I use Little Lambs - I've tried all the different types apart from the new pocket nappy. I also live in a really small flat with barely any drying space. We have a washer dryer, and do tumble the nappies on low heat for an hour, then finish them off on a rack by a radiator.
They are very simple and cute and I have found them to be reliable, so much so that I am planning to buy some in size 2 for when my son is out of the size 1s. I do use other nappies - BumGenius V3 (pockets), which I tend to take with me if we're going out and he'll need changing, just because I don't need to take a wrap and a booster and a liner as well, and bamboo terries, which I actually like because the fabric is so soft and lovely.
But the LLs make up the backbone of my nappy stash and I am happy with them. Except for the microfibres. Please do bear in mind that everyone has a different experience with different nappies, so my experience mightn't be yours, but I found them to leak, pretty reliably. They are definitely less absorbant than the cotton and the bamboo, and because I was mostly using the others, and only had 2 in microfibre, and thus was used to leaving him in his nappy for 3 hours, maybe a little more if he was well boosted, when I left him in the microfibre that length of time he'd always be wet round his crotch, even if I boosted with a bamboo booster. It could of course have been the fault of the wrap, which wicked - I never tried them with a different wrap to the LL. But on the whole I was not impressed by the microfibre. Had I been using them exclusively or even just more often, I am sure I'd have got used to changing him more often, too.
On the plus side, they are SO fast-drying, truly, they are all but dry straight from the washing machine, they'd need a couple of hours just on a rack and they'd be properly dry. The bamboos do take longer, especially without a dryer - even after an hour in the machine, they take over 24 hours on a rack. Perhaps now the weather is cooler and I have the radiators on, they'll not take so long, but my experience has been between seasons - I started using my cloth in September when Adam was 1 month old, and it wasn't warm but neither was it cold enough for the heating. The flat bamboos don't take quite as long because they are just one thickness. The cotton LLs don't take long, definitely dry within 24 hours, and you can put them straight on the radiator to speed them up, unlike the bamboo, as too much heat "cooks" the fibres.
I have found that, with enough nappies, I have plenty to get me through the times when the bamboo is drying (I have about 24 in use, I wash every third day, but I wouldn't have to if I had a bigger bucket and more boosters and liners - it's those I run short of first).
For me, the absorbancy of the bamboo is more important than the fast-drying nature of the microfibre. Cotton falls in between the two, but it tends to get a bit crispy, even when tumbled - bamboo and microfibre are definitely softer and bamboo edges it. I'm only going to buy bamboo in size 2. I'm actually selling my microfibres (on a nappy auction site).
I'd recommend getting a few different types of nappies from a few different brands. Microfibre could be great if you're just hanging out at home and can change often, whereas for days out you might be better with something more convenient and absorbant like a Pop-In (all-in-two, with poppered in boosters, acts like an all in one when made up, in bamboo - I have one but it's being prepped before use - but these are considerably more expensive than LLs).
Good luck.
I'm such a noob hehehe!
