Cloth diapering advice

Ok. Here's the thing. We have went back and forth from cloth diapering a couple times because each time, my experience sucked with them. I know it will save us a lot of money in the long run which is why I keep trying to find something good about it to stick with it. I know there's many different types and all but I'm a noobie with this and don't really understand much about this. Right now we are just using the plain White Gerber prefolds I believe and I hate hate hate them! I want ones that either have the snaps on them or something with Velcro or the very least some way to put velcro on the ones I already have. The cloth diapers I find online are super expensive...just for one diaper and I have three kids who need them so I really can't afford to spend that much for each diaper separately. I guess what I'm asking is how do you women do it? My kids go through cloth diapers like crazy and I'm at a point that the Gerber ones don't absorb worth crap so I fear even having to go places or putting clothes on my kids bc they will soak through them almost immediately and it's insane. I also have the liners too but it doesn't seem to do much of a difference absorbency wise. Can someone help me out? What's the secret to cloth diapering that I seem to be missing? I really would like to keep cloth diapering so I don't have to constantly worry about where the money is coming from to buy a pack of diapers and risk running out but I'm at a point with cloth diapering that I feel it's hopeless to continue.

Go on Craigslist!!! Used diapers work just as well.

I like FuzziBunz and BumGenius. Bumkins are okay too. I've heard great things about Alva diapers.

My whole stash is cheapie diapers. Alvas sunbabies babylands. All $5-6 a piece!

I've got some sunbabies. I'm focusing on one size pockets so I can customize absorbency. I've not found many used, but found some new online for less than $10/each