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gDiapers Starter Kit, Large | 
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| Brand: gDiapers
Category: Health And Beauty
List Price: $26.99
Buy New: $26.28
You Save: $0.71 (3%)
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 4283
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 6 x 5 x 4
UPC: 187006000026
EAN: 0187006000026
ASIN: B0019I8JXC
Release Date: May 14, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | gDiapers Starter Kit, Large, offers convenient, "green" alternative to traditional disposable diapers | | • | Decomposable diaper liners are completely flushable | | • | Contain no plastic components; breathable "little g" pants keep baby's skin healthier | | • | Starter Kit contains 2 "little g" pants; 10 liners | | • | "Large" size for children 26 to 36 pounds |
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Amazon.com Product Description
A baby in disposable diapers puts an average of 6,000 diapers into the landfills by the time he or she is potty trained -- and those plastic-based diapers take about 500 years to decompose. What's an environmentally conscious parent to do? With gDiapers, you can have the convenience of disposable diapers and avoid doing damage to the planet. In fact, gDiapers even help the environment. Get started with this gDiapers Starter Kit which can be used on babies or toddler 26 to 36 pounds in weight.  | gDiapers offer: - Flushable, decomposable diapers that offer an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional disposables
- Breathable, non-plastic diapering system that keeps baby's skin healthier
- Starter Kit that contains everything you need to begin using gDiapers
|  | |  |  Flushable, Decomposable Diapers
The gDiaper consists of a machine-washable, reusable cotton "little g pant" and a snap-in, reusable waterproof liner, which contains the diaper refill. These refills are decomposable. Containing no plastic products, they're made from sustainably farmed wood fluff pulp, sodium polyacrylate (SAP), which provides absorbency, and cellulose rayon. And they can be flushed down the toilet, which has a couple of wonderful benefits. First, it eliminates the need to keep smelly diapers around in a diaper pail. Second, it keeps unnecessary waste out of the landfills. And finally, the entire contents of the diaper gets processed by sewage treatment plants, which return treated, completely sanitized solids to be converted into valuable fertilizer. It's recycling at its best! If you're unable to flush the liners, they can still be thrown in the trash without guilt, since they will decompose in 50 to 150 days -- a much better turnaround than their plastic counterparts. And, if you're a gardener, you can simply throw the wet liners in your compost bin. (Note: for sanitary reasons, never put poopy diapers in the compost.) As Easy As Traditional Disposables -- but Healthier
The "little g pant" itself sports an adorable style and trim silhouette, and it's available in several cool colors. With easy-to-use rear Velcro closures, the little g pant is just as easy to put on a baby as traditional disposable diapers -- no pins to deal with here. Plus, its breathable qualities help keep baby's skin healthier by minimizing diaper rash. Get Started!
Everything you need to get started is included in the handy Starter Kit: two little g pants in trendy "Great Orange" and "Vanilla Bean" colors, suitable for boys or girls, each with two snap-in liners; 10 flushable diaper refills; a "swishstick" to aid with flushing; and a Handy User's Guide (H.U.G). The "Large" Starter Kit is for children 26 to 36 pounds in weight; small and medium sizes are available for babies and smaller children, so you can start with gDiapers in any stage of your child's pre-potty-training life.  | Starter kits come in three sizes: |  |  |  |
Tips for Successful gDiaper Use
Some plumbing systems may have problems with the flushable liners, including systems with tree-infested pipes; non-standard plumbing systems, including grinders or house traps; and septic tanks, which require close monitoring to make sure the outflow is clear. It is recommended that only poopy diapers be put into septic systems, and wet ones be composted. But even if your plumbing system won't accept the gDiaper flushables, you can always simply throw them in the trash where they'll quickly decompose, making a much more environmentally friendly alternative to traditional disposable diapers. | Stock up on flushable diaper refills: |  |
What's in the Box
Two pairs of large-sized `little g' pants (Great Orange and Genuine Vanilla Bean), 10 flushable diaper refills, swishstick, and Handy User's Guide (H.U.G.). |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
gDiapers are awesome! July 14, 2008
E. Murphy (San Jose)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
You can get the straight poop here, http://www.gdiapers.com/. I've been using cloth diapers for three years, since my first kid. He is about to be potty trained (we hope) but we've started using gDiapers on our second kid.
So here's the short story. Cover + liner + insert. The cover is nice and soft with the velcro tabs in the back so hopefully the little one doesn't figure out how to open them. The liner is a snap in plastic-y sort of deal that keeps the moisture inside. The insert is the cotton pad that you take out when you change the diaper, and toss in the trash or flush down the toilet.
