Huggies Diapers from Amazon Are Made in China - I'm Annoyed

Lroozmik on 20/10/2020 - 11:13
Last edited 20/10/2020 - 15:18

On Amazon Prime day, there was a deal on Huggies diapers that a lot of people jumped on as they were really cheap.

I just had a look on the boxes and found out they were made in China.

I feel annoyed about this as I'm trying to avoid buying things from China.. in particular any food & baby products.
Previous Huggies diapers I bought were made in Singapore.

What do other people think? and is anyone doing the same?

edit

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B076CHSXF2/ref=ppx_yo_d…

The listing itself does not say made anywhere as such, it says "Manufacturer : Kimberly-Clark Australia New Zealand"
In the Q&A for a particular size, someone does say they're made in China - I failed to read the Q&A for every size I bought.

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    • haemolysis on 22/10/2020 - 09:39
      +2

      Gotta love the marketing bs. “They might not meet Australian mums and dads expectations!”

      Yeah. AKA they might be harmful.

      Whilst I understand the Australian arm probably has no power over what their international counterparts do, a global brand like this needs to take more responsibility.

      If not standardising their production globally, then at least not sugar coating it.

  • netjock on 20/10/2020 - 12:13
    +6

    Return it. Amazon is usually good with returns.

  • SelfMade on 20/10/2020 - 12:35
    +7

    Maybe start your own factory and start making nappies and buy from yourself.

    • Ghost47 on 20/10/2020 - 13:03
      +16

      Username checks out.

    • Saver Scott on 25/10/2020 - 08:48
      -1

      Or help the environment and use reusable cloth nappies.

  • kawinuyo on 20/10/2020 - 12:59
    +8

    I would agree there are quality issues, I had a pack from china one time, the nappy seemed to shed some fluff and irritated the baby's skin. In fact I didn't realise it was from china until there were problems and I checked.

  • melty on 20/10/2020 - 14:31
    +4

    Hmm - I haven't opened my boxes yet.. I might return them!

  • brendanm on 20/10/2020 - 14:35
    +9

    What's a diaper?

  • Trying2SaveABuck on 20/10/2020 - 14:37
    +18

    There is a reason Why Chinese People pay $150+ for a Tin of Australian Baby Formula

    • capslock janitor on 21/10/2020 - 09:49

      dang really that much?

      • Trying2SaveABuck on 21/10/2020 - 09:53
        -1

        Sometimes more….

      • Yotta00 on 23/10/2020 - 18:59
        +2

        When daiguo are not allowed in Aus/NZ due to COVID. A2 took a hit in profits for the first time.

        • sagrules on 29/10/2020 - 13:39
          +1

          Good!

    • netjock on 21/10/2020 - 12:01
      +1

      $150+ for a Tin of Australian Baby Formula

      What price is cows with freedom living under democracy.

    • neonlight on 21/10/2020 - 12:21
      +1

      Yeah we might as well boycott that in retailation for banning our barley wine and coal

      Its country's people are not trusting their own government and local produce

  • whooah1979 on 20/10/2020 - 14:45
    +2

    The new iPhone 12 is made in the PRC and comes with 5G. Is safe to use?

    • kaitoivan on 21/10/2020 - 11:52
      +3

      It's fine. You will get rona from the 5G towers here anyway

    • neonlight on 21/10/2020 - 22:17

      Nope you can get cancer from it. It might contain Huawei secret 5G and also leaks your data to communist.

      Also its a iPhone 4 rebadged with new chipset

      Even Foxconn says China is over for manufacturing

      • Vaiels on 22/10/2020 - 13:20
        +2

        What an absolute legend

        • neonlight on 23/10/2020 - 11:01

          Well some people didn't get the joke

  • modsec802 on 20/10/2020 - 20:09
    +11

    That’ll teach you for buying diapers - next time buy nappies

    • neonlight on 23/10/2020 - 11:02

      it teaches why Daigou exist and why local Chinese citizens do not trust their own country produce, or perhaps government on Covid-19 propaganda. Perhaps it was a weapon to destroy world's economy while boost its own who knows!?

  • MeesusEff on 20/10/2020 - 21:49
    +3

    I thought they changed to China manufacturing a while ago. Noticed just within the last 2 years, of course just after I had my first baby, a lot of nappies changed their manufacturing. Cub from Coles used to be so good, equivalent to Huggies but now feels paper thin. Same with Mamia and Little Ones.

    • sagrules on 21/10/2020 - 11:15
      +1

      Try rascal & friends nappies, been quite happy with them.
      Babylove one size up for nighttime

    • netjock on 21/10/2020 - 12:00

      Price stays the same, product shrinks. Shrinkflation I think it is called.

