oh Lolly, i am so tired, i just realise, your question was HOW MUCH POO DO YOU GET OFF THE NAPPIES BY RINSING, not WHAT to rinse the nappies with?

sorry.

so to get back to your original question
the little squirt gets ALL of the poo off
it stops the poo staining the nappy, cos it's not there long enough TO stain the nappy
so it's a great stain PREVENTER

the pre-wash cycle, then LONG wash cycle, then rinse - yep, worked for us too.

But until you get your LS, i would be using stand alone LINERS in every nappy, so THEY cop the poo, not the inners of the nappies. well mainly anyhoo.

(i had to live WITHOUT a LS for THREE WHOLE DAYS [out of 27 months], when we visited Melbourne for a weekend. i did it with pocket nappies, cotton velour liners AND flushable liners in them. this was at two years old. just before she tt-d actually. i coudln't believe it, she only did NEAT poos for the three days, after all my fear of "how will i cope without LS in da house - or the motel room in this case, LOL".) we did 100% mcn on the two plane rides and driving around melb. all a learning experience for me.

so, back to you, living without a LS (for now) -
if the poo is formed, or at least pastey - disposable liners help heaps.
if the poo is totally watery, it WILL go everywhere regardless.
liners are so cheap, easy to cut up newies. i'd rather wreck liners than inners of nappies if it was me (wihtout a LS).

i had a epic poo-ing child (many times per day) so i think it taught me very quickly, how to deal with poo! i'm very happy with how nice our mcn inners stayed, so it did work (for us). Yep, i must be OCD about washing nappies, something i would no doubt be cured of, if i had more than one child ha ha. APparently, you relax with your parenting when 2nd child comes along, lose all the hangups you had with your first child.