Comparison : BambooLite Printed Fleece Cover VS CM-TrueFit PUL Extra

From one of the forum that I joined, there is some who actually interested to get the BambooLite printed fleece cover to use with the BambooLite foldover insert as it is a cheaper option as compared to the BambooLite CM-TrueFit PUL Extra which already comes with the foldover insert.

I'll not advocate which option is better as it is all boil down to your personal preference. What I wrote here is just some different between the printed fleece cover (when use with the foldover insert) and also the PUL Extra.

1. Cost

Price shown below is retail price and exclude discount if any.

• Printed Fleece Cover (Limited Edition prints) + foldover insert - RM 63.00
• Printed Fleece Cover (not LE prints) + foldover insert - RM 61.00
• PUL Extra (already comes with foldover insert) - RM 66.00

2. Water-proofing and breathability

• Printed Fleece Cover
• It is water resistant but not waterproof.
• It is water resistant only when it is wash correctly.
• Diaper fleece cover should be wash with the usual laundry with fabric softener and not with the diapers laundry.
• There is still possibility that it'll leak since it is not waterproof.
• But this usually happen only if the fitted diaper or the soaker is very soiled to the extend it can't hold any wetness anymore.
• PUL Extra
• As the name implies, it have a layer of PUL which is waterproof.
• It reduced the possibility of leakage when it is wear correctly and fit well with baby.
• Not as breathable as the fleece cover so baby bum might feel warm/ hot.

3. Prints/ Colours

• Printed Fleece Cover
• Comes only in prints.
• There are 5 prints available.
• PUL Extra 
• Comes only in solid colours.
• There are 10 colours to choose from.

4. Closure

• Printed Fleece Cover
• Only comes with snap closure.
• Side snapping.
• PUL Extra 
• Can choose between snap or velcro closure.
• Front snapping/ velcro with overlapping snap/ velcro.
• Velcro closure will be more caretaker/ babysitter friendly as compared to snap closure.

5. Style

• Printed Fleece Cover
• As diaper cover when use without the insert - can use the same cover for a few time before wash
• As AI2 when use with the insert. Simply lay on the insert to the cover.
• PUL Extra
• As pocket diaper - there is a pocket opening to stuff the insert.
• As diaper cover when use without the insert - but still need to change in each diaper change since the inner is made of absorbent layer or else it might stinks if continue to use it with other fitted diaper as cover.
• As AIO - can lay on the insert instead of stuff into the pocket and there is snap to hold the insert.
• Note : Though it can be use like AI2, I put it here only as AIO as the inner is made of absorbent layer.

6. Bulkiness

Both is almost the same but the Printed Fleece Cover might be slighly bulkier than the PUL Extra by a bit as it is more "fluffy".

7. Total Absorbency Layers

(After the foldover insert is fold to half)

• Printed Fleece Cover - 6 layers (All from the foldover insert)
• PUL Extra - 7 layers (6 layers from the foldover insert, 1 layer from the diaper inner)

8. Size

• Printed Fleece Cover
• Comes in 2 sizes - Size 1 and Size 2 (Might have to buy 2 pcs of the different size to last till potty trained)
• General sizing guide :-
• Size 1 fit baby from 3 - 12kg,
• Size 2 fit baby from 5 - 18kg
• Not able to adjust the leg opening
• PUL Extra
• Comes as One Size to fit from 3 - 18kg
• Able to adjust the leg opening

Review : BambooLite Printed Fleece Diaper Cover

BambooLite have launched some products not too long ago. This includes the new printed fleece cover. This is just a quick review as I don't think I have use it long enough to actually do a proper review on this.

Picture shown above is the BambooLite printed fleece cover
in limited edition prints - Dot

Style

BambooLite fleece diaper cover is a side snapping diaper cover that comes in 2 sizes (Size 1 and Size 2).

Information that I got from the BambooLite website, it says that it is made from anti-pill fleece. Size 1 is said better suit petite baby (3 - 12kg), while Size 2 fit chunky baby (5 - 18 kg).

It have a turned and topstiched finishing on the leg casing and serged finishing on the front, wing tab as well as on back. It is a fleece diaper cover that can be use as All-in-Two (AI2) diaper when you lay on a soaker (not provided).

Currently, BambooLite printed fleece cover comes in 5 different prints with 2 of it is the limited edition print.

My Verdict (After around 1 - 3 times of usage)

1. Price & Availability

• The diaper cover is retailing for RM 37 for the limited edition print while the rest is retailing for RM 35.
• You can get the diaper cover as cheap as RM 28 with the BambooLite current anniversary sales which is offering this at 20% discount.
• To me, it is not an expensive diaper cover but I would not say it's very cheap either.
• I bought this diaper cover directly from BambooLite but I think you can get it from most of it's retailer.
• You can find the list of the BambooLite retailers from BambooLite website HERE

2. Fitting

• According to BambooLite sizing guide, Size 1 will fit baby from 3 - 12kg. 
• My daughter is about 12+ or 13kg right now and she still fit well on the largest setting of Size 1.
• I have not try the Size 2 on her yet as Size 2 looks really generous sizing.
• I tried to use this as AI2 (with the BambooLite foldover soaker) and it works well without leaking.
• When I use it as diaper cover over a fitted diaper, it can't cover the whole fitted diaper as I still can see there is some part of the fitted diaper is "exposed".
• But I think it is because the fitted is bulky and I should have use Size 2 fleece cover instead of size 1.
• Actually there isn't much different for the crotch width between Size 1 and Size 2.
• It might differ by about 1 cm or so (I didn't measure it with ruler. Only roughly estimate it from what I see)
• But there is huge different on the rise between both by at least 2 inches.

