Too thick and wet! (Huggies Pure Wipes)

Member Name: Claribella

Product:	Huggies Pure Wipes
Date:	26/02/09 (65 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: The thickness is good in some circumstances.

Disadvantages: Not very flexible

I normally use Asda Smartprice wipes because they dot he job and are really cheap. My mum came over with a couple of packs of these the other day and I started using them the other day. I used quite a few this morning because I changed Elijah's pooey bum, turned my back for a few minutes and when I came back the nappy was open and he had the poo in his hand! Thankfully none went in his mouth but he had it all over his hands and was mushing it in! Yuk! I won't be doing that again! I used these wipes to gett he worst off his hands and the floor so I think you can safely say that I am experienced enough to write a review about them.

The wipes claim to be as gentle on your baby's skin as cotton wool and water and the pack contains 72 wipes. They come in a blue and red plastic cover and it has a nice picture of a baby on the front. There is a sticky seal which lifts up when you want to pull a wipe from the pack and have no perfume.

I'm a bit of a cheap skate especially when it comes to wipes, after all they only go in the bin after they have been used for a few seconds. I would never walk into a shop and pay for a pack of these at all. I'm not sure exactly how much they do cost but I expect I can pick up at least two packs of the Asda ones I buy for the price of one of these. I'm pretty sure they were on offer when my mum bought them too.

The sticky label is easy enough to pull up although I have found that the more and more I need to lift it and pull out a wipe, the more it doesn't stick as well whic makes me think that by the time I get to the end of the pack it may not be sticky at all. Obviously if this happens then we may end up with some wipes that we can't use because they will dry out.

The wipes are white in colour and have pictures of little teddy bears on them. They are much thicker than he Asda ones I use which is good in one way because there's less chance of getting poo on your fingers and I didn't need to fold them in half which I usually do with the Asda wipes. On the other hand I think because they are so thick they aren't very flexible. I could have just as well have been wiping my boys bums, hands and face with a bit of cardboard. Well, it wasn't that bad but the wipes didn't bend very well to get into the nooks and crannies between their little fingers.

I found the wipes to be quite wet too. I know wipes are suppose to be wet but these were really wet. This is all well and good because it got the faeces off my boys bum really well but it left his bum quite wet. I don't like putting a nappy on him when his bum is really wet because I find it causes a bit of a rash. My eldest likes cleaning with a wet wipe and he had one in his little hand and squeezed it and I have to say I was so surprised at the amount of fluid that came out onto the carpet.

The wipes didn't smell of anything and given the choice I would prefer a bit of a scent to a wipe. I know they are suppose to be scent free and 'Pure' but my personal preference is that they should have a nice bit of scent to them so it leaves your baby's bum smelling a little bit nice after you've wiped it. However the Asda wipes I use have no sccent either so I suppose I can't really complain about that.

I did find these wipes quite good earlier when my son had a big poo in his hand because they were thick enough that I could use one to take the poo from his hand and clear away the worst of it before washing his hand with some anti bacterial handwash.

Over all I wasn't that impressed with these wipes and I definately wouldn't change the brand I am using now to these. I would rather pay much less and have a bit more flexibility in a wipe.

Summary: Wasn't too impressed.