GroVia O.N.E Review * Updated *

Lucky for me, some of our friends also cloth diaper! It makes me giddy in joy. Most of them also rely on cheaper brand diapers, not sold at my local retailer. If I knew their brand preference, I would most likely purchase the newest/hottest print or solid in that brand. However, since I don’t, I have the joy of picking out a diaper. It’s one of my most favourite things – driving over to CozyBum’s, and picking out something for the next little.

This post used to be called “Giving the Gift of Cloth Diapers – 6 Reasons to Give GroVia ONE” and it was published November 26, 2016. As of February 2020, this is now just a review post. I used to love giving the GroVia ONE but then I met better diapers and now, I don’t give it – and I rarely recommend it. Learn why in this post. This post does contain affiliate links.

5 Reasons I Love To Give the GroVia O.N.E Diaper

For those who know me, you might be surprised to hear that my go-to choice is a GroVia O.N.E. for my friends. You’re surprised because I’m a huge advocate of natural fibre diapers, and the O.N.E. is a microfibre diaper. You’re also surprised because the ONE is not my ultimate favourite diaper (personally, I rather a stash of GroVia AIO, or maybe some other natural fibre AIO). That aside, the GroVia O.N.E. has 6 convincing reasons on why I pick it up for every first birthday we attend.

Purchasing GroVia products is incredibly easy.

My local cloth diaper boutique carried GroVia, and even now that they are closed you can still purchase GroVia at Everything Baby in Prince George. It’s also a cloth diaper brand available on amazon.

Other places to shop with GroVia

Purchase directly with the Natural Baby Company
Canada – Cloth Diaper Kids
United States – My Sweet Pickles

GroVia creates quality cloth diaper products

GroVia creates quality products with a solid customer service experience. They have fantastic resources to support you in cloth diapering, and your retailer.

In my experiences, I have found GroVia elastics can loose their bounce quickly, but their customer service on the issue is often quick. I say this because I have had good experiences but not everyone attests to this issue. There are a lot of people upset about GroVia as a brand because the elastic quality has fallen apart over ht past few years.

GroVia O.N.E. is great for nights or days.

You can use just about anything for daytime diapering, but for many parents, night time diapering is a real struggle. I choose a GroVia O.N.E. because not only is it great for daytime use, it can be used as a successful night time diaper. For the light to moderate night wetters, the GroVia can help families cloth diaper exclusively.

My favourite way to boost the GroVia diaper was with a Geffen Baby Hemp Insert. Geffen Baby hemp is arguably the best hemp on the market creating an incredible product for diapering.

O.N.E for the last diaper you’ll need.

I choose a O.N.E for birthdays. The outlast enclosure allows ultimate versatility with sizing, and longitivtiy. No Prep feature allows it to be a simple wash and wear for busy parents. And its snap-in inserts provide an Easy-to-Use feature common in AIO. There’s something beautiful about giving a diaper that doesn’t need to be prepped and works for a wide range of children.

And available in extended sizing!

The GroVia ONE is also available in a bigger sized product to give you that extended sizing for toddlers, big kids, and those above 40lbs. This is a fantastic products for those needing to continue diapering and many families have been thrilled about this experience.

Bigger sizing can be purchased at Lagoon Baby or direct through GroVia

5 Reasons I don’t Recommend the GroVia O.N.E. Anymore

Microfibre Sucks – In general, I don’t recommend or use personally synthetic fibres. Synthetic fibres are such a great idea but they require synthetic detergents to clean them. Synthetics like microfibre (which is in the core of this diapers inserts) can hold onto stink and be challenging to use. Yes, use GroVia Mighty wash or a splash of bleach like they recommend, but with so many incredible natural textile products on the market, I’d rather not.”
The Fit is less than ideal. The fit of this diaper is incredibly bulky and overwhelming compared to many other products that I’ve tried since 2016. It’s not awesome and for that reason the GroVia ONE quickly became one of the last diapers that I ever reached for. It can be really hard to get the leg elastics to cooperate.
This is a BULKY diaper – there’s no beating around the bush because to get killer absorbency with synthetic fibres you have bulk. This diaper is thick and for many parents of small babies you won’t be able to use both inserts until your child is much older. That’s one of the reasons I swapped out that little insert.
My elastics went so easily – I’ve owned several GroVia ONE’s during my life as a cloth diapering parent and many of them have loosened within a year on moderate lifespan. GroVia products do require a little bit of care and to help preserve elastics wash them gently and hang to dry. I have other products with more durable elastics in my stash.
Absorbency is just okay – many parents get excited about this diapers absorbency performance but I find that it’s just okay for the price. For me, this was nothing to write home about and still ended up with leaks for my son. I would usually use this diaper with wool overnight. Wool would capture the leaks, but it wasn’t the ultimate night time solution that I wanted.