I used cloth diapers on my kids. At the time we were on a well so washing them myself was not an option. We used a diaper service. At the time we were told they try to make it as convenient as disposable. We didn't have to wash them out or rinse, just toss them in the hamper that they provided. Every week we'd put out the bag of dirty diapers and it would be replaced by beautiful, clean, folded diapers. I really liked that. I had a friend who didn't like the idea of "carrying" around dirty, wet diapers but my thought was if the baby made a mess on their clothes, you'd have to "carry" that around so what difference did it make? The only time we used disposable diaprs was when we were traveling. Another benefit was, no diaper rashes! Both of my kids only had 1 minor rash but I was one of those wierd moms who actually enjoyed diaper changing! Go figure! Seems like a lifetime ago. My baby just graduated from college!