PLAYTEX 37020 DIAPER GENIE SYSTEM
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Baby Products Reviews of PLAYTEX 37020 DIAPER GENIE SYSTEM
Customer Review: It's Great!
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved my Diaper Genie. I used it for 2 years without a problem. My teenage daughter even figured it out. It kept the smell contained pretty well. We would empty it about every 5 days and never had a problem. Well worth the investment.Customer Review: Diaper Genie is too hard to use.
Summary: 1 Stars
I received a Diaper Genie as a shower gift, and gave it a chance. After 8 weeks, we replaced it with a Diaper Champ, which is much better at containing odor.
The problem we had with the Genie is that it is too hard to use. You're supposed to put the diaper halfway into a neck thing, then twist twice. When we did this, about 50% of the time, the twists would come undone, leaving the room exposed to the diaper smell. Neither my husband or I could determine how to fix this once it happened, and ended up emptying the darn thing at least daily.
The Diaper Champ, however, is one-handed operation, which the Genie is not (you can't open the lid with one hand holding a baby and the 2nd a diaper!). It contains the smell incredibly well, as long as you follow the directions (fold your diapers into balls, and don't leave smelly stuff exposed to mess up the lid). We actually keep a small roll of diaper disposal bags for the "blowouts", which we have about once a week, to keep the Champ clean. It has been a wonderful new baby tool.
Customer Review: Tried FOUR diaper pails. Genie ranks #2
Summary: 4 Stars
I have to disagree about the Genie being the best. It's close, but I like the NEAT better. I've owned several of these things (the Dekor, Champ, Genie and NEAT...why so many? All had issues...read on). Frankly, the Dekor and the Champ both smelled (and "smell control" is the reason I want one of these), so those two now serve as garbage pails in other areas of our home.
The Genie is good at controlling odor, but the top is a pain to use, and the top on my Genie broke after about 2 months, so another one bites the dust.
As for controlling odor, Genie and NEAT are both the best (they both seal off the bad stuff with different "sealing-off" mechanisms that the other models just don't have). And features other reviewers have commented that they like about the Genie are also in the NEAT system:
-put a dirty diaper into a clean bag every time
-plunge the top to contain the smell and section off the mess
- change the bag every few days to a week. (Our 16-month old is in daycare M-F, so we only change our two NEATs once a week. And never a smell. Ever.
-easy to replace the liners. Takes 30 seconds. (No smell when changing it, either).
Plus...
-the handle/plunger on the NEAT is easier to use one-handed than the Genie. Just push and pull. No grappling to get the top off or the bag to grab the diaper and start twisting (with a dirty diaper in one hand and a squirmy baby at the other).
-less plastic is wasted because it pushes straight down. The Genie rotates plastic on plastic which sends more down the chute.
As you can see, I've dumped a ton of money into this wisdom. But now, I finally have a stink-free environment in my son's room, and so far, nothing on the NEAT has broken (I'm only afraid that because it's an underdog, they're going to discontinue it, and then the refills will be hard to find). - If that happens, I would try another Genie and hope the lid holds out.
I rank the Genie #2 out of all of these models.
Customer Review: It did not work for me either!!
Summary: 1 Stars
Years ago when the Diaper Genie first hit the market. I was given one as a gift for my baby shower. It did not work the way I thought it would. The Genie was supposed to dispose of the diapers by sealing them so that no odor would be present. This was not the case. The smell seemed to linger in the room longer then just disposing of the diapers as normal in the trash. Also the smell that the Genie left after opening the Genie to dispose of the long tied knots of diapers was horrible. I had to clean it several times just to get the smell out. Needless to say when I had my second child and once again received one. It remained in the box and it still sits in the box after five years. I would definitely not recommend this item for new moms. Too much hassle.Customer Review: Figure out if you really need it!!
Summary: 3 Stars
I received a diaper genie as a gift and it sounded great but we ended up not really needing it. We used all the time at first, then only for "stinkys" then quit using it altogether. For us it was just as easy to toss the diapers in the main house trash. We live in the boonies and have to take our garbage to the dump so house trash goes to the barn pretty much daily. Once your baby is mobile, you're probably not going to keep it in their room, my guys figured out how to knock it over and open it, not only gross but dangerous since there are some sharp cutting edges any averagely resourceful kid can get at. The other thing to consider, if you are even remotely environmentally concious, this thing is an environmental nightmare, not only are you encasing the dirty diapers in extra plastic, you then need another bag for the diaper "sausage". Essentially the diapers get wrapped in extra plastic twice.