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As promised, here’s my review of the Nicki’s Diapers one-size cover. In case you missed it, check out my recent review of the sized pull-on cover.
You probably already know that besides carrying most of the popular cloth brands on the market, my affiliate Nicki’s Diapers has its own branded products. Their exclusive one-size diaper cover is a cute and very affordable choice if you like the wrap-style PUL covers.
The Nicki’s Diaper one-size cover is:
- Found exclusively at Nicki’s Diapers for $9.95 (solid colors) and $10.95 (prints), with FREE shipping
- Made of one layer of waterproof PUL with coordinating trim around the waist and leg openings
- Designed to be worn over flats, prefolds, fitteds, or any style that needs a waterproof outer layer
- Wipe and reuse on the inside
- Made with double leg gussets, two flaps on the inside to hold inserts, and crossover snaps at the waist for small/skinny babies
- Designed to fit from 8 to 35+ pounds
- Available in 18+ prints and 8 solid colors
- Covered by a 60 day warranty on workmanship and defects
- Made ethically in China
Once again, thanks is due to you all for doing your cloth diapering shopping using my affiliate link at Nicki’s Diapers. I purchased my review tester AND today’s prize (it’s a new print!) with your help.
Here is the cover opened up. The front flap is bigger than the back one.
This picture shows the double (second) gusset around each leg, which guards against blowouts.
Sizing: In our experience, this cover generally starts to fit best from about 10 to 12 pounds (Note: Nicki’s does have a separate newborn cover). I get a great fit both on Ingrid with her chubby legs and Erik with his very skinny ones. Overall, they run larger than some of my other one-size covers, including Best Bottoms (a sister company of Nicki’s). At 20 pounds, Ingrid wears it on the medium rise setting. Erik is about 27 pounds and wears it on large, with the rise completely unsnapped.
The size settings on this cover coordinate well with both sized and adjustable diapers like prefolds, flats and fitteds.
Here are the rise measurements, that is, the cover laid flat and measured from the top of the waistband, down the crotch and up to the back of the waistband.
Small – 14.5″
Medium – 16″
Large – 17″
Fit: Although roomy in the rear, overall this is a trim cover that won’t add much bulk. There’s lots of stretch around the waist and the PUL fabric is very soft and pliable. I’m really happy that the Nicki’s cover fits well on both of their body types (chubby and thin). If you’ll notice from the pictures below, the cover on Ingrid will sag a bit when she starts to get active. Her round, chubby tummy pushes it down. 🙂 On Erik, who’s very slim, this doesn’t happen at all.
Performance: Our Nicki’s covers are very well made with strong snaps and even stitches. We’ve used over 5 months in a regular rotation. The colors are still bright and I haven’t noticed any wear in terms of elastic, snaps or seams. There haven’t been any leaks, day or night. Because it’s one layer of waterproof PUL, this cover is quick to wash and dry. If it’s barely damp at a change, wipe it and hang up to freshen for an hour or so. Then you can re-use it again before washing.
Tip from the trenches: Be careful to check under the front and back flaps when dunking/rinsing a #2 diaper. Sometimes, stuff will be stuck under there!
Here are Ingrid and Erik in the “Nautical Nessie” print:
Based on our experience, I highly recommend the Nicki’s one-size diaper cover. You get a lot of useful features, reliable performance AND a huge variety of prints and colors to choose from, for less than $11.00 each.
Giveaway! CLOSED
If you’d like to win a Nicki’s cover for your baby, please enter my giveaway below. Winner gets to choose either “Tie Guy” or “Little Lady,” two prints that were released this fall from Nicki’s! Open to US and Canada.
I have been cloth diapering my 9 week old for about a month and a half now and I have a few of these covers. One of them the stitch has broken on the inside flap. Unfortunately I received the cover as a gift back in June so the warranty is up on it. I think I can fix it myself so I can continue to use the cover. I’m just kinda bummed about it.
Hi Sarah, from among all the overwhelmingly positive reviews I’ve read, there have been a few comments about defects, and that usually means it’s just a fluke. With the warranty being 60 days, though, that may or may not be covered. It might be hard to tell if it’s a glitch or if it was accidentally damaged without your knowledge (i.e. it snagged on something in the wash) It might still be worth bringing to Nicki’s attention. They have great service! ~Anne
To update you, I contacted them and they are going to send me a new one if I send this one back 🙂
Thanks! I appreciate the update! ~Anne
I love Little Lady! It was the first diaper I ever pre-ordered. Love at first sight. It was also my first Nicki’s cover. I agree with you, it is a very well made cover. My favorite features are the front & back flaps to help keep an insert in place and the double leg gussets. Every time Astrid has worn her’s, she’s put those gussets to test! I like that Nicki’s provide quality diapers at an affordable price.
Glad you love them, too, Geneveigh! ~Anne
I love the Planet Wise Diaper cover in Santa’s Farm that Nicki’s Diapers has for the holiday season!! I love so many of the different prints out now… cloth diapering is so much fun!
