Actually put a pencil (well, spreadsheet) to this one. After factoring in the diapers used per day, and laundry costs (water, electricity, detergent/bleach) it was slightly cheaper to go with disposable. Once we factored in time and annoyance, there was no comparison.

A roll certainly lasts me at least a couple of weeks I would think, but that doesn’t count all the bathroom visits when I’m at work, dining out, etc. I still don’t think that adds up to 100 rolls a year but maybe 50 could be in the ballpark?

Well, women have to use it every time they pee, men don’t.

imho it is quite different from cloth diapers both from an environmental and economical standpoint (the latter when using them on 2 or more kids).

Toilet paper is biodegradable and, when wet and flushed, it breaks down relatively quickly, diapers are not, there is quite a lot of plastic in them, and end up in landfill…

Yeah that’s fair. That’s more like toweling off after a shower.

That seems kind of reasonable! Like, wipe with a cloth after you actually clean it with water.

As someone who used disposable diapers with one child and cloth with the other. There is a big difference between TP & disposable diapers. If any way possible I would rather see folks use cloth. Saves TONS of money (time cost is higher of course) and a metric ton less waste. Disposable diapers are a terrible thing in…

While I consider this gross by all means, and pity the family that needs to scrimp on toilet paper (99 cents stores carry some ok toilet paper) I want to ask, I knew a person who’d shit and then take a shower and basically “wash up” while in the shower. They argued that the’d spray some cleaning agent just in case of…

What’s the deal with the snap in the lead photo? That seems like it could get painful and/or caked in poop.

People without penises need to wipe (or dab) when they urinate, generally.

“Family cloth” makes it sound like they all share the same cloth.

I don’t know man. I think my 1 year old might take bigger shits than I do.

Also consider the difference in volume between a single baby and a household with one or more non-babies in it.

no different than the people that told me to use cloth diapers when we had little ones. yeah because there is nothing better than working 8-9 hr day then scrubbing shit out of a diaper after i get home. i’ll pass.

You have to keep a sealed hamper

White people want to be poor so bad.

That’s why we use corn cobs, as our settler ancestors did.

Frankly a “solid” pass is the best case scenario for these things and it’s just going to get worse from there.

I want to make the argument that this isn’t much different than cloth diapers, but then I think about how much I can’t wait until my 1 year old can start potty training.I have no desire to handle that on an adult or teenager scale.

I like the idea, but the picture up top is making me laugh. I can’t imagine many things more frustrating than reading a book with someone.