gDiapers was on the Today Show

JThomas221

The Today Show had a "green" segment showcasing eco-friendly products this morning and they included gDiapers as one of the products. They said it was the eco-friendly alternative to disposables. I feel like if they really wanted to show an eco-friendly cloth option, they could have shown organic bamboo CDs or something to that effect, but I guess it's a good thing that they had any cloth at all, right?

pixy_stix

I bet we get triple the amount of questions about gdiapers in the next week.

I would also bet that gdiapers paid for that segment. The longer I cd, the more I just don't like the company in general. My real worry is that people will try the system, get turned off on cding and just not want to try any further.

Did they just show the disposable inserts? Or did they show the reusable ones?

GibsonGirl620

pixy_stix:

I would also bet that gdiapers paid for that segment. The longer I cd, the more I just don't like the company in general. My real worry is that people will try the system, get turned off on cding and just not want to try any further.

AGREED.

They were in an environmental piece in the magazine American Baby, too.  

adoxyinherear

I got an email from a family member who knew we were planning to CD about this! I told her I'd looked into them in the past, but the system actually looks to me to be more complicated than other types of CDs.

GibsonGirl620

Pixy, can we add a separate question about them in the FAQs?

JThomas221

pixy_stix:

I bet we get triple the amount of questions about gdiapers in the next week.

I would also bet that gdiapers paid for that segment. The longer I cd, the more I just don't like the company in general. My real worry is that people will try the system, get turned off on cding and just not want to try any further.

Did they just show the disposable inserts? Or did they show the reusable ones?

This is what I was thinking, too. They didn't even mention the reusable inserts. They showed the covers and talked about the disposable inserts and then one of the hosts of the show mentioned that it was a cross between the "old" cloth diapers and the "modern" disposables.

::facepalm::

stf3814

I did not see this segment but got an email from Diapers.com and they are listed in the promotional headline because they are on sale.  I came to the forum to ask you all about them and voila!  Too funny.

pixy_stix

GibsonGirl620:

Pixy, can we add a separate question about them in the FAQs?

We could, and I think we talked about it for a while.

The real problem with doing something like that is that Gdiapers as a company has no problem sending their FB followers over to mess with posts like that. One time there was a simple little poll on this board about what people liked best (FB, BG, Gdiapers), and they had people coming over and voting for gdiapers. It was ridiculous. So eventually, that thread would be discovered and all the ardent followers would skew it to in favor of gdiaps.

DaisyJanie

I will say that seeing an ad for gdiapers is what got me interested in CDing in the first place. I looked up more info about them, and someone had commented, "why wouldn't you just use all-cloth diapers?" And had a link to some of the major brands like BG. And that's what started it all for me... I still have never tried gdiapers. They do seem like the worst of both worlds - still have to worry about washing, and also you're throwing stuff away.

boogerbearoriginal

pixy_stix:

GibsonGirl620:

Pixy, can we add a separate question about them in the FAQs?

We could, and I think we talked about it for a while.

The real problem with doing something like that is that Gdiapers as a company has no problem sending their FB followers over to mess with posts like that. One time there was a simple little poll on this board about what people liked best (FB, BG, Gdiapers), and they had people coming over and voting for gdiapers. It was ridiculous. So eventually, that thread would be discovered and all the ardent followers would skew it to in favor of gdiaps.

Wow. That's ridiculous.

bugandbibs

pixy_stix:

GibsonGirl620:

Pixy, can we add a separate question about them in the FAQs?

We could, and I think we talked about it for a while.

The real problem with doing something like that is that Gdiapers as a company has no problem sending their FB followers over to mess with posts like that. One time there was a simple little poll on this board about what people liked best (FB, BG, Gdiapers), and they had people coming over and voting for gdiapers. It was ridiculous. So eventually, that thread would be discovered and all the ardent followers would skew it to in favor of gdiaps.

I have a love/hate relationship with gdiapers.  

On one hand, they actually work well for us with the gcloth inserts, they are a local company (to me), and they get a lot of people interested in cloth.  

On the other hand, they have some skanky business practices that lead to confusion for cloth newbies.  Plus, they are to "rah-rah there are never any problems with our system you must be doing something wrong" instead of "let's trouble shoot the problem" on their website/customer service. 

2gr8pits

Or they could be like me, I started by looking at and being interested in gdiapers and then it progressed from there!

GibsonGirl620

pixy_stix:

GibsonGirl620:

Pixy, can we add a separate question about them in the FAQs?

We could, and I think we talked about it for a while.

The real problem with doing something like that is that Gdiapers as a company has no problem sending their FB followers over to mess with posts like that. One time there was a simple little poll on this board about what people liked best (FB, BG, Gdiapers), and they had people coming over and voting for gdiapers. It was ridiculous. So eventually, that thread would be discovered and all the ardent followers would skew it to in favor of gdiaps.

Wow. It's like a cult!

So I should just type up my standard response in Word and then copy n paste as needed?   

kmhunt11

What are their skanky business practices (other that the FB stuff you mentioned)?  Just curious.  We were given a whole set of small and medium gdiapers and they're helping me transition DH into the CD thing.  He's totally not on board so I'm easing him in.  

pixy_stix

kmhunt11:

What are their skanky business practices (other that the FB stuff you mentioned)? 

They're whole customer service is based on the fact that YOU the user must be doing something wrong. Every leak is attributed to the fact that people can't put them on right. Then they go through this ridiculous list of steps so you can find that magical happy place where gdiapers don't leak. It's hard for them to comprehend that maybe it's the product (after all the covers aren't waterproof), and not the customer that has issues.

LittleApple

I saw the segment this morning.  They probably paid for it.  They said you can buy flush-able liners to either throw out, flush or compost.

Seems like more work.  Why not just use cloth and wash?  They should have had other options....like a real cloth diaper? 

NaturalBlond

They have amazing PR. But I guess they have to in order to fool a bunch of people to go for their ridiculous 3 piece diaper vs. a 2 or 1 piece.