Our New Cloth Diaper Comparison Chart Helps You Choose the Best Cloth Diapers for Your Family

We've created this chart as a quick way to compare the best features of various styles and brands of cloth diapers we sell. We're often asked, "what are the best cloth diapers?", but we've found that the answer is different for almost every family. These are just our opinions, based on 13 years of experience in helping parents choose the right cloth diapers. See also our recently-created baby carrier comparison chart. Yeah charts!

Our chart will be revised as we add new products, so be sure to visit the chart's official page here.

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Cloth Prefolds, Flat, & Fitted Diapers with Covers
1. Prefolds, Flats & Fitteds Cotton Diaper Service Quality (DSQ) Prefolds are designed to be washed again and again. Flat cotton diapers are made out of the same birdseye weave cotton, but must be folded down to each time you use them. Fitted diapers have elastic and snaps built into them and are excellent at containing messes. Each of these styles of cloth diapers are not waterproof and must be used under your favorite waterproof diaper cover.
Product & Material	Ease of Use	Sizing	Cost	Leak Prevention	Durability	Best Feature
DSQ Prefolds Cotton	★ ★	Newborn, Infant & Regular	$	★ ★ ★ (much better with a Snappi or pins)	★ ★ ★ ★ ★	Super durable and also handy to use as burp cloths or changing pads.
Organic DSQ Prefolds Organic Cotton	★ ★	Infant & Regular	$$	★ ★ ★ (much better with a Snappi or pins)	★ ★ ★ ★ ★	Same as our conventional diapers except certified organic.
Organic Hemp and Cotton Prefolds Hemp + Organic Cotton	★ ★	Small/Medium + Medium/Large	$$	★ ★★	★ ★★★★	Hemp fibers hold moisture better than cotton, especially when compressed.
Organic Cotton and Bamboo Prefolds Organic Cotton + Bamboo Rayon	★ ★	Small + Medium	$$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★ ★ ★	Very soft and super absorbent prefolds
Birdseye Flat Diapers Cotton	★	One Size	$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★ ★ ★	Dries quickly. Best diaper for line drying.
Thirsties Duo Fitteds microfiber / fleece	★ ★	Two Sizes	$$	★ ★ ★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★ ★	Microfiber diaper contains messes.
2. Diaper Covers Each of the diapers above require a diaper cover as a waterproof layer. If you're using cotton prefolds, we recommend 6 diaper covers, which can each be used on average 2-3 times before washing. This will give you enough diaper covers so that you can wash every other day.
Product & Material	Ease of Use	Sizing	Cost	Leak Prevention	Durability	Best Feature
Bummis Super Whisper Wraps PUL	★ ★	Four Sizes	$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★	Features a softer, cloth-like feel on the inside.
Proraps PUL	★ ★	Four Sizes	$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★	Affordable cover with leg gussets.
Thirsties Duo Covers PUL	★ ★	Two Sizes	$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★	Two-size system requires half as many covers.
Sweet Pea Diaper Covers PUL	★ ★	Newborn + One Size	$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★	Affordable and durable covers with leg gussets and unique 2x2 snap pattern on the one-size cover.
bumGenius Flip PUL	★ ★	One Size	$$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★	One-size system compatible with a wide variety of inserts.
All-in-One Diapers All-In-One (AIO) Cloth Diapers are the easiest to use cloth diapers available. AIOs have a waterproof cover and absorbant liner sewn together in one convenient piece. As easy to use as a disposable but much more economical.
Product & Material	Ease of Use	Sizing	Cost	Leak Prevention	Durability	Best Feature
bumGenius Freetime PUL + fleece + microfiber	★ ★ ★ ★ ★	One Size	$$$$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★	One-size All-in-One designed to dry faster than other AIOs.
Swaddlebees Simplex 2.0 AIOs PUL + cotton	★ ★ ★ ★ ★	Three Sizes	$$$$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★	Super cute, great fitting cotton AIO with pocket option
Swaddlebees Simplex Stay-Dry One-Size AIOs PUL + cotton + fleece	★ ★ ★ ★ ★	One Size	$$$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★	Super cute, one-size cotton AIO with pocket option & stay-dry liner
Thirsties Duo AIOs PUL + fleece + microfiber	★ ★ ★ ★ ★	Two Sizes	$$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★	Two sizes fit newborns and toddlers better. Features a channel to stuff extra inserts as needed. Bright colors and patterns.
bumGenius Newborn All-in-Ones PUL + fleece + microfiber	★ ★ ★ ★ ★	Newborn only	$$$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★	Easy to use All-in-One that fits very well on newborns.
Pocket Diapers Pocket diapers are cloth diapers made out of three parts: A waterproof cover (usually PUL) sewn to an inside pocket made out of lightweight polyester fleece. A removable microfiber insert is the absorbant part of the diaper. Stuff the microfiber into the fleece "pocket" before use and then remove it before washing. It's a bit more work to stuff and unstuff pockets, but we scored them a little higher on ease of use because they're pretty easy once they're stuffed. The advantage of this design is that moisture wicks away through the fleece from baby's skin to be absorbed by the microfiber inside the pocket.
Product & Material	Ease of Use	Sizing	Cost	Leak Prevention	Durability	Best Feature
bumGenius 4.0 pocket diapers PUL outer, fleece pocket, microfiber insert	★ ★ ★	One Size	$$$	★ ★ ★	★ ★ ★	One-size pocket diaper available in snap or velcro.
Hybrid Diapers Hybrid cloth diaper systems offer the choice of using cloth or disposable inserts.
Product & Material	Ease of Use	Sizing	Cost	Leak Prevention	Durability	Best Feature
gDiapers Cotton shell + waterproof pouch + cotton/hemp/microfiber or disposable insert	★ ★	Three sizes	$$$$	★ ★ ★	★ ★	Versatile system can be used with reusable cloth inserts or with biodegradable disposable inserts.
Flip Disposable Inserts The bumGenius Flip system also offers disposable inserts which are designed to fit inside Flip diaper covers. These inserts can also be used with any of our other diaper covers listed above.

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*PUL is an abbreviation of Polyurethane Laminate.