THE Boingo thread...post your pics! More added!

OK so I got my Boingo's today and I think they're pretty cool! There's a learning curve, for sure  And I found that they begin to stretch pretty easy if you take it really slow and stretch a tiny bit at a time. I've heard they can break easily and I can see how, but after I took my time and stretched them gently, I think they'll last a long time. Could be wrong...we'll see! Here's my first attempt, OUCH! Poor boy bits...

From the side:

Second attempt to get it more secure...not much better:

Third attempt, at bedtime; I had a revelation: put it further on the hips and less on the front of the diaper. It worked magically!


I'm REALLY looking forward to him waking up so we can try them out more tomorrow! I will post more pics too

More pics: Before (put a cover over it):

AFTER: Much better!!!

Here's a comparison of the Boingo to a Snappi; they're almost identical!

I think Boingo's are sharper though...William was coverless and it worked until he slid off his bed and snagged the Boingo on his quilt and tore it! He's snagged Snappis on things before but they just caught, never tore. His poor quilt!

Here is a brand new green Boingo out of the package, never been stretched. Next to it is the blue Boingo I've been using for 24 hours straight. Wow, look at the place where the black claw part meets the rubber part. It stretched the hole longer and once it reaches a certain point I know I won't be able to continue using it because the black part could come loose.



Edited by stegmanjessica - 21 Nov 2011 at 1:31am

Interesting. I use flats and the wings wrap around really far so I just don't think these will be in the future for us. They are an interesting design though.

What do you think about coverless? Could they come loose just as easily as a snappi?

wasn't that their big selling feature, that they were supposed to be good coverless vs. the snappi? 

I was thinking they would be the same (the prongs that is) but since I had not seen them I didn't know. Just makes me go hummmmm 

I think she is listening to everyone's feedback and trying to change the design now that she knows they are stretching/breaking easily and quickly.

I'm really confused why they didn't test them longer and/or use a small test group. They certainly would have figured this out first and saved a lot of headache!!!

I think they are a great idea, just not ready for mass consumption yet. :)

melissamomof3girls wrote: I think she is listening to everyone's feedback and trying to change the design now that she knows they are stretching/breaking easily and quickly. I'm really confused why they didn't test them longer and/or use a small test group. They certainly would have figured this out first and saved a lot of headache!!! I think they are a great idea, just not ready for mass consumption yet. :)

ITA!! She never should have taken orders for a product that wasn't tested and tested again with different prototypes. Not too smart since so many people are having problems with them; if that happened to me I'd ask for my money back, but obviously she can't go and give EVERYONE their money back now. Oh well, I really like them for the price and cuteness, and they function fine once you learn how to use them. I'm just being careful.

Thanks for the review and pics! I figured they'd be about the same as the snappi as far as not beng safe coverless. I just don't see how anything with claw teeth could really be safe uncovered on a little one. That's smart how you placed them farther back. They're a bit bigger than I was expecting too, but with the 2 pieces I guess that means they'd be virtually impossible to outgrow.

I sold a NIP set I had and I gave away my used set. I wasn't a big fan. Lovely concept and really cute design, I just wasn't a fan of the function.

I much prefer to just kite fold a flat and use one pin.

I think she's getting glitter ones and some smaller ones soon though. I wish well for her though. :)

Resurrecting this thread - love these pictures!  Has anyone else tried these? What do you all think of them?

I added a Boingo product review page


Edited by diaperpin-jen - 14 Jun 2012 at 2:15pm

I just got mine the other day and I had the same problem! But I was thinking that I hadn't stretched them well enough. I'm going to keep trying.

I thought about trying these, but I am really good with a snappi so I see no reason to switch!  I have never had an injury or had one come undone.  Never used them coverless, though.  They never seemed to bother my boy either.  I'll probably just stick with what has worked for us for over 4 years!