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I have two mother-ease wet bags that I've been using for about 12 months, and I use them about once a week (maybe twice) for a few hours, usually holding 2 diapers. I'm finding that the wet is seeping through the bag and onto everything else in my diaper bag - Yuck!
I was them with my diapers, and I usually hang them to dry (unless it's raining). How long should they last? Is a year it? Any bags you know that last longer? |
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Hmmm, well I don't know about ME bags but I had two Bummis bags and one Mother-Of-Eden bag that I used as pail liners (they'd probably each get washed about once a week). They lasted about 3 years at which point I sold them off and they were still working fine. At first I did wash them with clothing so they weren't washed in hot, but after about a year (or two?? not sure) I stopped bothering and just washed them with diapers.
I know they say that it's best not to wash PUL with diapers and I have heard that some PUL can get build-up that leads to leaks. I have no idea at all if that would apply to ME wetbags (they didn't exist when I needed some, otherwise I'm sure I would have bought them) but I thought I'd mention it.
I do know that my bags would sometimes 'sweat' for lack of a better word. If the contents were quite wet then I could count on the outside of the bag feeling quite damp, even a bit wet. It didn't 'leak' as such, but the outside felt damp if you touched it. I think that's fairly normal when there's a lot of really wet diapers in the bag for a couple days, the wetness just eventually goes through a bit.
But I wouldn't expect that a bag that's only a year old would do that with only a couple diapers inside. Unless they were sopping wet and left for at least a few hours.
I would try stripping them just in case there's a build-up (it's a slim chance but worth a shot). Also maybe try a trip through the dryer (some PUL benefits from a bit of heat once in a while) - as long as ME doesn't strictly recomend against it. And then if both of those fail I would give ME a call...
Karen. |
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I had the same problem. Now I just use ziplock bags when I'm on the go. No more leaks. Not the greenest of solutions but it worked for us and now I don't have to wash everything in the diaper bag. If you hear of a great wet bag that has a different liner that works better, please pass on that info. I'd love to try it.
Thanks,
Monique (mom of 4 boys & 1 more on the way) |
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| I didn't end up doing loads of outings, but I carried a bunch of empty bread bags. Dirty diapers were rolled up and put in a bag, which I tied. Sometimes I'd double-up, two wet diapers to a bread bag, if I was running low. Then I'd just tear open the bags and deal with the diapers at home; no real trouble with smell or sweating that way, and using something that I had around the house anyway. |
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Instead of a diaper-marketed wetbag, we just went to an outdoor store and bought a small dry bag that is used for paddling to keep your stuff dry. Works perfectly the other way too: I never had any leaks or sweating. For an idea of what I mean, you can check these links: MEC in Canada or REI in the States, but any other outdoor store should have something similar. And they fold to nothing when they're empty.
http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442625580&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302700593
http://www.rei.com/product/752522 |
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I used a small Bummis wet bag (same fabric/construction as my pail liner) for the diaper bag and it worked fine, no leaks and no sweating. I didn't go out all that often but still, over the years I ended up testing them fairly well... Of course I never rinsed my diapers when I was out of the house so the diapers weren't as wet as they sometimes were in my pail...
Karen. |
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I love MEC! What a great reason to shop there! We have one in Burlington, near where I live, so that's great. Just to confirm, you don't turn the bags inside out do you? They keep the wet inside even when they're the right way around?
They would be easily repurposed when the babes are out of diapers, because I'm looking forward to getting back to adventure camping next summer when my sons just over a year old.
What a perfect idea. |
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Yes, we use the bag right side in... It keeps the smell in too - we actually go the idea because we used to have a dog, and when on a long hike with no garbage available, we got sick of smelling the dog-poo bags that we would need to pick up. We tried carrying a small dry bag for that purpose, so when it came to diapers we thought it may work.
Only downside is I'm not %100 sure how they would do in the washing machine, so I always hand-washed them, but you could always ask. They're easy to hand wash anyway, you really only have to rinse most of the time. We washed only when they started to keep a bit of the smell :-) |
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