Cost of disposies vs cloth nappies?

[meggles]

i realize huge variation out there... but...

as someone who doesn't have children yet, and is deciding between cloth & disposables. can you help me fill in the figures? i've done the following calculation based on my initial research.

let's say 2 1/2 years of disposables-
£0.50/disposable.
First 6 months- average 10nappies/day
Last 18 months- average 4nappies/day
that's £1980

let's say 2 1/2 years of cloth- using all-in-ones-
Need 24 or so. £15/each. = £360
Bucket & assorted supplies= £50
Total £410

i'm not going to try & estimate cost of doing an extra load of laundry every other day.

Don't forget wipes. I use reusable ones and I reckon they have saved me a fortune!

I shocked myself by doing a calculation of cloth wipes v so-called disposable wipes (which are actually non-biodegradable plastic sheets with skin-irritating alcohol on most of them and usually containing parabens - eugh). JUST using wipes for bottom changing (so ignoring all the other uses, face /hand wipes, high chair tray cleaning, etc) you would save around £260 per child using cloth wipes (from birth to 2 years). Not to mention yet more plastic going into landfill, and the CO2 generated by making them and shipping them around.

Best of all, cloth wipes don't take any extra washing as they're neither here nor there when washing cloth nappies.