This ain’t your sister’s Diaper Genie

11 Responses to “This ain’t your sister’s Diaper Genie”

1. Tiffany Says:
   November 1st, 2006 at 1:11 pm

   I prefer the Diaper Champ,it is quicker and easier than the Genie, plus you can use regular garbage bags instead of having to buy the refills.

2. ktscandura Says:
   November 1st, 2006 at 1:25 pm

   I never used the fancy pails, just a small can with a plastic grocery bag for a liner. I emptied it every other day or so. I couldn’t justify spending extra money on a fancy garbage can for diapers…they don’t smell that bad.

3. Sarah Says:
   November 1st, 2006 at 1:34 pm

   I use the Diaper Champ and so far it has done pretty well with containing the stink. I have twins and they just started on solids so the true test is coming!! I like not having to buy specific refills, my town is small and seriously lacking in stores that have a good selection of baby products!!

4. joy Says:
   November 1st, 2006 at 1:41 pm

   I found that immediately disposing of the diaper to an outside garbage can works best!!

5. Principesa Says:
   November 1st, 2006 at 2:13 pm

   I use a good old fashioned trash can with lid.

   I walk poopy diapers out to the outside trash, re-using the bag our NYTimes comes in.

   Everything else goes in the trash can, which gets emptied twice a day.

   There isn’t a smell. And, I can smell everything.

   I can’t imagine stuffing the landfill with *more* non-biodegradable materials.

6. erica Says:
   November 1st, 2006 at 3:17 pm

   we use the diaper champ. i thought all the pails were basically the same, and i liked the idea that i didn’t have to buy special bags for it… but the thing REEKS after a couple days. it stinks up the entire nursery! i’ve been trying to wrap the especially rank diapers (my 10 month old is on almost an entire table food diet) in a bag before putting it in the diaper champ and that seems to help, but it sort of defeats the purpose!

7. mad-natter Says:
   November 1st, 2006 at 3:43 pm

   i think diaper genies are the most wasteful product on the market. i cringe at the thought of how much plastic you throw out using this.

   i use mostly cloth diapers at home and disposabiles when we go out. for a diaper pail i use on old bucket with a lid and use cold water and vinegar to let them soak.

   a throw away diaper is just put in the garbage if there is only urine in it and a really stinky one sits outside until i have a full garbage bag to throw away.

8. preesi Says:
   November 1st, 2006 at 5:25 pm

   I think the Diaper Genie is bad for the environment. A diaper is all plastic as it is, why wrap each diaper in more plastic?. 30 years from now those diapers will still be intact in some landfill.

   JMO

   Read:
   http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/saving/recycling/solidwaste/landfiller.html

9. rebekalynn Says:
   November 1st, 2006 at 8:43 pm

   I had the Diaper Dekor Plus and after 8 months, the trap door broke, but it did NOT contain that awful smelly diaper stink!

   I was forced to replace it since it broke and went w/ the Diaper Genie II… so far… so very good. It doesn’t hold as many diapers as the Diaper Dekor did, but that may very well hold down the odor and will be worth the frequent ‘emptying trips’

10. Tired Mom Says:
    November 1st, 2006 at 9:15 pm

    I’ve had the new diaper genie for about 2 months–IT’S AWESOME. I never got the first kind of Diaper Genie because I could never figure the thing out when I had tried friends. The new one IS SO EASY. And it really is stink-free. I highly recommend it.

11. M Says:
    November 2nd, 2006 at 12:09 pm

    I used to use the old diaper genie– but hated it! Now I just dispose of my baby’s diapers in one of those baby-powdered plastic bags you can get at babies-r-us and then drop it in the regular trash… you’d be surprised how efficient those little blue bags are! I sware by them!

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