how long should inserts last?

Are the hemp trifolds new? Could be they need more washing to get up to proper absorbancy? Or could be to do with speed of absorbency - from what I understand hemp and bamboo are slow absorbers but hold more, while microfibre is a fast absorber but holds less. So I always have some microfibre in there anyway to soak up wee straight away, with the hemp or bamboo there to soak away from the microfibre iygwim. I love the ecobubs trifolds with microfibre on one side and hemp on the other, I'm planning to make myself a bunch of those. One of those folded together with a plain bamboo velour trifold lasts all night, and JJ is a heavy wetter.

Edited by weegee

The ecobubs trifolds I have are only one layer of hemp (but it's a nice thick thirsty hemp fleece) and one of microfibre, so folded up gives six layers total. I just measured them and they're approx 36cm square. The bamboo ones (I got them from mothers instinct) are two layers of bamboo/cotton velour. Interestingly looks like standard ecobubs inserts these days are microfibre only.

Since I've already got the fabric (man prewashing all that hemp was a mission) I'm making a whole pile of them, and they're cheap as chips that way, I'd be happy to pop a couple in the post for you if you want so you can see if they'll work

Foxybots also sell a hemp/mf trifold, and I think Wigglebums might do too.

Otherwise you could try just adding a microfibre cleaning cloth to your hemp trifolds - you can buy them really cheaply in bulk at Mitre 10 Mega and if you put it on top it might be all you need to do the quick soak before your hemp absorbs the majority of wee. That's all I used to use to boost my nappies in the day as they're super slim