New bumGenius Elemental Review October 29 2016 7 Comments
We hope you are enjoying fall in your neck of the woods and gearing up for all the fall festivities.
Here at The Natural Baby we are smitten over the new bumGenius Elemental today and have finally had a chance to prep and use the new 3.0 Elemental on our still-in-diapers baby (aka toddler who is about 22 months old).
Here is a basic introduction to the New bumGenius Elemental for those who may have never tried it before:
- All in One cloth diaper (super easy to use and wash)
- One Size design (fits from about 8 lbs to 35+ lbs)
- all Oeko-Tex certified organic cotton inside
- durable and water resistant polyester PUL outer
- gentle proprietary elastic special made for bumGenius cloth diapers
- easier access built into design, to elastics when change is necessary
- less PUL touching baby's delicate skin
- increased absorbency (same number of layers of fabric total (6) but a slightly larger imprint/footprint as compared to 2.0)
- durable plastic snaps sure to last the test of time
Our personal experience with the New 3.0 design Elemental and design tweaks:
- increased absorbency (compared to 2.0)
- improved fit with new elastics
- gentler fit around legs with hidden seam
Our 2.0 Elementals have had so much love... and by love, I mean abuse. Literally.
My current Elementals in our rotation are so well loved they were beginning to show some serious signs of wear. They still perform well enough to stay in our minimalist cloth diaper stash (about 30 diapers total and about 40% of that is of bumGenius Elementals (2.0 version)).
The exposed PUL on our 2.0s show definite signs of wear, since I would often find the diaper had flipped inside out in the wash, and PUL was on the outside and cotton would flip to the "inside". This created a good bit of friction directly on the PUL.
My 1.0 version Elemental had MAJOR edge-wear from the cotton directly on the seam and from the sewn insert directly on the cotton liner so that wasn't good either.
My projections from the newest 3.0 design is that is will wear down much slower. I can imagine that this diaper will be less likely to flip around in the wash and hence show less direct wear on the elastics and PUL.
Top 3 reasons to try the NEW bumGenius Elemental:
1. increased longevity
2. improved absorbency (surface area and configuration)
3. improved fit (elastics, casing, & cotton inner)
*****************GIVEAWAY TIME ***********************
Wanna try a NEW 3.0 bumGenius Elemental for your baby?
Simply comment below and tell us where you stand with cloth diapers, if you have ever tried any cloth diapers, and specific experiences you have had with former Elemental designs!
Winner will be drawn randomly on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016.
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and be sure to check out the new Elemental colors currently available on our website!
*******UPDATE**********
Winner drawn! Congrats to Comment #4 Nicole K. for our random drawing! We will be emailing you with instructions about how to claim your new Elemental in either Austen or Equiano!
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Comments
Nicole K on November 04 2016 at 06:56AM
Thank you! Cannot wait to try out this new diaper and love the Equiano print!
Allison on November 04 2016 at 12:10AM
Congrats to Comment #4 Nicole K. for our random drawing! We will be emailing you with instructions about how to claim your new Elemental 3.0 in either Austen or Equiano!
Thanks all who participated and stick around for more! Join our Newsletter for more fun, community, chat and giveaways!
http://eepurl.com/kpLHT
Jilliann m on October 30 2016 at 12:08AM
I have cloth diapered one baby so far. I have a 7 week old now and am planning to start cloth with him soon! I loved the obges but wasn’t a fan of the nbges, I could never get them to fit right. So I’m really excited for the 3.0s.
Nicole Karingada on October 29 2016 at 10:34PM
I’ve been cloth diapering for about 4 months now and use mostly BG- 4.0. love their newest prints!
Rebecca on October 29 2016 at 08:49PM
I’ve been using cloth diapers with my 6 month old baby for almost 6 months. (She was too slim to wear the one size diapers from birth, and I didn’t think to look into your newborn packages… Oops. Oh well.) My stash is BG 5.0 pockets, Flip covers and a couple Thirsties pockets. I’m definitely interested in trying AIOs.
Leslie on October 29 2016 at 08:33PM
We are going on 17 months of cloth diapering with my first and expecting our second squish in March. Our stash has grown exponentially through the help of our supportive family, but our preference is pockets – our main rotation is made up of Little Bee Co. pockets, with a full stash of preloved Best Bottoms my MIL gifted us when one of her coworkers have up on CD. We have a few BG’s, with one of the previous incarnation of the Elementals (the PUL isn’t lined), and I do like how trim they are. Very interested to try the new one!
Samantha on October 29 2016 at 06:43PM
Pregnant with second child and hoping to cloth diaper. We tried cloth diapering with my son for a few months but couldn’t follow through due to yeast issues. Bum genius AIOs are my preferred brand! Excited to try the new and improved design! I felt that the previous elemental wasn’t absorbant enough for our needs at the time!