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Opinion on Diaper Pails

I'm looking to see what people thought of there diaper pails. We had the diaper genie for our son. I didn't think it really worked. His room seemed to always smell like dirty diapers. I was wondering, out of the new products on the market, which ones moms seem to like best. Thanks.

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I'm with you, I never thought my DiaperGenie worked well,either. So, for my second son, I don't even use a diaper pail. Instead, I hang a plastic shopping bag on his changing table and put the dirty diapers in there. At the end of the day, when I put him to bed, I just grab the shopping bag, tie it up and thow it in the outside garbage bin. No smell, and best of all, it's free!!

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Hun I never wasted money on those things I always used ziplock baggys they work wonderfull!!

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I had one with my son for about 2 months and I tried a couple others but I was never happy with any of them. I ended up just using a big trash can that was keep outside. I every now and then bleached it but it keep the smells out of the house. Good luck

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I received the Odorless Diaper Pail as a baby shower gift and used it for about 6 months and then quit using it. It always seemed to smell even though we put an air freshener in it. We finally just started putting the diapers in the garabage can outside.

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I'm with you, I never thought my DiaperGenie worked well,either. So, for my second son, I don't even use a diaper pail. Instead, I hang a plastic shopping bag on his changing table and put the dirty diapers in there. At the end of the day, when I put him to bed, I just grab the shopping bag, tie it up and thow it in the outside garbage bin. No smell, and best of all, it's free!!

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I like the Diaper Decor. Although, we didn't have a ton of smelly diapers since we've done infant potty training (aka Elimination Communication or EC) with all three kids. Search the web if you want more info on it. I totally love it. My oldest was completely out of diapers at 14 months, my second at 18 months, and my third is 15 months and goes on the potty about 90% of the time. It's almost 100% when we're home.

I have a Diaper Champ. It works pretty well at keeping the smell out, but there is not a tight seal around it to keep it completely smell proof. Flaw in the design. That being said, if you rinse it with bleach occasionally, and use Lysol spray when it gets stinky it helps a ton. One thing I really do love about it is that you don't have to spend extra money on refills. You can use any trash bag you want, and when you are changing the bag more than once a week that can add up. It is also very easy to use and is big, so you don't have to empty the trash as much as the smaller ones (especially when the diapers and mess get bigger!). I have friends that have the Diaper Champ and like it for the same reasons. I have a friend that had one of the old style Diaper Genies and hated it because it never cut the bag like it was supposed to, was small, was still smelly, and she had to empty the bag every day or two to keep the stink away. I think she ended up tossing it. I've never used the new ones, so I'm not sure if they are any better. Good luck!

I just have a regular diaper pail, I think it's by Cosco, it's a small one, I think cost me $10. It's suppose to keep the smell out of the room but did't do so well till I found some stick ups deoderizers I put at the bottom and now it's fine. Since it's small too I have to empty it once a week, on garbage day, so I think that keeps it from smelling. I use to have a diaper genie w/my first 2 kids and I use to have to spray it w/lysol. It was pretty smellie on the day you cleaned it out! lol!

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We have the diaper champ. Its great you can use any 13 gallon garbage bag. The ones with odor shield work great. The only time you have to deal with the smell is when you change the bag.

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