Imse Vimse Shaped Nappy Review

Typical price:

£6

We like:

That Baby's bum doesn't look huge; their good absorbency

We don't like:

The lack of fastenings for the nappy inside the wrap; that they aren't dependable enough for overnight use

SmartPlanet judgement:

These nappies manage the neat trick of remaining absorbent enough for daytime use, while simultaneously leaving your baby with a disposables-sized bum. The only serious downside is, inexplicably, the lack of fastenings for the nappy inner. Some Velcro or poppers on future Imse Vimses would see them as winners.

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Contact:

Nice Car Company at http://www.greenbaby.co.uk/
Telephone: +44 (0)870 240 6894

Imse Vimse's Shaped Nappy is much slimmer than any of the other nappies we've tested and most other real nappies on the market. The advantage is this avoids one of the most off-putting elements of real nappies for many parents -- Giant Bum Syndrome.

Real nappies will (these excepted) see your child going up a size in clothes just on bum alone. And we know of parents who've delayed introducing real nappies simply because in trying some, placing their infant in its Moses basket was like putting a triangle down on its side. So it's not a minor, silly issue.

These, then, offer a real answer to a real problem. And actually do so quite well. The expected downside -- that they wouldn't offer much in the way of protection -- never materialised. While we wouldn't look to an Imse Vimse to see a toddler through the night without significant booster materials, during the day, this coped with the usual gamut of heavy wees and explosive poos surprisingly fine.

As well as the organic flannelette nappies tested here, Imse Vimse produces an organic terry towelling nappy. They're as bulky as other real nappies and as absorbent, but are still saddled with the one problem that both Imse Vimse types suffer from -- lack of good fastening method.

While terry and, surprisingly, flannelette versions passed protection tests, they're frankly a huge pain in the baby backside to do up. They feature no poppers or Velcro fastening, which means you either have to quickly fold the wrap (sold separately for £9) over the loosely placed nappy before it falls open again (and again); or you get yourself some Nappy Nippas -- the modern equivalent of a great big safety pin, only now without the chance of pig-sticking your baby.

Imse Vimse uses SKAL-certified organic materials that have been manufactured according to EU Regulation 2092/91 for organic farming and which are sourced from India, Turkey, the US and Japan. The company also avoids air freight and assembles its nappies in Latvia and Estonia, in factories the manufacturer has visited.

Additional testing done by Caramel Quin

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