Bamboo fleece - does it last?

Hi all
I've got quite a few fitted nappies made from a bamboo/hemp fleecy fabric, various brands.
I've noticed on two of them that they are developing 'bald patches' and one even has a hole. I wash them on a cotton 40 cycle in a front loader, with ecostore liquid, and they're line dried. The bald patches and hole is definitely NOT anything to do with line drying - they're in the wrong place. They probably get used and washed every 3-4 days.
I've never stripped them or soaked them in napisan or anything similar.
Has anybody else had any problems with this fabric? Maybe just a bad batch? I'm hoping it's not that bamboo/hemp is just not very durable bx they're so great otherwise, absorbent and soft and not too bulky.
TIA. I'm asking the manufacturer as well obv.
Lisa

(edited to fix spellingk!)

Edited by lisame

interesting. we have both - teething pee and ecostore liquid! Maybe I'll try something else. Not much I can do about the teething pee ;-)

but rockin green isn't made in NZ. I struggle to justify using something made in the US and shipped here instead of something made in NZ by a really good sustainable NZ company.

I'll check out Amolin though. where's that from?

Maybe the rinsing might be the idea although once again... more water blah blah... wonder if more water in the nappy bucket would have the same effect?

only a little bit in the bottom, just because it seems to stop them smelling so much and makes it easier to clean the bucket. It probably dosn't make that much difference...
Amolin is Bayer so assume it's made in Australia. not so bad I guess.

I found some of my bamboo nappies quite crap too. It is not a very strong fabric if it's not blended with cotton. My peapods bamboo liners tore in the wash and some other bamboo ones I had got little holes or the fabric just came apart. I wouldn't buy it again.

Emmi - is it definitely from teething? I've just sent back a whole lot of itti inserts that were getting holes in them...even ones that hadn't been used yet. They've replaced them which was a relief as I'd totally followed all the washing instructions and hadn't done any strip washes or anything. Apparently they had some issues with a few batches...

I know exactly what you mean! And it makes you feel like you're being unreasonable when really the product should last at least one child if not more. AND then there's the hassle of return postage and time without nappies etc.
Check out the itti bitti Australia FB page..there is definitely some talk on there about problems with the inserts...

Sorry for threadjacking!!

no worries re. threadjacking!

I agree about bamboo not being very strong - I've had clothes made from bamboo and it's definitely not that durable - but these are a combined bamboo/cotton fleece and I worked out that I'd used one of the nappies about 25 times when the bald patches starting getting really bad and holes started appearing. That's more than $1 per wear which is just pathetic.

I've sent it back for her to have a look at it and I'm hoping she'll just replace it as a bad batch of fabric. But like you say Mealz, there's still the postage to be paid, and not having as many nappies as you planned to have. Not great with all this rain we're having.