On the left is Size 2 (Dot), while on the right is Size 1 (Leaf).

3. Absorbency

• Since this is a fleece diaper cover, it does not offer any absorbency.
• As for the absorbency when you use it as AI2, it is solely depends on what is the type of soaker that you use.
• Please also note that when you intend to use this as AI2, you can only lay the soaker and not snap the soaker to the fleece cover as there is not snap to hold the soaker.
• The BambooLite's hybrid insert or the foldover insert can lay on to the inner of this diaper cover well.
• There is minimal movement of the insert/ soaker as the inner have the lighweight windpro fleece where you can actually stuff both end of the insert/ soaker to keep it in place.

This is how the inner looks like when it's open up.
The white portion is the lightweight windpro fleece where we can
stuff both end of the inner to keep it in place.

This is how it looks like after the foldover insert is lay on it.
The fleece cover on the left (Dot prints) is Size 2.
The one on the right (Leaf prints) is Size 1.

4. Colours/ Prints

• As what I have mentioned earlier, currently BambooLite is offering 5 different prints for this fleece cover.
• Leaf, Lamb and Wild is the normal prints
• Dot and Orange is the limited edition prints.
• It'll looks great for those who fancy printed over plain color fleece diaper.
• I personally love the Dot limited edition prints. Don't really fancy the other limited edition print though.

5. Overviews

• Personally, I like this diaper cover.
• The fleece diaper is water resistant (but not waterproof) when you wash it correctly and yet it's breathable which is why I like it. 
• The side snapping design actually really helps to reduce the wing drop problem.
• Side snapping diaper have reduced if not eliminate the wing drop problem as compared to front snapping diaper. (This applied to all other diaper and not to this cover only)

The wing tab

• The idea to have turned and topstiched finishing on the leg casing and not to the whole diaper cover have actually helps to reduce the bulkiness on those diaper cover.
• Please not that, it is not actually really "that" bulky as compared to the BambooLite PUL diaper shell.
• It's just slightly bulky and you may not or hardly notice the different unless you really do the comparison between both side by side.
• But there is also something that I don't quite like about this cover too.
• This fleece cover have a hidden serged back elastic.
• From the way it is serged, it should have not rub against the skin but yet it rubbed against my daughter back leaving some red back on her back.

The serged hidden back elastic. For some reason, the serging
actually leave red mark on my daughter back.



More And More Packages Arrived Today...

Am so happy when I reached home today. I have more packages arrived from US. This time round it’s woolies from Stephanie of Sweet Violets Mama!!! I have bought 2 pcs of her in stock wool longies and another custom of a longies and a capri. You heard it right. There’s 4 pcs all together.

Stephanie have send this out by International First Class mail on 13^th September as what I have requested. And I received it today. I got this exactly 7 days after she sent it. The shipping is really fast!!!

Below is the in-stock longies that I bought. Am listing the full details of the longies so that I know where I can refer to next time if I ever want to sell it… :p

Sunset Stripes longies

Waist with elastic: 15-24"
Hips: up to 28"
Rise: 17 1/2"
Thigh: up to 14"
Inseam: 11 1/2"

This pair is made from 100% lambwool sweater. It’s sold to me as L/ XL size and it is said to fit toddler of 18mth old – 2 years old. The longies is of lighter weight wool. So Stephanie have added a thicker soaker layer through the wet zone. It’ll works great for day time and nap diapering. The colour stripes looks much better and vibrant in actual.

Sage Cable Knit Longies

Waist: 15-22"
Hips: up to 24"
Rise: 20 1/2" but waistband can be folded over to adjust
Inseam: 9 1/2" with cuff

According to Stephanie, this pair is made from 100% wool sweater from England. The size is also L/ XL just like the Sunset Stripes pair. But this pair it is said to fit a children of 12mth old – 2 years old. The longies is of mid weight wool. There is not additional soaker at the wet zone for this pair.

And  now my custom order. Both pair is made to order according to the measurement that I provide to the maker.

Dark grey cashmere with owl and tree appliqué longies

This pair is made from a very lightweight cashmere. Stephanie have actually added a full size thick wool soaker from lambwool and sewn it to the longies so that I can use this for night diapering. For this pair, I have requested to add appliqué on this pair of longies (this of course incurred additional charges). So, there is an appliqué of tree on the left and an owl on the right.

Autumn Stripes lambwool capri pant

This is also a lighter weight wool. So Stephanie have added a thicker layer of lambwool through then wet zone so that I can use this for night diapering. There is a cashmere waistband with elastic on this pair.

You might be wondering why I choose a lighter weight wool. Actually it's all because I sleep in a non air-cond room. So TY might feel hot if I wear her a thick or heavy weight wool longies.