  • SF3 on 20/10/2020 - 23:42
    +2

    OP, as your got size 5s. My guess is perhaps your child might be ready to start toilet training (if not already), so you don't need to worry about nappies soon.

    • roozmik on 21/10/2020 - 08:17

      got another one on the way

  • Drj55 on 21/10/2020 - 08:08
    +1

    Why don't you just complain to Amazon? They'll probably just refund.

    • roozmik on 21/10/2020 - 08:22

      have been mulling this.. they come in boxes and are kind of large.
      I bought a few boxes and would have to take them to the post office or something to return..

      • berry580 on 22/10/2020 - 07:57
        +2

        You sound so concerned about them being made in China yet you cbb to return them because you're too lazy, to sum it up.

        So do you want them or not? You either do or you don't…

        • roozmik on 22/10/2020 - 08:07
          +1

          I upvoted you. No, I don't want them and I'm not using them right now. They are just sitting in my garage.

          I should make more of an effort to return.

  • saltypete on 21/10/2020 - 08:39
    +3

    Why disposable? Use cotton nappies grown by Aussies, for Aussies, using water stolen from other Aussies……
    BTW, sad news on the Kimberly Clarke stuff. They closed their pulping mill In 2011. I have a fair idea where they get their pulp from now…. If the Middle Kingdom gives you the sh@ts, it’s just the circular economy in ‘motion’…..😁

    • whooah1979 on 21/10/2020 - 09:18

      Use cotton nappies

      We don’t live in 1800s. Get with the programme and use normal nappies.

      • capslock janitor on 21/10/2020 - 09:52
        +1

        I'm taking a nappy now 😴💤

      • netjock on 21/10/2020 - 11:59

        Get with the programme and use normal nappies.

        But that is Made In China, the world's factory.

    • Munki on 22/10/2020 - 01:29

      I bet the cotton grown in Australia are Chinese owned…lol

  • Orico on 21/10/2020 - 10:15
    +7

    I try not to buy Made in China because of their concentration camps, what they're doing in HK and corrupt government.

  • Payne on 21/10/2020 - 10:18
    +3

    Yeah, go Australian Made: https://www.ebay.com.au/str/matermothers

    We've been using these for the last few months and they're really good.

    • lockmc on 25/10/2020 - 12:55

      And bloody expensive.

  • esty on 21/10/2020 - 10:27
    +5

    A reputable brand, that is made in china is fine.

    A non-reputable Chinese brand, made in china…..I would reconsider….

    • moonleaf on 21/10/2020 - 13:10
      +2

      Not always the case, bought Brita filters Made in China, fibers came out in water never seen these thing when the product was Made in Germany.

      • whooah1979 on 21/10/2020 - 13:44

        It is perfectly normal for activated carbon to have dust.

        • moonleaf on 21/10/2020 - 13:48

          Not carbon but fibers from inside filter cartridge(s) not sure it's coconut or artificial?

          • whooah1979 on 21/10/2020 - 13:52

            @moonleaf: Colour?

            • capslock janitor on 21/10/2020 - 21:39

              @whooah1979: Pic??

            • moonleaf on 22/10/2020 - 10:37

              @whooah1979: It was quite a lot small of pieces of greyish dark coloured fibers floating around at the bottom of the Brita jug so I just replaced it with a new filter, forgot to take a pic. Out of 6 filters in a pack was only one faulty. Once again not really concerned about the activated carbon sometimes settled at the bottom of the jug as expected for water filters but loose fibres are. I bought it because Made in Germany Brita filters are no longer available in shops or perhaps online too?

      • berry580 on 22/10/2020 - 00:17

        Could it be because you didn't bother checking the made in Germany one?

        I use Brita filtered jugs as well. I see the carbon in the water irrespective of the filter's country of origin.

  • neonlight on 21/10/2020 - 10:29
    +3

    OP Huggies are no good anymore, go switch to Aldi or Babylove

  • bottletop on 21/10/2020 - 10:44

    My most recent box of huggies from woolies was made in China, along with the Cub ones from coles

    • moonleaf on 21/10/2020 - 13:03
      +1

      When I bought was surprisingly Made in Singapore.

    • Jolakot on 21/10/2020 - 11:06
      +12

      Modern families need both parents working full time hours in order to support themselves, mostly because past generations absolutely ruined housing affordability and pulled the ladder up in higher education with the introduction of HECS debt. Combine that with wage stagnation, and retirement being pushed off by many oldies preventing people from moving upwards with promotions, people are already delaying kids until their 30s just to have enough resources.

