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We use cloth diapers. I have a trash can with lid and use a washable liner. The, um, solids, get flushed down the toilet and I never notice a diaper pail odor in my daughters room. However, we also do use disposables on occasion. In fact, every night as my daughter is a super heavy night wetter and no matter how many inserts I used, she was still leaking through her cloth. I just have a $10 diaper pail that I bought at Babies R Us and the thing works like a charm. On occasion a dirty diaper sits in it and I never notice any odors either. I am glad you found something that worked for you, but seriously I could not see spending the money on the refills for the fancy diaper pails.
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June 9th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
We have the same setup here. I can’t see forking out money for those expensive diaper pails! There is a neat one at our church nursery, though. I don’t think it uses special bags, but the way it’s designed keeps the odor from getting out.
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June 9th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
the special bags stink. I hate that I can’t just use my own kitchen bags.
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June 9th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
I guess if I flushed to #2s I wouldn’t have a smell, but that involves more work than I am willing to do. I am ridiculously lazy.
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Just had to weigh in on this one! I was given the Diaper Genie Elite for a shower gift. I was planning on cloth diapers, so at first it felt like a useless gift. Then I decided to make a cloth bag that fits on the empty refill ring and it’s been great. I get the benefit of the odor control and I don’t have to purchase bag refills. You could do the same for disposables, just emptying the cloth bag into a trash bag, but it would be less convienient. Great post!:
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June 9th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
I am intrigued that it still contains odor. I wonder if I could use regular trash bags….
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Twitter: idreamofclean
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It’s funny that the three comments so far (including mine) are from cloth diaper users! I was under the impression that I didn’t need any kind of diaper pail because of the cloth but I like Coralee’s idea! She (or someone) should come out with a liner to use the pail for cloth! I suppose that would eliminate the need to purchase the liners on a continual basis.
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June 9th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
yeah, they want you enslaved to them for the liners
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How funny! We’ve been diapering for 13 years, straight, and I ~love~ the Diaper Champ. For years, we used Diaper Genies. It was annoying having to buy the refills. The last one broke and we needed a replacement, ASAP.
One reason we chose the Diaper Champ was because we could re-use plastic grocery sacks, giving them a second life but gnarly death. After a few years of use, it has started to smell icky, so we put it in the garage where there’s more ventilation. For a long time, it did a good job containing odors.
I think over time, the plastic absorbs the odors. Think about how all Tupperware eventually smells like marinara no matter how much you soak/clean. It’s inevitable with any type of diaper disposal system out there. Too bad they never end up smelling like marinara.
I figure the average diaper disposal apparatus has a lifespan of about 3 years.
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June 9th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
that is the benefit of the Diaper Champ hands down. And ewww with the plastic thing. That is probably true.
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Twitter: asmanyasgiven
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We abandoned diaper pails once we got a house. It is only slightly inconvenient to take the diaper to the garage to throw it away (we just throw wet ones in the inside trash). Our garage stinks when we open the outside trash, but that is as much food and stuff smelling too. We had the original Diaper Genie when we lived in an apartment and I was not a huge fan. I don’t even know what the Munchkin one is.
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June 9th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
I think the original is awful. This one is much improved. I am so lazy about taking things all the way out to the trash.
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Twitter: bwildered07
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I LOVE my Diaper Genie Elite II! It works so great. And yes the refills are expensive but I only buy them on sale at Babies ‘R’ Us and I stuff the bags so full it last me quite a while.
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June 9th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
yeah I need to keep a look out for those sales.
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I’m so thankful for this review for two reasons. 1.) We will be needing a diaper pail in 4 short months, and 2.) after suffering the smell sensitivities for 5 months now, I don’t need ANOTHER reason to gag when I walk into a room! Can’t wait to hear the final results!
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June 9th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
ooh congrats. I am not sure I knew this fact!!
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Ok, I have to tell you, I am a fan of the unconventional method of “Take the diaper right outside to the trash”! We tried the Diaper Gene but it always trapped this terrible smell. We just bag our diapers and take them outside.
Great post, though! The main thing is to find a system that works for your family.
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June 9th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
too much effort
I am so lazy. Sad, but true.
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We have the Diaper Champ and we like it a lot, though it’s an earlier version than the one you tried. We chose it because you don’t need special bags, woohoo! We wanted to get a new one between kids but that didn’t happen, so we’re working with a pail that is almost 5 years old. Eek! The odor control isn’t as good these days, sometimes you can catch a whiff as you walk by (it’s in our kitchen next to our regular trash can).
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June 9th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
I don’t like the flip thing. It just was always a pain to flip and you couldn’t toss a single wipe which I sometimes wanted to do.
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I’m with Kelly–we used cloth diapers and stored them in a simple lidded trash can with washable nylon liner, and there was no odor. But the few times my baby ran out of diapers at childcare and was sent home in a disposable, the STENCH was unbelievable! Basically, you’re looking for the solution to a problem you don’t even need to have. But at least you scored some free stuff!
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June 9th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
I know, know, know I should, but I just cannot do it. Cannot, cannot, cannot. I am so sorry earth.
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Twitter: Fullnest
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We had one of the older versions of the Diaper Genie, I liked it at first, but emptying it was difficult & the refills were too pricey. We’ve switched to cloth & now just use a cheap lidded trash can with a washable cloth liner bag inside, it makes it easy to just dump the diapers in the wash & we haven’t had any odor problems.
We are currently on the potty train, but I’m thinking we will keep the wetbag & lidded pail around at least over the Summer for accidents & all the wet bathing suits.
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June 9th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
I hate the old Diaper Genie. I am so glad the redesigned.
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I’m one of the Diaper Champ fans. We’ve used ours for over 2 1/2 years now and aside from the blue rubber popping out from time to time, it’s been great! It doesn’t absorb all the smells PERFECTLY, but since we have two in diapers, it gets emptied about every 2 days, so that’s not usually an issue. I love being able to reuse my grocery sacks in the thing! We’ll probably be buying a new one pretty soon, since that rubber do-hickey is becoming an annoyance, but it’ll most likely be another Diaper Champ!
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June 9th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Man, I truly hated that diaper pail. I am surprised at how many people are singing its praises. The Diaper Champ people should be very happy.
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No more diaper pails for me. I use a regular trash can and bag each diaper in either old plastic grocery bags or the plastic baggies that come with twist ties. I double-bag poopy diapers. No issues here. The trash in the baby’s room gets changed weekly & I spray the can with Zero Odor or Lysol before putting in the new trash bag. The kitchen trash goes out daily, so that’s not a problem.
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Just found this entry while Googling the question, “How long should a diaper pail last?” We have a Diaper Champ and after only 15 months, the thing reeks. I bleached it, left it outside overnight, wiped it down, and now keep it in the hallway near a plug-in air freshener, and Our second boy is on the way in January and I have to say, I can’t imagine replacing a diaper pail every 15 months! Can’t wait to see how the saga from June ends…
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November 11th, 2010 at 8:08 pm
we are still using our Diaper Genie and it has worked really well. I hated that Diaper Champ.
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