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Snaps or Aplix?
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    Posted: 04 May 2012 at 2:57pm
The lifelong cloth diapering question. . . .
 
Which do you prefer (for the most part), snap or aplix diapers?
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For the most part, I like snapping diapers and aplix covers. I like side snap covers more than front snap. But, if I am letting DS go in just a diaper with no shorts, I like to put him in a snapping cover so the aplix doesn't catch and pull on things. There is no simple answer here
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I love snaps!
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Pretty much what Clare said. In general, snaps for diapers and Aplix for covers. But, side Aplix is just lame, so it's snaps there. 
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I am snaps all the way.
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I'm snaps all the way too. Except I liked wee huggers aplix.
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Snaps all the way
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Preferring snaps mainly because of the way DD tears open the aplix these days. I think the aplix is friendlier for Daddy/Grandma/Grampy, but I prefer snaps for most items. Those Wee Hugger mittens are awfully cute, though.   I also prefer snapping fitteds to closureless. I haven't touched a Snappi for months now.
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Always Aplix here.  I keep trying snaps every 6 months or so, and keep hating doing them up. 
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I prefer snaps, I haven't used applix since she was a newborn, but snaps always seemed more secure.
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I have a mixture but I like my snaps better.  Aplix is too scratchy and gets bunchy in the laundry (cause I always forget to do the laundry tabs).  But when there is a great sale, I buy Aplix stuff still.
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Exclusively snaps :)
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I prefer snaps just because much Los were so chubby that with any Aplix there was always the chance of it scratching their bellies or legs. But I like to have some Aplix for daddy/nana/sitters.
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I only have 8 diapers that are aplix right now (rest are all snaps) but I am thinking of going down to 4 aplix (for gma and gpa, daddy. etc) and replacing the other 4 with more snaps - is that too little of an amount?  Wonder if I should keep the 8 aplix?
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Snaps as they seem to hold up better, don't rub bellies and don't attack anything in the wash bu I do like the fit of Velcro better but not enough to have too many
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Originally posted by slednmom slednmom wrote:

Snaps as they seem to hold up better, don't rub bellies and don't attack anything in the wash bu I do like the fit of Velcro better but not enough to have too many
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Mostly aplix (pockets & covers--it doesn't include snapping fitteds), but I have enough snaps to secure dipes on a nudist toddler LOL.
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Originally posted by slednmom slednmom wrote:

Snaps as they seem to hold up better, don't rub bellies and don't attack anything in the wash bu I do like the fit of Velcro better but not enough to have too many

Yep, this all the way.
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I do prefer the Velcro Capri over snaps and if Bumgenius had heavier duty Velcro that would hold up over time I may like that better
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none of the snaps covers fit my DD (she's almost a month old now).. i prefer aplix.. but all the OS diapers i got are in snaps. i hope they'd fit her later on 
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I prefer snaps for fitted diapers. For pockets/AI1's snaps For covers I like applix only because I can get a better fot but I don't like the scratchyness of it and how it gets yucky after a while.
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Originally posted by slednmom slednmom wrote:

I do prefer the Velcro Capri over snaps and if Bumgenius had heavier duty Velcro that would hold up over time I may like that better
I only have the Capri in snaps . . . now you have me interested in it in aplix.  bG aplix, even on the newer 4.0's just does not hold up nearly as well as I would like it to.  I have 6 bG Pockets that I do not rotate thru much at all partly just to save the aplix (and keep for DH, Gma, etc). TotBots EasyFits velcro, now that is a WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY - beautiful after many uses Clap
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Originally posted by whm721 whm721 wrote:

none of the snaps covers fit my DD (she's almost a month old now).. i prefer aplix.. but all the OS diapers i got are in snaps. i hope they'd fit her later on 
I had a strong preference for aplix with my kiddos for the first 4-6 months or so of diapering and then I found snaps to work very nicely Smile  I think you will find they fit her nicer once she gets a bit bigger.
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Originally posted by gbabies gbabies wrote:

Originally posted by slednmom slednmom wrote:

Snaps as they seem to hold up better, don't rub bellies and don't attack anything in the wash bu I do like the fit of Velcro better but not enough to have too many
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I agree also.  I only use snaps.  I prefer diapers with two rows of snaps, because I always get a better fit.  However, I do plan on buying a few aplix diapers for grandparents to use. 
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Aplix seems way more convenient (I only have it on covers), especially during the night, but velcro is definitely noisier and tends to make my LO startle.
So I vote snaps. Tongue

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Originally posted by mom4moju mom4moju wrote:

Always Aplix here.  I keep trying snaps every 6 months or so, and keep hating doing them up. 


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I love the snaps! I have two covers with velcro in my stash and I never use them because they catch on everything and scratch.
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