01.Introduction
In 2009, Australian babies used 2.1 billion nappies — a staggering 5.6 million per day, according to market researcher IBISWorld. When you're dealing in these kinds of quantities, it pays to find the most cost-effective buy.
For our disposable nappy trial, CHOICE recruited 48 parents and their babies to test 14 popular disposable nappy brands, including three making "green claims". As a separate user trial, we asked five parents to give modern cloth nappies a go.
We asked our trialists to assess:
- Leakage and keeping baby dry
- Fit and staying in position of the nappy
- Durability
- Each nappy overall
Brands trialled
Disposable nappies
- Babylove
- Bambo Nature
- Coles Dry Fit
- Comfy Bots
- Cosifits
- Especially for Baby
- Homebrand
- Huggies
- Lullaby
- Mamia
- Moltex
- Pampers
- Seventh Generation
- Snugglers
Modern cloth nappies
- Baby BeeHinds
- Eenee Weenees
- Itti Bitty all-in-one (AIO)
- Itti Bitty snap-in-one (SIO)
- Pea Pods
What you'll get in this report
- Trialists' ratings and profiles for 14 types of disposable nappies
- Profiles for five modern fitted cloth nappies
- Price per nappy for all nappies we trialled
- Information on nappies and the environment
- Our Best Buys and a Green Buy
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