If disposable diaper brand isn't important to you (and why should they be -- they all end up in the trash after use!) but PRICE is, the best priced diapers that I've found that get the job done is...
Comforts by Baby*. They are carried by any store that sells Kroger products.
They are far better priced than buying diapers at Costco or Amazon Mom any day.
They're the ones in the green box with the firefly that is mistaken for a bee. I think they are good diapers, soft and thick. Like any diaper, including cloth, as long as you change often and practice good hygiene, your baby won't get rashes.
The best thing about these diapers is that if you have a Smith's app (or Kroger app), you can download Comforts for Baby coupons to your rewards card keychain. The coupons range $2-3 dollars and you get one every month.
Usually they retail at 18.99 for their biggest box. For Size 5 diapers, it is 20 cents a diaper. With a $2 off coupon, they are $16.99, 18 cents a diaper.
Sometimes though, when a good Comforts for Baby coupon is circulating, the price of a box goes up to $20.99, which is still pretty good for Size 5 diapers at 22 cents a diaper. But most of the time, they sell for $18.99.
Compare this with the Costco brand, Kirkland Signature. At $38.99, for a box of 150 Size 5 diapers, 26 cents a piece. Sometimes Costco has a $6 coupon, making it 22 cents a diaper.
Guys, that is still more expensive per diaper than buying Kroger diapers WITHOUT a coupon!
The Southern Savers couponing blog has a terrific and helpful chart reference on best diaper price for a variety of sizes. I recommend reviewing it before you start price booking on diapers.
Boxes for Comforts for Baby start selling at Size 2. I only buy small packs if it's $4.99 or less. Once in a while, I manage to get a pack of Pampers for $4.99 but not often, it's only possible with a $3 coupon combined with a store promotion. There is another Kroger diaper brand however, called p$$t! that has Size 1 diapers retailing for $4.99. They are just like Comforts for Baby but thinner.
Here are the quantities for boxes retailing at $18.99 as of 4/13/2015 with the exception of Size 1. Comforts for Baby at Size 1 sells for $5.99 a pack. I bought them only when I had a coupon (making it less than $4.99 a pack)
- Many times, I've managed to pay $16.99 for a box.
- Boxes last a little over 3 weeks of diaper changes.
COMFORTS FOR BABY
Size 1 44 ct = 14 cents
Size 2 148 ct = 13 cents
Size 3 128 ct = 15 cents
Size 4 112 ct = 17 cents
Size 5 96 ct = 20 cents
At the beginning of this month I bought a box selling at $18.99 with a $2 coupon.
On 7/22/2015 we bought another box at $20.99 with a $3 coupon.
That made it buying a total of 192 diapers at Size 5 for $34.98 at 18 cents a piece.
From my last two purchases with coupons, I got about a week and a half worth of diapers than if I were to buy the store brand at Costco at retail for $38.99. Another way to look at it is that instead of paying $4 more at Costco, I got an additional 42 diapers by buying Comforts for Baby. That's like paying 10 cents a piece for 42 diapers of Size 5!!!!
Which leads to the next thing in mind: are cloth diapers worth the money?
This will largely depend on whom you talk to, but in this case you are talking to me, a person that is very objective on price, and tells it like it is with how money is made. The thing I'll point out about with what I see with cloth diapering that most people do not is that cloth diapers have become a huge business where one can easily sell diapers to parents willing to pay $800 to $1500 upfront and never come back again. Kind of like wedding vendors and used car salesmen, the price for a good elsewhere is usually inflated a lot more when you attach "wedding", "used" or in this case, "cloth"
I do not know how cloth diaper advocates come up with such high costs for disposables because in a year, we spend under $330 on disposables for one child. The low cost is driven by the coupons and also the cash back for groceries swiping our credit card.
If you are apprehensive about cloth diapering and worried about paying for disposable diapers, the good news is that you can still save just as much, or even more money using disposables instead of cloth. Again, Comforts for Baby are the best priced diapers I've seen to date.
