Paul Martin wrote:ricky,
I use the gauze prefolds for ACD too. Like you say, thet are easy to pin on, easier than flannel. I do have some flannel diapers I had made for me, but they're thin enough at the pining area where it's easy to pin.
I have some contour shape diaper made from Loving Comfort which have a terry cloth insert, and they are almost impossible to pin unless you have over size diaper pins. .......Paul Martin
I know what you mean about the bigger pins. I use what they call a "skirt pin" that I get from Joanne's fabric store. They're 3 inches long, and almost twice as thick as the pins that ACD sells, but four times as strong. There's 2 types, a "stainless" looking one, and a brass colored one. I use only the brass colored ones now, because the so called "stainless" ones aren't really that. If they are worn for very long in a wet diaper, they will rust and stain the cloth.
These pins cost a little more, but they're very much worth the price to me. The ones from ACD would break off if you put too much pressure on them, like trying to keep your diaper on tightly. I won't say the skirt pins don't break, they will too, but not as easily or as often as the other ones do. I can only remember 2 or 3 of those breaking, to more than a dozen of the others, so you tell me, which ones are better?
As far as the holes they make in the cloth, yes, they do make a bigger hole, but unless you snag a thread on it, the holes disappear in the washing machine, just like the holes from the smaller pins do. I've heard other people complain about the holes and how they didn't like that, but like I said, the holes are only temporary and go away in the wash.
Rick