      So if your opinion is that busy parents shouldn't have kids, then we'll be staring down the same barrel Japan is in a few years. Can already see a lot of early gen Z and late Millennials saying why bother, especially with it no longer being an incidental thing with modern birth control.

      If they do want kids they'll only have 1, because they see how many resources it takes to raise a kid to be competitive in the modern world. Can't just throw them out the back door at 18 and hope the public education system will gave them the skills to work in a factory anymore.

      • ShannonN on 21/10/2020 - 11:10
        -8

        Bullshit, modern parents choose to work ft to have 2 cars, boat, holidays home plus 1 investment house etc

        A child need to be raised by its mother not some childcare staff.

        • whooah1979 on 21/10/2020 - 11:31
          +8

          LOL. Is that how it works in the QLD?

          I don't know how it is in Melbourne, but it wouldn't work in Sydney. A median-income household in Sydney is either two working parents + childcare, one high-income parent + a homemaker or two parents on government benefits + parenting payments.

          People can use this link to compare their income with other LGA.
          https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-21/income-calculator-com…

        • Jolakot on 21/10/2020 - 11:36
          +9

          What bridge do you live under?

          The average income for people between 21 to 34 is 60k, 50k after tax.
          Ain't no one buying an investment house on 60k, the bank wouldn't even loan you the money if you had a 20% deposit, I don't think you realize how rough the banks have gotten with housing loans.

          If you want a child to be raised by their mother, then you should support housing reform to actually make it possible for young single income families to exist.

        • roozmik on 21/10/2020 - 11:45

          you must be trolling or have no clue.

          parents work hard so they can provide for their families now and in the future.
          they need to build savings & investments to help their kids out one day when they want to buy a house, etc.

          no one should live hand to mouth or rely on the government for help

        • Jayblu on 21/10/2020 - 16:10

          Im not even gonna ask if you live in Australia, I'll ask if you live on planet earth? Things are looking much better on Mars i assume?

        • GloveM8 on 21/10/2020 - 18:13
          +5

          I have read some dumb sh*t on ozbargain before, but I genuinely think this takes the cake.

          • SelfMade on 24/10/2020 - 09:21
            -2

            @GloveM8: Is it because you have no time on your hands even with your cushy job that doesn't contribute to society?

      • netjock on 21/10/2020 - 11:55
        +1

        So if your opinion is that busy parents shouldn't have kids, then we'll be staring down the same barrel Japan is in a few years.

        Don't worry we just import other people's grown kids from India, China etc. Then the locals get annoyed and tell them to come back where they came from. It is other people's kids propping up the system. Our new working poor.

        • Jolakot on 21/10/2020 - 12:01
          +1

          Seems to be the Australian way at this point, but that tap won't be open forever, we're only a generation or so ahead in the demographics pyramid

          • netjock on 21/10/2020 - 12:04

            @Jolakot: Don't worry mate, the pyramid scheme will keep on going.

            If you watch the videos it seems the only way the world is going to 9bn people from the current 6bn is extra 1bn in Asia and 2bn in Africa. Practically all the countries that do not have a social welfare safety net and people still have 3+ kids.

            Compare that to the complexion of our parliamentarians and it would be a shocking contrast, the Dulux colour chart has never been so exciting.

            So you know where we're going to get the bottom of our pyramid from.

            • greatlamp on 21/10/2020 - 18:09

              @netjock: I am sorry to tell you the global population is already 7.8 billion now

              • netjock on 21/10/2020 - 23:16

                @greatlamp: Sorry nothing I can do. I don't eat children. Even if I do I can't eat enough to control the population.

                What you can do is stop being an apologetic smarty pants because whether it is 7.8bn or 7.8999999bn it makes no difference to the broader trend which is population growth is in the places you least want them to be.

                • driveahardbargain on 22/10/2020 - 00:24
                  +1

                  @netjock: You were out by 1.8B, and you're calling people names?!

                  • netjock on 22/10/2020 - 01:21

                    @driveahardbargain: Yup.

                    Over populated and nobody cares. Only people screaming about it is the people who tell other people not to have kids are the first ones to say cut foreign aid not realising people in those countries have kids as social security safety net which doesn't exist.

                    It isn't like I incorrectly paid $7.8m for a house that is worth $6m. Here lies the problem: everyone thinks every number is important because it is some kind of a fight to win, win every fight. Fighting for someone else's inches or inches you have no influence is just an empty fight. What does it mean to me or you, or the regular person on the street whether it is 6bn or 7.8bn? Can we reduce it through personal action tomorrow? No. Focus on the important stuff.

