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[treegal]

I actually want to know what the price per nappy is, so if anyone can tell me what one of those big boxes costs RRP and how many you get in one, that would be great. Thanks

[tashmcnaddict]

here is whats avalible

im sure it roughly around $38-$41 a box depending on what shop its at

http://www.huggies.c...roductRange.asp

[treegal]

thanks tash - I worked out an average no per box, and on $41, that 48c per nappy. Flippin heck!

[MyTwoLittlePrincesses]

I was in woolies the other day looking at price per nappy and for the 22 pack of toddlers.... its like 56cents a nappy!

[LeeJ]

but people STILL tell me it's cheaper to buy disposables!:rolleyes:

[tashmcnaddict]

holy crap 50c to throw in the bin 8-10 times a day :eek:

[treegal]

MyTwoLittlePrincesses said:

I was in woolies the other day looking at price per nappy and for the 22 pack of toddlers.... its like 56cents a nappy!

I took the 4 jumbo box contents and divided by 4 to get an average, so yeah, the bigger sizes will cost more, the smaller will be 'cheaper'.

[treegal]

charlizwise said:

I've been using disposables for nearly 2 years now and only now have I decided to use cloth. I became a single mum when my little boy was 8 weeks, and back then being a first time mum and a single mum at that I would not have been able to handle using cloth - with the little bit of extra washing etc. I have now decided to start using cloth, so that when I decide to have my next child, that I will be in the know of how cloth work. I dont think one or the other is better, it is personal prefference, and understand that cloth may not be practical for people - like it wasnt for me up until now. Good on everyone who is using cloth, and if there are people who are still using disposables that are reading this, you dont have to feel bad, as cloth isnt for everyone :)

I wasn't starting a debate, I just needed the info for something I'm writing. I truly have no concept of what they cost. Sorry if you took this to mean I was dumping on sposie users.

[LeeJ]

charlizwise said:

I've been using disposables for nearly 2 years now and only now have I decided to use cloth. I became a single mum when my little boy was 8 weeks, and back then being a first time mum and a single mum at that I would not have been able to handle using cloth - with the little bit of extra washing etc. I have now decided to start using cloth, so that when I decide to have my next child, that I will be in the know of how cloth work. I dont think one or the other is better, it is personal prefference, and understand that cloth may not be practical for people - like it wasnt for me up until now. Good on everyone who is using cloth, and if there are people who are still using disposables that are reading this, you dont have to feel bad, as cloth isnt for everyone :)

not shit stirring, but i dont understand??:confused:
no one has commented that sposies are 'anything', except expensive, which i'm sure you'll agree, they are!

[LeeJ]

charlizwise said:

i wasnt starting a debate either, I thought it was an open forum for everyone to be able to speak their mind on the subject, sorry

:confused:
it's not a subject though?

[treegal]

LeeJ said:

:confused:
it's not a subject though?

nope, it was just an honest question, so I can be informed.:confused:

[LeeJ]

i'm seriously not trying to shit stir you, I just don't understand the reply,
the thread had nothing at all to do with sposies being used, simply what are they worth.

and im not having a go, really.

[Crunchy_Nut]

woolies have two boxes on special for $66. thats a saving of around $17.
we have to use sposies at night (2 per night, on on top of the other) so i only ever buy them when theyre on special

[treegal]

lexi11 said:

woolies have two boxes on special for $66. thats a saving of around $17.
we have to use sposies at night (2 per night, on on top of the other) so i only ever buy them when theyre on special

thanks Lexi11 - that makes the RRP about $41.50, so my numbers should be ok

[macandkt]

i just bought a pack (DD caught my cold so only using them to prevent paracetamol staining on my lovelies!) and it was $13.99 for a 24 pack of huggies girls toddlers, just did the math, thats 58c per nappy

[Poppy]

Yea, we use them but I refuse to pay full price for a box! I wait till they are on special

[LeeJ]

lis said:

they are expensive, but i was recently fooled! I bought Home brand nappies for the first time ever (only ever bought Huggies before being a full time cloth user) and they were $6 for 12 nappies. Only when i got home did i realise that they were more expensive @ 50c each than huggies are! LOL

bahaha, sounds like something i would do!

[macandkt]

i have noticed that as well, that all the generic brands are all the same price and not really that much cheaper, tho snugglers on special in the mega box worked out really cheap before i did cloth

[Merla]

The figures go up depending on the size.

Newborn you get 108 per box for $44
Crawler its 96 for $44
Walker its 80 (I think)
and it gets worse from there. So newborn nappies cost less than 40c each, and "pull ups" cost about $1 each.

I did a graph somewhere, but it got lost when I changed computers.

[Fee]

I've been a sposie user until this year and ALWAYS calculated the cost per nappy because i couldn't afford them really (yes it took me THIS long to convert! lol)

If you work on .50c per nappy you'd be pretty good for huggies.

