Manufacturer : Tots Bots
Name of nappy : Easyfit version 2
Type of nappy : All in one with pocket
so can add extra booster
Fastener : Aplix
Material : Poly PUL outer, inner bamboo velour with bamboo and microfibre booster
Size : Birth to potty
Reliability : 7/10 only because of the liner issue (see below)
Absorbency : 10/10 but only with the extra booster
Cuteness : 7/10
Drying speed : 8/10 for an AIO
Slimness : 7/10 just because of the bulky look at the crotch and the puffiness, there are slimmer ones out there!
Value for money : Too expensive for what you get if you buy from shops but the 'seconds' from Bargainbots on Ebay are far more worthwhile and the fault only being the label sewn in slightly wrong place
Overall comment: Easy? and Fit? Get yourself a Tots Bots Pocket Tot instead, less work, less damp bums!
I do like these nappies and the improvements they so rightly made from the first version, I'm amazed how far cloth has come and find these and other nappies like these far more superior and give a far better performance than any disposable, the only 'leaking' I've ever had is where I left 'too tight' clothes over the nappies and this is any nappy in general not just these.
I love the different prints to these but can see how if I had a boy I'd be frustrated with the lack of boyish designs. I prefer the prints and whites to the 'brights' which aren't commonally sold in the UK as far as I know (again I got my bright from BargainBots on Ebay), the brights outer feels quite different, almost crunchy and is probably more likely to wick, plus they feel cheapy, this difference is too much of a difference in my eyes, you pay for an Easyfit because you've tried one and like but may end up with something that just isn't the same.
I love the simple clean look to these and I'm proud to have them in our stash even with the problems I've listed below, and I do enjoy how easy they are to put on and how they fit round my girl as I actually fit them onto her. These nappies would fit a large range of sized babies but please take note of the actual fit appearance of these nappies below.
I have used our brand new easyfits without prewashing and today one lasted with the additional booster for nearly 7 hours!! They are easy to use, quick to dry and if using just the pull out insert as you're meant to (see below 'Stay dry liner') they are easy to work with i.e. stuff insert, put in to wash etc.
Bad points for me:
EASYfit?
No stay dry liner! I understand for some this is a positive thing but considering how many love Bumgenius and how great TotsBots pocketots are/were (they stopped doing them) they perhaps should have offered the choice.
The insert, I've thankfully been told, should be folded outwards rather than stuffed in the pocket as it is sold to do, so then the microfibre is on the outside on baby's bum rather than the bamboo. This is due to the fact that the bamboo becomes much more wet to the touch compared to the mf or you must add a fleece liner.
You begin to realise these nappies become a whole lot more work than just stuffing the insert or having one piece to put on/take off and to many this would be classed as a fault; as soon as you have to start tweaking and adapting the nappy for it to function the sooner you realise it has a big old problem and begin wanting the next version....I can just hear my husband saying in the background "Oh very clever Tots Bots; they have to make their money somehow" but many of the nappy companies seem to do the same.
So in a nutshell it's just not such an easy nappy anymore when you have a wriggling little one or are a childcarer/grandparent etc and have to make improvements and adaptations.
The pull out insert and booster; for some it may be a good thing but personally if I want an AIO I want an AIO. You have to stuff, or in my case align the underside of the pull out insert just right to fit in the nappy as a liner) for this nappy to be a nappy, and if you want it to actually last you need that extra booster; so extra work and sometimes extra shopping.
In my case I'd go for a true AIO (Bumgenius AIO for example) so it's a bit of a cheat to say it's a one piece nappy, then again this can also be a positive in the sense that it lasts forever.
Easy
FIT?
The hanging, drooping effect of these nappies is another point for me, the same as the first version; yes they go on so well, yes they squidge down really well under the certain clothes but unless you have good firm jeans or trousers they droop and puff out under leggings, tights, thin trousers etc; other more 'hard firm feeling' nappies like Itti Bitti D Lish or Bambootys do a much better job of being 'slim' than these. I personally don't like the puffy look these give my babe. I would not say these are the slimest I've used so the fit part of the equation does start to go out the window, but again these nappies would fit a large range of sized babies so you can't have everything.
The major staining if any poo comes in to contact with that bamboo, again why did they not put the microfibre on the top, what's that I hear you say "bamboo has antibacterial properties" yes but very damp bums and nicely stained nappies don't make for very good environments unless your child enjoys nappy rash and you hate the nice clean nappy look.
The white easyfits still discolour very quickly, just like the first version.
This is a nappy I would recommend to a first time clother BUT it would be difficult to explain about using a liner and flipping up the pull out insert, these probably wouldn't be any good for newborns/tinies but most pockets/aio's aren't any good for the smallest ones and last but not least: for someone new to cloth the extra booster and pocket could be confusing; who needs to be anymore confused with different types: pockets/AIO's/fitted/liners......etc etc This just isn't a true AIO so take note nappy companies: please stop confusing people!!