Tell me about your experiences with peapods

[danniellabella]

I'm still thinking about cloth nappies. DH thinks there's no point but then again, he doesn't change nappies unless I"m out so it's not up to him.

I found a shop that sells peapods for $17.95 which is the cheapest I've ever found cloth and I don't want to spend heaps. Just wondering if anyone has used them and what their thoughts are.

[Arimeh]

Hey Danni

The thing with cloth is that you usually get what you pay for.

When I was starting out, I googled every brand of nappy that I was interested in trying - and with Peapods, found heaps of bad reviews. That scared me off every buying them. I find if there is more than a few bad reviews, its usually a reflection of the nappy

That being said though, I know a few people who are happy with them, but I was too scared off with the reviews to bother trying.

The expensive ones are usually expensive for a reason - they are fantastic.

[Olive]

i never liked mine!! leaked everytime, i agree with mel you get what you pay for

[~Raven~]

I've found peapods to be pretty good but they aren't the best.
They dry fast and have a place in my stash as the nappy we use when everything else is still wet or in the bucket. It tides us over if that makes sense.
The price is a good way to get started but don't forget that they are a sized nappy so bub will grow out of them. It is better value in the long run to spend more and get a osfm pocket and get 2 years + out of it.
I totally get the appeal of the price, especially when starting out. I've been there

[~Kim~]

I started out with them and they were OK to get us started. I still use the inserts as boosters but like the others said they leaked (a lot) and the elastic went in all of mine really quickly.

[Kazbah]

I used them to begin with and they were OK for a little while (had to wash them seperately as the colours run!) but I found massive wing droop and as a result, leakage in a big way. Most notably at my wedding!

The inserts though are great, I still use them to stuff everything else

[Trillian]

They were my one and only experience with MCN's and I wasn't impressed. It wasn't the cost of them, but that they looked easy to use and for someone like me who had zero knowledge of them they seemed like a good way to start out. But they just didn't fit right and never felt secure on him, like if I picked him up it would fall off kwim? didn't help that he was a long and lean babe so there just wasn't anything to *hold* is on kwim?