I tried out a Nicki’s pull on cover after your last review and love it! It’s helped my daughter wear underwear at night without me worrying about her whole bed getting soaked. I would love to try out a one size cover on my 6 month old… we just invested in a dozen bamboo flats so we could use more covers!
Emily, so glad the review was helpful in your purchasing decision! Oh, and we love bamboo flats, too! ~Anne
I just pre-ordered Tinkering in a cover because I just couldn’t resist! I probably would have jumped on either one of these had I been on top of things then. I use mostly Best Bottoms and Thirsties cover but have been looking at trying a Nicki’s for a while! Thank you for the giveaway!!
I keep meaning to try Nicki’s but haven’t yet. I love the little lady print. Looks perfect to wear when she goes to maw maw’s for a tea party.
Both of the new prints are super cute! I’d love to try either…we’ve only ever tried Flip covers in solid prints. I’d love to spice things up!
I adore the teacups! I’d love to try one of their covers. The panel slots and gussets are my favorite features!
I love Nicki’s Fox Den & Fairytales print! It is so adorable!
I have heard that Nicki’s diapers are sized and cut similar to Blueberry’s coveralls, which I love over fitteds for nighttime. I would love to try one, especially in the adorable little ladies print!
The tie guy print is so cute!
We love Nicki’s covers! We use them over fitteds for nighttime and haven’t had any problems with leaking!
I came to the party late for Nicki’s covers, but they are LOVE! They fit great, with tons of room to grow. I love their modern prints, and they’ve been doing a great job of coming out with more to fit everyone’s tastes. The inner flaps are perfect and hold a prefold/flat/insert great without shifting, even on a very moveable 9 month old. I will never be able to share enough of my love for Nicki’s covers!
Great observation on the prints – I agree, Megan! ~Anne
I love the Little Ladies print!
I love little lady! All the girls in my family go to high tea! This would be perfect for my 3 week old to wear for her first high tea trip!!
High tea is so much fun! Do you all get dressed up? ~Anne
We do sometimes!
I love the Little Lady print. This is adorable! I love the front and back flaps I don’t think I could do without those. Thanks for the chance to win and a great review!
the little guy tie diaper would be great on my little boy’s bum when he makes his appearance in april. I love nickis release of santa’s farm that print looks super cute.
Love the little lady print!
Love the blue razz chevron print!
I LOVE the exclusive Nicki’s Diapers Thirsties Over The Rainbow print. I keep telling myself that my yet-to-be-born baby has enough diapers, but after seeing this…I do not think so…
Alanna, I did not know you were expecting! Congrats!! When is your due date? ~Anne
I love the Little Lady print, but my baby is a boy. Tie Guy is cute too, though! So far my favorite print is the new Little Dipper. I may just have to cave get one because it would be the perfect cover for night time! So far we’ve only used Nicki’s pockets, so I’d like to try the cover some day.
I would love Little Dipper, too! Went on a buying spree this week so I hope it will still be in stock when I can justify the purchase. LOL ~Anne
Sven was my favorite because it looked like a real sweater! I was sad to miss that one. Tie guy is my favorite out of the 2 listed as well as the Nessi one! (I cannot remember the name!) We have boys so definitely the cute boy ones (:
I like the dreamsicle houndstooth, just because it is pretty different from the rest of our covers. There are a lot of cool designs to choose from, though!
Thank you for the review. It’s great to read a review that covers different body types and age groups.
I really like the double leg gussets and inner flaps to hold the inserts.
We love love love Nickis Diapers in my house!! And like you said they are really well made and super trim too which is surprising!
I really like Tie Guy, I missed it and should have ordered one!
We’ve never tried this brand yet, but it seems really affordable and definitely worth a shot!
Love Spring Rainbow.
I like Santa’s Clothesline but it was hard to choose just one!
There might be a Santa’s Clothesline giveaway coming soon….hint hint! ~Anne
I’ve heard of Nicki’s diapers, but haven’t tried them. This reviews is making me wonder why not? Looks like a great cover! Thanks for the review!
I started cloth diapers after the pre order for little lady… I’ve been drooling over it. 😭
I absolutely love their spring rainbow print!
Haven’t tried Nicki’s brand yet, but love prefolds and covers. And the Tie Guy print is ADORABLE!
I haven’t tried Nicki’s yet but is next on my list to buy!!! I love their chevron prints, I can’t resist them haha.
I have one Nicki’s cover and really like it.
These are hand’s down my favorite OS cover
I would like to try a Nickis cover in canyon 🙂
love the new star print! these are great covers! we love ours!
I’ve never used covers before (just pockets and aio diapers). I like the double gusset on the leg. These covers are so much more affordable than many covers I’ve seen. I like the idea of using covers; I was given a bunch of prefolds that I didn’t use on my last baby because I had no covers. I’m planning to get at least one cover before baby 4 arrives in 6weeks.
Overall, I think They have super cute prints! I really like the exclusive from Blueberry With the fish on it! Thank you!
My favorite Nicki’s print is Little Dipper! I love everything space related and I adore the ‘extra’ constellation they added to it! We’ve yet to try Nicki’s covers (we have tried and like the pockets) and I missed out on the pre-order for these 2 prints, so thank you for the chance at winning one!