An okay diaper for the price, but there are better diapers out there.

Kushies Ultra All In One (AIO) diapers were the first cloth diapers that I purchased.  They were affordable at $45 (Canadian) for a pack of five and seemed simple to use. 

These diapers have an inner cotton-flannel lining with an attached liner that can be folded depending on whether you are diapering a boy or a girl.  The outer material is made of waterproof vinyl so that no cover is needed.  It also has Velcro closures.   

I store my dirty diapers in a dry diaper pail, and so when washing these diapers I did a cold wash without soap in my washing machine before washing again in hot water with a small amount of soap.  I generally line dry my diapers, and definitely do not recommend drying these diapers in the dryer.  They simply couldn't take it, and would wear out very quickly. 

I have found that my opinion of these diapers has varied as my daughter has grown older.  When I first began cloth diapering her as a two month old, I hated them.  I would put one on her, get her dressed, the diaper would leak and I would have to start over again.  I couldn't keep her dry in these for even an hour.  I began wondering if this was just what cloth diapering was all about, and that having a constantly wet baby was just how things were.

Fortunately, before throwing in the towel, I tried other brands that worked better, and as I became more savvy about the cloth diapering process, I realized that I could add extra liners and inserts to increase the absorbency of the Kushies AIO.  Once I did this, I had much better luck with these diapers.  Also, as my daughter grew her legs began to fill out a bit more which made the diaper fit better and decreased leakage.  

The downside of adding all this extra material to the diaper is that it makes for a very big baby bum.  Cloth diapers are generally more bulky than disposable diapers, and when you add many extra layers to one it can get a little ridiculous.  Also, it becomes a bit cumbersome to have to constantly be loading your diaper up with liners and doublers in order to keep it from leaking. 

Another problem that I had with this diaper is that it began to wear out after about eight months of use.  The outer vinyl lining got holes in it and some of the inside fabric began to discolour (and not due to staining).  Also, the Velcro closures lost a lot of their grip. 

These definitely are not diapers that you could use with more than one child as they just wouldn't hold up.  This is disappointing as most people hope to be able to use their cloth diapers with multiple children.

These weren't the worst diapers that I have tried, and they are inexpensive in comparison to many of the diapers on the market.  However, my daughter has outgrown the infant sized Kushies, and I won't be purchasing any of the larger toddler sizes.  I found the Kushies AIO to be most useful as a diaper to use when all your better ones were dirty.