How do you get Elementals dry???

jennyann28

DD is finally fitting into her OS diapers. I love th Elementals (I have 7 in my stash), but they don't dry! It's been over 24 hours and they are still soaked and I am running out of diapers. I don't live in a humid place, and it's been 75-80 in my house. We live in a townhouse & only get sun in our outdoor space for a couple hours a day. I'm about to have to go order more pockets, which stinks because I dislike stuffing them. Should I give up & put my BGEs in the dryer? How do you get them dry???

SoccerMama9

Over the past few months I?ve converted my stash over to Elementals b/c I don?t like stuffing.  I dry them on low for about 40 minutes with my other stuff then I hang them on the backs of my dining room chairs separating the layers.  It seems to help them dry if the ceiling fan runs as well.  Just letting them air dry seems to make them like cardboard.

NicoleR524

AIOs of any kind take forever to dry.  I would do the opposite of pp and would hang on the line in the basement or outside until mostly dry and then toss in they dryer for 20 minutes to fluff and shorten drying time.  

veruca5839

I line dry inside.  I just separate all the layers from the shell when I lay it on the rack so each is getting air flow.  It still takes long because it's an AIO, that's just the nature of them, but it takes less than 24 hours this way for me.

emsrdh03

I'm bad and machine dry mine.  It's been almost 2 years and is still in good shape, but I know it's not the best for the elastic and PUL.

kacelle

I dry all of our diapers in the dryer on medium heat.  We don't have anywhere to line dry, and I always do laundry last minute anyway.  No issues with the diapers we've been using for a year.

jenn1981

I dry on low through two cycles (my low setting is only 30 minutes, and 10 minutes is no heat) and then hang overnight by separating the layers through a hanger. They are dry by morning.

leapgirl8

I throw them in the dryer with our Freetimes (and our one Fuzzibunz pocket and one Tot Bots Easy Fit). They usually aren't totally dry at the end of the cycle like the others, so I set them out overnight to finish air drying. 

I was so worried about machine drying but it seems that lots of people do it with no problem, especially with Bumgenius.  

schenkertobe

I actually unstitched the back of the soaker from the diaper- they dry much faster that way! And I dry them on low for 20-30 minutes first before I hang them to dry.

 

jennyann28

Thanks for all the replies. It sounds like at least part time in the dryer is the way to go.

queenie521

I use the dryer too. Never had an issue. 

BrookeNYC

schenkertobe:

I actually unstitched the back of the soaker from the diaper- they dry much faster that way! And I dry them on low for 20-30 minutes first before I hang them to dry.

 

 

Brilliant idea!  I'm going to try this.  Because it's really just at the seams where the dampness hangs around.

Sunidaze

Those are the only ones I put in the dryer and haven't had any issues doing so.