Snappi Diaper Fastener Review

What would I do without my Snappis?  Probably jump at any excuse to use disposable diapers--anything to avoid those diaper pins! Snappis are stretchable rubber fasteners.  They have teeth on all three ends that grip the diaper.  You pull each end of the snappi, get the teeth to dig into the diaper, and when all three ends are in place baby's diaper is securely fastened.

What do you like about the product?: The biggest advantage about Snappis is that they will forever free you from the perils of diaper pins.  I used diaper pins for my first baby, before I knew of the existence of snappis.  And oh, the fear that plagued me with every diaper change, the suspense, the worry, the ever-present question:  will I poke my sweet baby with the pin?  Or even worse, will the pin come undone in the diaper and stick her in a tender spot?  Fortunately that never happened, but my husband and I poked ourselves numerous times with the pins.  We also used way more disposables than I'd like to admit on this site :-)

Then we found Snappis, and diaper changing has never been easier.  Gone is the concern that I might poke my baby.  If the Snappi should come undone, it might tear the rubber pants, but never the baby.  People who have seen me change my baby have oohed and aahed over the snappis and expressed that they wished they had those when their now grown children were babies.  For some, it would have gotten them using cloth diapers, saving our landfills from 3,000 disposables per child.  For others, it would have saved them needless suffering and anguish over diaper pins.

Snappis are inexpensive, costing barely more than a set of diaper pins.  Even if your last baby is just about potty trained and you've been using pins all this time, it would be well worth it to replace those pins with a set of Snappis.

What do you dislike about it (if applicable)?: Although a huge improvement over diaper pins, Snappis aren't entirely risk-free.  They do have those teeth and while you can't poke yourself, you can tear skin pretty well if your finger should get in between diaper and Snappi.  Still, that scenario is much easier to avoid than the diaper pin poke.  Theoretically you could injure your baby with the teeth.  However, I think you'd have to be drunk, on drugs, or extremely tired to succeed at that.  If any of those situations apply to you, my recommendation is to pass off the diaper changing job to someone else.  In fact, I'd say pass along that job whenever you can on the pretext that he has got to try it with a Snappi.  My husband swears by our Snappis.

With so little chance of injuring yourself or your baby by using Snappis, it does take away some of the excitement of diaper changing.  Fortunately, there will always be the other delightful details to make diaper changing exciting...

Nothing lasts forever and Snappis do break after a while.  The part with the teeth sometimes pokes holes in the soft rubber that's holding it in place.  You can still use the Snappis but sometimes you have to adjust them.