Are water wipes really worth the price over other brands?

[Sparksi]

Ordering in bulk so we are prepped for when baby arrives. Everyone talks about water wipes. I can see they have the fewest number of ingredients but are they worth the price over another brand? Also see Amazon Mama Bear wipes are recommended - has anyone used these?

(I’ve thought of reusable ones but I honestly don’t think it’s for us.)

Thanks :)

Personally I thought WaterWipes were too wet! I've tried loads, really liked the Pampers Sensitive but then they changed to 0% plastic and they are not as soft. We now use the Amazon ones and they've been great.

I tend to bulk buy enough formula, nappies and wipes from amazon every pay day to last the whole month. It really is quite a bit cheaper to buy in bulk.

I found them way too wet. We tried all types and eventually landed on the Tesco ones in the green packet which we’ve been using for 4 years now. You can buy bulk in a box of 12 for about £7.

The Lidl version are great. Huggies weren’t wet enough imo.

We always gently dried DS’s bum on a dry flannel and had very few problems with nappy rash.

Aldi do there version of water wipes exactly the same but a fraction of the price

Baby wipes are awful for baby, planet and pocket.

Soft fleece wipes, or cotton based cloth, pre-soak in camomile tea + squeeze of baby soap + few drops of baby oil and they will be the best wipes you've ever used for ~£20 for a lifetime (as opposed to £20 a month for disposable wipes). And, you only need 1 cloth wipes to clean even the worst of the worst poos.

Cotton wool squares and water in a spray bottle (maybe with baby wash mixed in) so the cotton doesn’t get too wet is the best disposable option.

But washable wipes are definitely the best, at least at home. Once you try that the packaged disposable wipes will seem so ineffective. You could try with an old cut up towel first to see if it’s for you. I keep mine in a Tupperware box with a solution of 1 spoon of oil (coconut or olive) & 1 spoon of baby wash to 1 cup of warm water.

With everyone saying to wait and see what suits you. I was also skeptical (scared is probably a better term for me!) about reusables but one wipe of one cloth Vs using multiple wet wipes every time soon had me convinced. Also just felt way less smeery with cheeky wipes, they were just far more efficient which I appreciated. Even more so once they start trying to escape and speed is essential! 5 years on we're still using them for face and hands and the pack of wet wipes I bought during stage are still in the car for emergencies. Can't say we've not got our money's worth ✊

Cheeky wipes (or equivalent) have saved me £££ and saved the planet. 7 yeers later still using them daily.

Keep a dry stash and wet as needed is my best advice.

Water wipes are the only ones that don’t give my baby nappy rash, or just use cotton wool with water.

We couldn’t work out why we couldn’t shift the nappy rash until someone suggested switching wipes. It cleared up almost overnight. We were using the Sainsbury’s ones before which say for sensitive skin.

I found pampers better than water wipes - not worth the hype.

However, huggies, and a few supermarket own brand options I tried, were all horrendous.

Pampers were the best by far.

We only ever used Water Wipes for DC1 and DC2 so I can’t compare them to anything else but they worked well for both DC who never had any bum/ nappy rash/ skin issues. We set up a ‘Subscribe & Save’ on Amazon. I didn’t realise they were so ‘wet’ until reading this thread, but second the recommendations to check they work for you before bulk buying.

When at home, cloths or cotton wool/tissue run under the tap are better, cooler, no additives. X

Just buy washable wipes and use with water. Much cheaper and easier.
When you go out just take a few damp ones in a wetbag. You'll soon discover that 1 washable wipe dies the job of 3-5 disposable ones.
We used Imse Vimse wipes and Tots Bots wipes

Cheap face flannels do a great job, just multi packs from Asda, IKEA etc. if you get a distinctive colour they won't get muddled with bathroom facecloths.
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/krama-washcloth-white-40054538/

I've turned into a wipe snob since having my second. The two wipes I've found which dont clump together/arent dry/roll in your hand when you wipe are water wipes and pampers sensitive in the white and green packet. For the fact they are half the price at a £1 a pack i would/do chose the pampers, however if you can afford the water wipes get those. We stuck to water and cotton wool for the first few weeks while their skin is so new and sensitive.

For brand new baby big cotton wool oad and olive oil for poos or water for wee.

After that nothing beats kirkland baby wipes (costco)

Our ds was in nicu for a good while and i had multiple nurses asking about them so clearly even they were impressed

We used a mix of wet wipes and flannels - wet wipes to get the worst of any poos off and when out and about and flannels for the rest. For us, that was a good balance (and when we were away and only using wet wipes I found DD2 got nappy rash).

But I agree, I wouldn't bulk buy at this point.

We've only ever done cloth wipes. They are so easy. Just put 4-5 dry ones in your bag, a bottle of water and a wet bag to pop them in once dirty.

Most poos can be cleaned with one cloth wipe. When I've had to borrow normal baby wipes I despair because you need about ten and they just smear everything about.

Another vote for washable flannels, they are SO much more effective than any wet wipes we ever tried, you do only need one per change, saved a fortune too. We still have some of ours in use as face flannels 20 years later and recently bought a new lot. Ours were from The Nappy Lady.

I found cotton wool got fluffy bits stuck on the baby's bum. We mainly used normal baby wipes, did occasionally use water wipes but didn't see any difference between them and the cheaper ones. After a while I did use flannels for my youngest but still had a packet of wipes when out and about.

I think some people need to remember they they may have gotten on brilliantly or not with stuff like cotton wool but theirs is not the only experience. Some people may find it brilliant, others not so much. That's fine.

Yeah to a certain extent a bit of 'you do you' wouldn't go a miss, but also in areas where the manufacturers aren't always providing the most planet friendly options it does feel like we're past the stage where the majority of people can justify not even giving the more environmentally friendly methods a go.

Can you imagine the impact if everyone who has a child was willing to at least try ? Maybe they'd get along with it and make the switch, maybe they'd use reusables at home and use disposables when out, maybe they'd do it for wet nappies but not soiled, maybe they'd use them for faces and hands but not bums. Any of those would be something especially if enough people were doing it. Also have seen first hand the impact of knowing someone else doing it. We were encouraged by a friend to try resuables and loved it (our experience). So we asked our childminder if we could send in cloth wipes as she asks families to provide wipes for nappy changes. She agreed, and got on well with them. As a result of that for the past 4 years she's been using cloths for faces and hands for her mindees and her own children and other parents at the setting have decided to make the switch without ever even meeting me. I can't even imagine how many packets of wet wipes a childminder uses 😂

The world would massively benefit from a whole bunch of people trying where they can rather than a small bunch of people doing it 'perfectly' all the time.

Agreed, so smeary!!!! Bleugh.

Another vote for cloth wipes. My eldest is now almost 15 - and we still have those wipes which we now use as flannels. Though I am forcing myself to throw them away as they get holes.

Agree with everyone else not to plan too far ahead, and not to rule out cloth wipes. DS1's bottom blossomed into big red welts with every single packet wipe and we ended up with 10 different brands of opened and nearly full packets, but the only thing that worked was a stack of bamboo squares and a sports bottle of water with a couple of drops of oil. We brought along a plastic ziploc bag with us for the dirty wipes when out & about, and never ran out because you can just wash them all when you need more clean wipes, AND they are far cleaner and more efficient as no smearing and you can generally just use one.