*disclamer I receive no incentives promoting this product.
Comforts by Baby*. They are carried by any store that sells Kroger products.
They are far better priced than buying diapers at Costco or Amazon Mom any day.
They're the ones in the green box with the firefly that is mistaken for a bee. I think they are good diapers, soft and thick. Like any diaper, including cloth, as long as you change often and practice good hygiene, your baby won't get rashes.
The best thing about these diapers is that if you have a Smith's app (or Kroger app), you can download Comforts for Baby coupons to your rewards card keychain. The coupons range $2-3 dollars and you get one every month.
Usually they retail at 18.99 for their biggest box. For Size 5 diapers, it is 20 cents a diaper. With a $2 off coupon, they are $16.99, 18 cents a diaper.
Sometimes though, when a good Comforts for Baby coupon is circulating, the price of a box goes up to $20.99, which is still pretty good for Size 5 diapers at 22 cents a diaper. But most of the time, they sell for $18.99.
Compare this with the Costco brand, Kirkland Signature. At $38.99, for a box of 150 Size 5 diapers, 26 cents a piece. Sometimes Costco has a $6 coupon, making it 22 cents a diaper.
Guys, that is still more expensive per diaper than buying Kroger diapers WITHOUT a coupon!
The Southern Savers couponing blog has a terrific and helpful chart reference on best diaper price for a variety of sizes. I recommend reviewing it before you start price booking on diapers.
Boxes for Comforts for Baby start selling at Size 2. I only buy small packs if it's $4.99 or less. Once in a while, I manage to get a pack of Pampers for $4.99 but not often, it's only possible with a $3 coupon combined with a store promotion. There is another Kroger diaper brand however, called p$$t! that has Size 1 diapers retailing for $4.99. They are just like Comforts for Baby but thinner.
Here are the quantities for boxes retailing at $18.99 as of 4/13/2015 with the exception of Size 1. Comforts for Baby at Size 1 sells for $5.99 a pack. I bought them only when I had a coupon (making it less than $4.99 a pack)
- Many times, I've managed to pay $16.99 for a box.
- Boxes last a little over 3 weeks of diaper changes.
COMFORTS FOR BABY
Size 1 44 ct = 14 cents
Size 2 148 ct = 13 cents
Size 3 128 ct = 15 cents
Size 4 112 ct = 17 cents
Size 5 96 ct = 20 cents
At the beginning of this month I bought a box selling at $18.99 with a $2 coupon.
On 7/22/2015 we bought another box at $20.99 with a $3 coupon.
That made it buying a total of 192 diapers at Size 5 for $34.98 at 18 cents a piece.
From my last two purchases with coupons, I got about a week and a half worth of diapers than if I were to buy the store brand at Costco at retail for $38.99. Another way to look at it is that instead of paying $4 more at Costco, I got an additional 42 diapers by buying Comforts for Baby. That's like paying 10 cents a piece for 42 diapers of Size 5!!!!
Which leads to the next thing in mind: are cloth diapers worth the money?
This will largely depend on whom you talk to, but in this case you are talking to me, a person that is very objective on price, and tells it like it is with how money is made. The thing I'll point out about with what I see with cloth diapering that most people do not is that cloth diapers have become a huge business where one can easily sell diapers to parents willing to pay $800 to $1500 upfront and never come back again. Kind of like wedding vendors and used car salesmen, the price for a good elsewhere is usually inflated a lot more when you attach "wedding", "used" or in this case, "cloth"
I do not know how cloth diaper advocates come up with such high costs for disposables because in a year, we spend under $330 on disposables for one child. The low cost is driven by the coupons and also the cash back for groceries swiping our credit card.
If you are apprehensive about cloth diapering and worried about paying for disposable diapers, the good news is that you can still save just as much, or even more money using disposables instead of cloth. Again, Comforts for Baby are the best priced diapers I've seen to date.
*disclamer I receive no incentives promoting this product.
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