we have a full-time pack of BumGs pockets and have used them since DD hit the 4-5kg mark and she is 2 weeks shy of her 2nd birthday. so 2 years of solid use and they are going strong. so in our case, i would say that they can most certainly be used from a newborn to TT without problems.

in our experience i find that they dry really fast. i was surprised that ppl have found them to take forever? but i have lived in the ACT and VIC which are not world famous for humidity lol! so maybe that is a consideration. we have had an elastic issue with a few of them, but we still use all of them without any problems or leaks.

cant comment on other nappies as the BumGs have been so good for us that we never had to look elsewhere.