What is Wicking?

[Muppity]

Hi Boomba

I can't work out what they could possibly be talking about - but I am sure that someone will!

Wicking is where the fabric lets the moisture move through it. Think of an old oil burner with a wick in it - the oil travels up through the wick and gets burnt.

Still not sure what this has to do with the fleece rolling?

Wait - I just looked at their website. I think that they are talking about the bit that goes around the legs. I assume from what they are saying that the nappy curls slightly around the leg. What you want is for it to curl outwards so that the inside layer is showing rather than inwards where the outside layer would be touching them.

This would be because there will be a waterproof layer between (guessing - didn't read exactly the composition) the two so that moisture doesn't get to the outside. But if any of the outside layer is in direct contact with the skin it will potentially get wet and then it sucks up moisture. Imagine a tissue that one corner is in a puddle of water - pretty soon the whole tissue is wet.

Hope that that helps