Sposies in general range from about 35c-53c per nappy! YIKES

[treegal]

A friend of mine uses Moltox, and I was just costing those for this piece - 93c each :eek:

[LeeJ]

treegal said:

A friend of mine uses Moltox, and I was just costing those for this piece - 93c each :eek:

i was thinking of getting moltox, for when we 'do' need to use them, pre--tttyy pricey though!

[Merla]

LeeJ said:

i was thinking of getting moltox, for when we 'do' need to use them, pre--tttyy pricey though!

Out of interest, what makes them better than huggies our aldi? Are they biodegradable? I've never heard of them...

[ButterflyMumma]

if you actually go to Woolworths website to the shop online part, it will actually tell you how much each they are for each of the sizes.

eg, Huggies Boy Junior size 20pk equates to $0.80 per nappy

ETA, the Coles website does the same, and its not just for the Huggies, but for all of the brands. HTH :D

Edited by ButterflyMumma, 19 December 2009 - 02:11 PM.

[treegal]

Merla said:

Out of interest, what makes them better than huggies our aldi? Are they biodegradable? I've never heard of them...

their 'eco' nappies
http://www.todae.com...uniorjumbopack/

[Merla]

They do look better environmentally than huggies, they might only take 50 years to break down, not 100!

[mum2lex]

*raises hand* i found it sal! hahahaah... :P

[lockies-mumma]

treegal said:

A friend of mine uses Moltox, and I was just costing those for this piece - 93c each :eek:

yikes !!!!!!!!!............ :eek:

[LeeJ]

i think the thing to remember is that you need to compost them yourself too, as the landfill conditions dont allow for them to decompose:(
i think sposies are 500 years?

I actually saw them reveiwed on EB, people who had used them, and knew a fair bit about them, havn't personally used them though!

[Merla]

LeeJ said:

i think the thing to remember is that you need to compost them yourself too, as the landfill conditions dont allow for them to decompose:(
i think sposies are 500 years?

I actually saw them reveiwed on EB, people who had used them, and knew a fair bit about them, havn't personally used them though!

My bad! 500 years... hmm... thats a lot of poop!

[LeeJ]

tell me about it! we'll be swimmin in it!

[MyTwoLittlePrincesses]

LeeJ said:

tell me about it! we'll be swimmin in it!

Ew... swimming in pooey nappies! Gross!

[keziopia]

the prices have just gone up, in the new year you will struggle to get them under $33 a box.

All the Major Retailers alternate who has them on special because it has been proven that the cost of nappies seriously influence where people go to do their grocery shopping.

We still use sposies here, and out of all the brands our local stock, i get huggies, because they are consistently good quality- i have pulled tabs off some others just opening them.

[kazza02]

did you get an answer to your Q Treegal in the end??

[Wills_mum]

Sorry this isn't answering the OP :P
but my friend uses these nappies, havent done much research on them but apparently are better for the environment :)

http://www.naturesch..._nappies/1996/1

[LeeJ]

keziopia, on 19 December 2009 - 04:37 PM, said:

the prices have just gone up, in the new year you will struggle to get them under $33 a box.


All the Major Retailers alternate who has them on special because it has been proven that the cost of nappies seriously influence where people go to do their grocery shopping.


We still use sposies here, and out of all the brands our local stock, i get huggies, because they are consistently good quality- i have pulled tabs off some others just opening them.

It's funny, I haven't seen nappies for $33 a box for ages now, now the 'special' price is $37-38 , that's a decent jump in that time hey!

[mum2one08]

neither have i leej, i was getting 2 for $60 at big w only 12mths ago.

[EmmasMummy]

They were two for $66 only last week from memory............ but any who.... why are we bumping really old threads all of a sudden tonight??

[mummyto2boys]

Ide love to know this too EmmasMummy lol...

[Nomadic]

Sometimes it's good to look over things from the past

[keziopia]

LeeJ, on 19 July 2010 - 07:31 PM, said:

keziopia, on 19 December 2009 - 04:37 PM, said:

the prices have just gone up, in the new year you will struggle to get them under $33 a box.All the Major Retailers alternate who has them on special because it has been proven that the cost of nappies seriously influence where people go to do their grocery shopping.We still use sposies here, and out of all the brands our local stock, i get huggies, because they are consistently good quality- i have pulled tabs off some others just opening them.

It's funny, I haven't seen nappies for $33 a box for ages now, now the 'special' price is $37-38 , that's a decent jump in that time hey!

mum2one08, on 19 July 2010 - 07:37 PM, said:

neither have i leej, i was getting 2 for $60 at big w only 12mths ago.

nice to know my crystal ball works lol, nah the Kimberly-Clarke rep at dp's work gave me the heads up,

[LeeJ]

hahaha!! good wprk Kez!

[Jenn]

Ok, I just have to say that the "eco-friendly" nappies aren't really any different to huggies and the like. The difference is often they tell you to rip out the inside and compost it instead of throwing it in the bin - but if you wanted to, you could do that to huggies and other "not-eco friendly" brands