                    Watch the latest David Attenborough: A life on our planet. Over consumption whether it is 6bn or 11bn people will doom us all and everyone is outsourcing the plan to governments except for a minority of people.

                • greatlamp on 22/10/2020 - 03:26

                  @netjock: It's not an attack on you?

                  Why are you personally offended? I thought you might actually be interested in this topic.

                  • netjock on 22/10/2020 - 09:40

                    @greatlamp:

                    Why are you personally offended?

                    Not offended just amused at why people really care on a based value that is forever changing as people born and die.

                    Could be 8bn by today but why do we really even care? I can setup a charity to give condoms to all of Africa and Asia but would they use it and would it make a difference?

                    It is know better education reduces fertility rates because women has more control of their decisions (and I believe it is a reflection of society getting richer and not diverting resources because they can only educate the males).

                    I thought you might actually be interested in this topic.

                    I really aren't interested in numbers I can't influence. It is just amusing that people people talking about the economy, fertility rates but majority hates immigration and deep down multiculturalism that isn't in line with my expectation of "multiplying" (insert your race here) culture.

                    Or the one couple who thinks they are doing everyone a favour by having 5 kids just because they are on a great income (yes fertility rates could be lower if they didn't but you can't make up a difference by actions of a few)

  • donkcat on 21/10/2020 - 10:48
    +8

    Yeah huggies ultimates switched to China from NSW. We now mostly use Aldi nappies which are both cheaper than huggies and made in Australia, very happy with quality

    • neonlight on 21/10/2020 - 12:57
      +1

      However old huggies are still the best. I'm thinking of keeping one box for antique purpose. The best nappy ever made locally and make a book on how outsourcing to China killed huggies business and local jobs

  • Seraphin7 on 21/10/2020 - 11:19

    Did you send them back … or bank the savings?

    • roozmik on 21/10/2020 - 11:50
      +2

      it's racist to not want to buy products from a certain country?

      • kaitoivan on 21/10/2020 - 11:54
        -1

        Yes!

        • roozmik on 21/10/2020 - 11:55
          +1

          I don't think so. you should click "report" on all the comments you find racist.

          • kaitoivan on 21/10/2020 - 14:13

            @roozmik: unless you have any proof that Huggies from China have low quality, judging where products coming from is a form of discrimination

            • Vaiels on 22/10/2020 - 13:26
              +3

              @kaitoivan: How about a boycott of Chinese products due to human rights abuses, is that racist? Don't think too hard on that one, brain might explode.

            • manbearpig on 22/10/2020 - 17:16
              +2

              @kaitoivan: Give me a break. The reason for not wanting to buy the nappies is a QC/safety reason prevalent in China. It's perfectly valid. Different story if OP said 'because I don't like Chinese'. You can't pull the racist card just because you feel the motherland is being attacked.

        • peco on 23/10/2020 - 13:45
          +4

          So are Chinese people that refuse to buy Chinese baby products also racist?

      • nostalgiaultra on 21/10/2020 - 12:11

        It would be context dependent imo

      • hopper on 21/10/2020 - 12:24
        +1

        thank you

    • ProlapsedHeinous on 22/10/2020 - 17:04
      +4

      How good is the racism card. flick that bitch out every time someone says they don't want to support a certain country.

  • afah0447 on 21/10/2020 - 11:35

    What's the difference?

    The item you are buying literally gets shit on.

    • Jolakot on 21/10/2020 - 11:57
      +2

      What ply toilet paper do you use?

  • universe on 21/10/2020 - 12:27

    Huggies are manufactured in China/Korea as of last year.

  • badarz on 21/10/2020 - 12:46

    I have observed a noticeable difference in Huggies quality from Amazon vs. Huggies from ColesWorth. I stopped buying them off Amazon.

    • leiiv on 21/10/2020 - 13:20
      +1

      The equivalent products in ColesWorth are also made in china.

    • mrhugo on 21/10/2020 - 18:00

      Me too, I've stopped Amazon as well as I didn't want to get stuck with a box full of nappies that aren't as good.

  • moonleaf on 21/10/2020 - 12:56

    I am more annoyed if you ordered 2 or more items with the same order number but when it shipped the items are not combined into a single package so you receive multiple packages.

  • roozmik on 21/10/2020 - 13:25

    has anyone actually bought any Huggies made in Korea?

  • OzHunterNSW on 21/10/2020 - 13:32
    -2

    Why, what is your reason for your particular discrimination toward Chinese products?
    What is wrong with Chinese produced products?
    I think you need to be reported for your targeting and discrimination.

    • whooah1979 on 21/10/2020 - 13:42
      +4

      Consumers not purchasing goods from a particular country doesn’t meet the legal definition of discrimination.

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