Tried and Tested: Cheeky Wipes, A review - 1 Year 2 Bottoms

The Full Kit

As a mummy to one year old boy/girl twins I feel pretty qualified to now talk about Cheeky Wipes.
We have used these since Gracie and Alfie were just a few weeks old so I think it's safe to say that over the past year they have been put through the ringer.

From my very first use of the Cheeky Wipes I wanted to jump on here and write a rave review about them. I have sung their praises many times on twitter etc but I wanted to give them a really good go to see how they faired over a longer period and if my feelings would remain the same. 

A year later and I'm still raving about them!

Honestly when I bought them I had concerns over if I could get hubby on board with them too, would he find it a bit yucky? He was dubious but from the very first use he declared how much better they were than wipes "and they don't stick together and 10 come out of the packet at the same time". This is my absolute pet hate about disposable wipes, I haven't met a pack yet where I can just neatly remove one at a time - such a waste!

So with this topic I can't avoid the inevitable.... Let's talk about poo.

I love that with Cheeky Wipes I can literally clean a regular poop with 1 cheeky wipe, well ok 2 if it's a bad explosion or maybe even 3 if it's an up the back jobbie or a "jumperpoo" as we like to call them here (you know the poo that happens in the jumperoo and travels upwards with each bounce). But that's nothing compared to the 7 baby wipes I would have used to smear the poop around quite a bit plus to at least quadruple that which came out the packet while I was trying to get one.

I have been there, the messiest of nappies trying to wrestle with a pack of wipes whilst trying to keep one-desperate-to-crawl-off-covered-in-poo baby pinned to the floor whilst keeping little hands from reaching the poop whilst trying to stop the other desperate-to-investigate baby from also getting in the business too! Baby wipes sticking together so that I have to wave my one free hand about like a loon trying to separate the wipes (come one now don't pretend you don't do this, what you wanted to get 7 wipes out?!)

Practical, simple and easy to use, that's all I ask for. I'm pleased to share with you that this is what I get with Cheeky Wipes.

I initially bought two complete sets thinking we would keep one downstairs and one upstairs but I actually found it easier just to rotate the two boxes wash one and use one so that I rarely ran out unless I had poorly bubbas or something and ran behind with my washing hence occasionally reverting to baby wipes.

So in a set you get:

25 - Lovely soft  cloth baby wipes, 15 cm x 15 cm choose from cotton terry, 'Ultimate' cotton & cotton velour or microfibre ( I opted for terry)

'Single-Clip' Fresh Baby Wipes container

'Single-Clip' Mucky Baby Wipes container - with mesh bag insert

Cheeky Wipes Fresh Baby Wipes waterproof out and about travel bag

Cheeky Wipes Mucky Baby Wipes waterproof out and about travel bag - with mesh bag insert

10 ml bottle of Fresh Baby Wipes Essential Oil Blend - choose from Lavender & Chamomile, Mandarin & teatree or Rose & Rose Geranium

10 ml bottle of Tea Tree & Tea Tree Lemon Mucky Baby Wipes Essential Oil Blend 

The mesh bag inside the mucky box

I opted for the terry wipes. They are thinner than terry that u would have in say a face cloth or a towel. You can also get microfibre which I have yet to try.

I love the scent of the oils that you use with each box particularly the one for the mucky box it's lovely and fresh.

You do get a little mesh drawstring bag that sits inside the mucky box with the purpose that you can lift it out and throw the entire bag and mucky contents into the wash. This admittedly I have struggled with and think it could be designed slightly better. You have to loop the drawstring over some little hooks on each corner of the box and I tried and tried with this but found that I was just faffing and fiddling each time I was trying to make up my fresh boxes and it drive me crazy (ain't no twin mumma got time for that) so I now just use the box without the drawstring bag. In my opinion it would be better if the hooks where almost closed off and you had to clip the drawstring in each corner. This would hold each corner and save one (or more) corners popping out of place while you are trying to secure another corner. 

The hook on the corner of the mucky box

One other foible I found (I don't want to say "problem" as I don't have any real "problem" with these but I do like to be totally honest and upfront)  I guess after a good few months of use the rubber inner seal in one of my fresh wipes box popped out so now each time I open the box I'm fiddling and faffing trying to pop that back in too otherwise the box doesn't close properly. I guess I will just have to get some glue out to secure it in place so it's not exactly a big issue. The pros of using them far out weigh any nuisances I have encountered.

Another great thing about these is that when you wash them you don't even need to wait for them to dry if you will be boxing them up and using them straight away you can just pop them in the box with a small amount of water and the oil and you're all set. This is useful especially if you have one box. Just make sure you wash and dry them I guess every few washes.

So after a year of using the wipes on a boy bot and a girl bot I would certainly say we have vigorously road tested them and we still LOVE them. Hubby too, if he had to choose between baby wipes and Cheeky Wipes he would opt for Cheeky every time. On the rare occasion we have used wet wipes I guarantee you will hear exclamations of "ahhhhhh these blinkin things!" (Or perhaps slightly less polite).

I have just read that they have started selling Cheeky Mama cloths - reusable sanitary protection. I would LOVE to try these! I would love to try the weaning kits too! (oops I shouldn't be perusing their website right now!)

I have also noticed they are having a flash sale so here is the link if you would like to have a look: quick thought it ends 1st July!! http://www.cheekywipes.com/blog/cheeky-wipes-flash-sale-25-percent-discount.html

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