I am currently cloth diapering my fourth baby. I am using the same diapers I bought when my first was born, so the savings are huge by now. I have 2 sizes of chinese prefolds (the smallerm size has dark green stitching on the ends and the bigger size has blue), I have 24 of each size. I have used several different brands of covers, I like thirties, proraps, and mother-ease. For my 4 month old I have about 6 covers that I rotate through. I am exclusively breastfeeding, so laundry really isn't that bad. I keep the wet and soiled diapers in my DiaperChamp and wash them about two (occasionally three) times per week. I don't dunk or rinse ahead of time, just dump them in the washer and run a cold rinse cycle. Then I wash on hot with baking soda and a touch of a free & clear detergent, and add a little white vinegar to the rinse. I love to hang them in the sun to remove stains, but that is harder to do in the winter. To avoid using pins, I have these Snappi closure things. Pretty cheap and work great, I have had the same two snappis since I bought my cloth diapers. I also bought 6 hemp inserts (typically used with pocket diapers) to use as doublers at night, along with strips of fleece to keep the moisture off his skin. I love cloth diapering and encourage you to give it a try.