Thirsties Duo Diaper Review and Giveaway
Here we are at 6 months of cloth diapering and still going strong with E. What I haven’t mentioned lately is that there is still another bigger kid in the house that wears a diaper at night. After many a wet beds from the disposable variety, we decided to switch her to cloth, too.
Amazingly, she’s pushing 40lbs and will be 4 years old in two months, but she fits in the Thirsties Duo Diaper Size 2 (which they say is for about 18-40lbs and/or 9-36 months). It has two sets of snaps to allow for three different rise settings. And then two snaps on each side (or you can do the hook and loop route, which is like Velcro, but I don’t like the stuff). I had to try out the new argyle prints. This is Scottish storm. It is geared at a more boyish pattern, but I definitely think it’s more gender neutral. This picture is pretty true to life color. I think it’s supposed to be brown, but it looks more magenta to me.
The Duo Diaper is a pocket diaper. But, it’s different than many other pockets in that it opens in the front and the back, so you don’t have to remove the insert before washing…every time, that guy has agitated out, no problem! It also has their feature leg gussets to help everything stay in.
The sleeve is a microfleece sleeve which is very soft and keeps moisture off the kiddo’s skin. (so, no waking in the middle of the night because they are wet for the little ones…the big ones, that’s a different story, but we won’t get into that.
The duo insert is also unique to other pocket diapers I’ve tried. The Thirsties specialty inserts has two layers of serged microfiber terry snapped together with five serged layers of hemp jersey for a total of seven thirsty layers. The microfiber terry absorbs quickly resting closest to your baby’s skin (beneath the microfleece sleeve, you don’t want microfiber on skin) and the hemp is a stable (and slower) absorber that pairs perfectly behind the microfiber terry by adding more absorbency and preventing compression leaking.
This is the duo insert with the microfiber on top.
I detached a snap on one end so you could see them and how they worked (for some reason, I didn’t quite grasp this from looking at descriptions on other sites).
Now, hemp will shrink after washing and drying (and must be prepped with at least 3-5 wash dry cycles to remove the natural oils). This is before washing. They’ve actually accounted for the shrinkage,
because after a couple washes, you can see they are practically the same size now (the hemp looks bigger here, but my angle must have been funny because they look the same size to me.
On to the fit. On the big kid. Honestly, no idea how tall she is, but she’s almost four and wears 4T-5T clothes. She’s pretty tall. And, pretty close to 40lbs.
In my experience, Thirsties seem to have a lower rise than other diapers. This is with the largest rise setting. But, it fits her great and there are still two more snaps to go on the waist.
Most importantly, when she does pee, she’s a heavy wetter. And, we’ve had zero leaks with this as is. Just the duo insert and it’s all she needs.
Head over to their site and request a catalog for yourself to see all of the awesome diapers and products Thirsties has. And, make sure to like them on facebook. They always have great discussion and tips about cloth diapering and care.
The materials:
Content Outer: 100% polyester with waterproof urethane coating
Inner: 100% polyester microfleece
Insert 1: 55% Hemp, 45% Cotton
Insert 2: 100% polyester–microfiber terry
FREE of VOC’s, PVC, phthalates, lead, and latex
I received the diaper to facilitate my review. All thoughts are 100% my own.
I have a Thirsties cover that I love. I have been wanting to try the Duo pocket as well as the AIO.
Love the print!!
So, how do you think this would work on a 6 month old? I know thirsties has two sizes available, so you may not be able to use it for your youngest.
Hi Ashley-So, I haven’t tried this one on her yet (my lo is 6 months old, too). I think it would be too big. I have no idea how much she weighs, but I think she’s pretty average for a 6 month old. I have a size 1 duo diaper that still fits her on the second rise setting.
However, I also have some of the duo wraps (which are just a cover). Depending on the fitted diaper underneath it, she can fit in a size 2 snapped up as tight as it goes. Hope that helps.
(PS Their AIO seem to run smaller in my opinion, so you could probably size up for that).
Awesome! Thank you!
I’d like to try the Duo All in One
I would love to get some of the Duo Wraps as well. 🙂 bekki1820cb at gmail dot com
The Duo All in One looks interesting. It’s such a pain to remove and put back in the inserts every time.
I really want to try the duo all in one!!
Would like to try their detergent!
I really want to try the hemp inserts.
I like the Ocean blue Duo Fab Fitted
Super Wash
Thirsties Duo Wrap!
their AIO!
I would love to try the AIO
I like the fab wipes from their store.
A change mat
I have a Thirsties AIO and a fitted, but I’d love to try a Duo Diaper!
A thristies duo pocket or AIO
I love my Thirsties AIOs and Fab Fitted, but have never tried their pocket and would love to!
I’d like to try an AIO.
Would love to try the booty love diaper ointment!
Thirsties hemp prefolds!
the duo all in one
Fab Wipes… heard they are so soft!
Duo aio!
Duo aio
I’d love to try the AIO or their fab wipes
Hemp prefold
Duo Hemp Prefold
I would love to try their AIO!
I’d like to try their new Aio
The duo aio
id love to try thier hemp doublers also
Thirsties booty love ointment
I want to try the duo wrap.
I want to try the fab fitteds
the duo all in one in mango would be nice!
I like their AIO’s. 🙂
the duo aio
Hemp prefold
Duo AIO in Scottish Storm
I? want to try the aio
I’d like to try their original diaper cover
I have used all the other Thirsties products except the Duo Diaper. I really want to try it!
Id love to try their fab doublers!
Love the checker pattern.
I’d love to try out the DUO All-in-one diaper!
I would really like to try any of their diapers/wraps. I have read great things about them and would love to see for myself.
id like to try their duo AIO diapers.
Love this print!
I would like to try the duo AIO diaper – I love the two size system and would like to try the size 1 with our next newborn.
I would like to try their inserts, have read positive review about those
i’d like to try the wipes solution
stay dry inserts.
I want to try the new Thirsties All In One diapers!
booty love!!
I’d like to try a fab fitted!
Would love to try their hemp prefold.
I’d love to try the fab fitted!
I’d love to try the Thirsties Fab wipes.
what a great giveaway! thank you for the chance to win 🙂
I’d love to try out their Duo Fab Fitted in Orchid!
lime cover
I’d love to try the Thirsties Duo Wrap!
I’d also like to try their duo all in one.
I would love to try a fitted diaper!
their fab fitted
Baby is due in 2 weeks and I’m just started building my cloth diapering stash. The Thirsties brand sounds quite impressive with a good selection of products. I’m also interested in their covers and AIOs.
I really want to try their Duo fab fitteds!
Would love the chance to try a new diaper.
Duo All In On in Black bird
I would love to try a Duo Wrap.
I’d like to try the Fab Wipes
I would also like to try their Fab Fitted!
Would love to try the fitted
i’d love to try the duo all-in-one! it looks like a great, fast-drying design, which is the problem i had with aio’s in the past!!
I would love to try the Hemp Duo prefold
I love the warm stripes pattern for a diaper!