Pampers Simply Clean. You buy cheap, you get cheap! (Pampers Simply Clean Wipes)

Member Name: chocaholic110

Product:	Pampers Simply Clean Wipes
Date:	05/09/09 (46 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Cheaper price than many wipes

Disadvantages: Thin, dry, ineffective

Before I start this review I should probably mention that I go through quite a lot of baby wipes. Not only do I have a 19 month old with sticky hands, a grubby face and you guessed it, more than his fair share of smelly nappies, I also use them for wiping high chairs, cleaning up spills and cleaning up grubby spots.

So, I'm always on the look out for bargain baby wipes and when I saw Pampers Simply Clean wipes on sale at Tesco for £1.39 - around half the price of Pampers wipes as a rule, I had to give them a try.

Fortunately for me, I only bought one pack. Sometimes it's true when people say, You buy cheap, you get cheap and that is definitely the case with these wipes. Upon taking the first one from the packet I wasn't impressed; it seemed quite small and felt thin to touch. When changing a nappy I prefer a thicker wipe; after all, who wants their finger to poke through at a crucial moment? Certainly not me!

While working though the packet I found that, on average, it took more wipes per nappy change than I would use with a more superior wipe, therefore negating the saving of buying cheaper wipes as they don't last as long. I also found it impossible to pull just one wipe out of the pack at a time. usually it seemed as though three wipes were folded together and all of them came out of the pack at the same time with one little pull - another way to make you use the packet up more quickly, perhaps?

My final bugbear with the wipes is that they dried up quite quickly and therefore weren't that effective on a really dirty nappy and I ended up using loads each time.

I wish I could balance this review by writing the positives but sadly the only one I can think of is the price and as wipes are often on offer in various supermarkets bringing their price down to around the £1 mark anyway, then even the cheaper price isn't really an advantage.

My advice? I'm disappointed with Pampers. Give this one a miss!

Summary: Pampers, you can do so much better than these!