leaking peapod

My peapods always leaked and it was because the PUL was faulty. I did a wick test. By putting a damp piece of cloth again it and the wetness went straight through the PUL.

Leo and I caused quite a scene on a recent kindy trip when I changed his nappy on the grass amongst the other mothers. Ooooo, cloth nappies!!! Honestly, I don't think anyone had ever seen a MCN! Most of the mums had older kids and had been put off by flats & pins so there were lots of questions. Unfortunately there were a lot of skeptics too! One pregnant mother was very curious though and I tried to answer her questions as objectively as possible but another mother couldn't stop going on about how rediculously expensive they were "$40 for a nappy!" - which I pointed out wasn't true. Anyway, she convinced the pregnant mother to go and get Peapods from Baby City as they're only $20 each, even though I pointed out that good quality nappies had good resale value (and the interfeering mother had never actually used Peapods herself!). I just hope that they work out alright for her as it would be such a shame for her to finally give cloth a go on her 3rd child, only to find they leak

Vic xx

I use Peapods as part of my collection and I've never had any trouble with leaking. It sounds like more of a random problem than an overall Peapod thing.
They're not my favs but I find them a good everyday nappy for my average wetter.

I don't think I'll buy anymore then.

When you say the PUL is wet, is the insert soaked and the pee is wetting through to the outside of the nappy?

If it is I think you may have a hole in the PUL itself, letting the pee through to the cloth outer. I think Honey Child did a bit of research on this (although not officially) and I think PPs only last 100 washes before the PUL starts to deteriorate where the HC lasts at least 300 before there was any sign of wear and tear.

I had 8 Peapods at one stage and never had problems with them, I only sold them coz the gremlins outgrew them. Am planning on getting a couple for this bub too. I wasn't that impressed with their hemp inserts but am keen to try their bamboo ones.

I've got the bamboo ones and they seem to be getting even better over time.

The insert is wet but not really really wet and would last a bit longer in other nappies. I can just see wet patches on the back of the nappy and Capreces clothes are all wet. It was bought over a year ago but hasn't been used lots. I have one I bought recently and it seems fine so maybe its just this one. I wasn't using its insert anyway so its nothing to do with the insert.

Oh yip thanks Vic I'll give that a try