Some benefits:
* No more diaper pail. That alone does it for me. You flush the insert, easy peasy. MOST of the time the liner stays clean so you just leave it alone. Occasionally you get a little poop on it which can be wiped off or you can wash the liner. They give you a spare for each cover in the kit.
* Smaller form factor. These are way less bulky than the cloth diapers we were using. I'd say they're a bit more bulky than a traditional disposable.
* You can toss wet (not poopy) liners into a composter, if you have one.
* You can toss them in the trash. They contain no plastic and the company claims they will bio-degrade in 50-150 years... which seems like a lot, but really isn't compared to traditional disposables which bio-degrade... never.
* I like the velcro in the back. Our cloth diaper covers had the velcro in the front so we always had to make sure our daughter was wearing pants or shorts so she didn't get into them. Now, on hot days, she can go with just the diaper.
* If you're flushing the insert, poop is going where it's supposed to. Most people don't realize that poop isn't supposed to go in the trash. Then it just go straight into the landfill and you have a dangerous biohazard that can propagate disease and is extremely unsanitary. The majority of people don't realize that, even with modern disposable diapers, you are supposed to rinse the poop out of them in the toilet so they go through the water/waste treatment that all our human waste goes through, making it somewhat safer for the environment and for us. Let's face it, people using disposables aren't interested in rinsing them in the toilet first. But with these, if you're flushing the insert, it all goes down the drain which is pretty nice.
* They cost about the same as cloth diapers (via a service we use) and disposables. This is not counting the covers, which you would amortize over the life of your kid using diapers. But the inserts are about the same. I'm basing this off Amazon's price for a case of 4-32 count packages. Not counting the discount you get for the automatic fulfillment, which I hope to sign up for once Amazon has them in stock again.
Some cons:
* The covers are fairly expensive. On the up side, you don't need as many. We owned quite a few covers for our cloth diapers, but should get by with maybe 4 of the gDiaper covers. And only that many because we use a daycare and I don't want to have to shuttle covers back and forth every day. Anyway you save a fair bit of cash if you buy this kit, even if you already have one. I plan to get a second kit to get the two more covers I want.
* You have to rip open the liner and dump out the absorbent middle. This might be gross for some people. My son has the messiest poops and if we were using these on him it might be pretty icky. But my daughter's poops are very compact and tidy so it's no big deal.
* Some low-flow toilets don't like the bulk of the liner. If so, you might need two flushes to get it all down. gDiapers offers toll-free support and flushing help via an 866 number.
Overall I'm very impressed with the design and implementation of this diaper. It's clear a lot of thought and planning went into them and they are very cool. I've been using them for a few days and I'm ready to say goodbye to my cloth diaper service.
Now if Amazon would just get the liners back in stock, I'd be ready to go. Fortunately the Whole Foods in my neighborhood carries them also.
Love them! July 16, 2008
K. Bund (Houston, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been using these for about a year since my little girl was one and have loved them ever since. I can't flush the liners because of our plumbing issues, but feel good about throwing them away. I love the covers!! She cannot take them off since it closes in the back. Love everything about it and the fact that they are better for the earth! I wish that they would have these when my first was born. Give them a try!!
Great for on the go! August 4, 2008
K. Knoernschild (W. Burbs - Chicago)
As a cloth diapering mom, I always had to fall back on traditional disposable diapers during busy weeks and trips. G-Diapers have saved us from not only the waste, but simplified our clean up process. I've yet to have a leak, even over night (I have a boy, btw) - but I do noticed that the messies get on the liner easier than I had hoped. It really doesn't matter though, since we can swap the liners out so easily. And I just LOVE that the flushies are also biodegradable, so they can go in the garbage or down the toilet with ease.
I now have 6 covers, 12 liners, and feel this is the perfect combination for my 17mo.
gDiapers August 26, 2008
Venita L. Garner
gDiapers are great. i don't much like the new style gDiaper velcro. it's aplix but i don't like aplix.
otherwise, they're very soft, very nice. good for the environment and cute. i wish they did come in more colors.
Green, comfy and cute! August 29, 2008
Melissa A. Wojciechowski (Howell, MI)
We switched from regular disposable diapers to gdiapers a few months ago and we love them. My daughter has very sensitive skin and used to get diaper rashes at the drop of a hat. No more. She used to stick her hands in the legs of her diapers all the time, but she stopped doing that once she started wearing gDiapers. She is so comfortable and cute in these diapers. We use cloth inserts at home and the flushies at daycare. Once I showed her caregivers how to put them on her properly they said it was actually easier than using a disposable. I really love that I can flush the flushies, compost them or throw them away knowing that they will degrade and not fill up a landfill. They are a flexible green alternative to disposables!
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