to break up the inner diaper - which is fine but who wants this hanging around the bathroom? It's not terribly sanitary, and it's one more thing for my kid to try & grab. I rinse it when the toilet is flushing and hang it as high as I can- and it's in a bathroom not frequented by guests.
- I do not travel with these diapers. I'm not going to risk someone else's plumbing, nor am I going to cart around the break up stick. My kid wears disposable diapers when we travel, and for that matter, when I know someone else is going to be watching him, I put him in disposables. I don't mind enduring this much contact with his diaper parts, but I'm not going to ask someone else to.
- Leaking. Nothing has made it out of the diaper (yet), in part because I'm paranoid and change him more frequently; however, I've not had a clean poopy diaper yet. Every time some poo gets on the plastic snap out liner which I toss in the sink with some hot water and soap. It's really not ideal - do you want baby poop remnants in your sink? Do you want to clean it every day? Spray it down with bleach? Again, I do it, but it's all to avoid the stench.
- Wipes: They're still an issue. Stinky wipes alone have not yet made the pail unbearable. Maybe I should just find flushable wipes.
- Night time: We stick with disposable. My son will sleep a good 12 hour stretch and that diaper is loaded when he wakes up. No way I'm going to put him in a g-diaper through the night.
- The Velcro straps - work great so far... one time my son realized he could pull on it and... well it was only once. Also, they're SO strong that if it's not a perfect seal and your holding baby, the Velcro can rub against your arm/wrists (I had scratches on my arm and it took me a while to figure out what had caused it - some exposed Velcro on the gdiaper.

Good luck!



5 out of 5 stars Love them!   July 16, 2008
K. Bund (Houston, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I have been using these for about a year since my little girl was one and have loved them ever since. I can't flush the liners because of our plumbing issues, but feel good about throwing them away. I love the covers!! She cannot take them off since it closes in the back. Love everything about it and the fact that they are better for the earth! I wish that they would have these when my first was born. Give them a try!!


5 out of 5 stars gDiapers are awesome!   July 14, 2008
E. Murphy (San Jose)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

You can get the straight poop here, http://www.gdiapers.com/. I've been using cloth diapers for three years, since my first kid. He is about to be potty trained (we hope) but we've started using gDiapers on our second kid.

So here's the short story. Cover + liner + insert. The cover is nice and soft with the velcro tabs in the back so hopefully the little one doesn't figure out how to open them. The liner is a snap in plastic-y sort of deal that keeps the moisture inside. The insert is the cotton pad that you take out when you change the diaper, and toss in the trash or flush down the toilet.

Some benefits:
* No more diaper pail. That alone does it for me. You flush the insert, easy peasy. MOST of the time the liner stays clean so you just leave it alone. Occasionally you get a little poop on it which can be wiped off or you can wash the liner. They give you a spare for each cover in the kit.

* Smaller form factor. These are way less bulky than the cloth diapers we were using. I'd say they're a bit more bulky than a traditional disposable.

* You can toss wet (not poopy) liners into a composter, if you have one.

* You can toss them in the trash. They contain no plastic and the company claims they will bio-degrade in 50-150 years... which seems like a lot, but really isn't compared to traditional disposables which bio-degrade... never.

* I like the velcro in the back. Our cloth diaper covers had the velcro in the front so we always had to make sure our daughter was wearing pants or shorts so she didn't get into them. Now, on hot days, she can go with just the diaper.

* If you're flushing the insert, poop is going where it's supposed to. Most people don't realize that poop isn't supposed to go in the trash. Then it just go straight into the landfill and you have a dangerous biohazard that can propagate disease and is extremely unsanitary. The majority of people don't realize that, even with modern disposable diapers, you are supposed to rinse the poop out of them in the toilet so they go through the water/waste treatment that all our human waste goes through, making it somewhat safer for the environment and for us. Let's face it, people using disposables aren't interested in rinsing them in the toilet first. But with these, if you're flushing the insert, it all goes down the drain which is pretty nice.

* They cost about the same as cloth diapers (via a service we use) and disposables. This is not counting the covers, which you would amortize over the life of your kid using diapers. But the inserts are about the same. I'm basing this off Amazon's price for a case of 4-32 count packages. Not counting the discount you get for the automatic fulfillment, which I hope to sign up for once Amazon has them in stock again.


Some cons:
* The covers are fairly expensive. On the up side, you don't need as many. We owned quite a few covers for our cloth diapers, but should get by with maybe 4 of the gDiaper covers. And only that many because we use a daycare and I don't want to have to shuttle covers back and forth every day. Anyway you save a fair bit of cash if you buy this kit, even if you already have one. I plan to get a second kit to get the two more covers I want.

* You have to rip open the liner and dump out the absorbent middle. This might be gross for some people. My son has the messiest poops and if we were using these on him it might be pretty icky. But my daughter's poops are very compact and tidy so it's no big deal.

* Some low-flow toilets don't like the bulk of the liner. If so, you might need two flushes to get it all down. gDiapers offers toll-free support and flushing help via an 866 number.

Overall I'm very impressed with the design and implementation of this diaper. It's clear a lot of thought and planning went into them and they are very cool. I've been using them for a few days and I'm ready to say goodbye to my cloth diaper service.

Now if Amazon would just get the liners back in stock, I'd be ready to go. Fortunately the Whole Foods in my neighborhood carries them also.


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