Playtex Diaper Genie Essentials Diaper Disposal Pail
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Baby Products Reviews of Playtex Diaper Genie Essentials Diaper Disposal Pail
Customer Review: The Genie II ROCKS!
Summary: 5 Stars
Experienced the original Diaper Genie with my baby niece about 2 years ago, was a royal pain this bottom to load with diapers and to change out the liners. And it seemed like the liner needed replacing every couple of days, probably due to the "twisting" sausage effect.
I received this new Diaper Genie II as a gift for my newborn, and WOW. It is truly easy to load the liner, and I used it from last Wednesday through this Tuesday before needing to empty it. Emptying it was as easy as advertised, I slipped the liner through the cutter and tied off the top of the dirties and tied the bottom of the liner where we were starting over again.
At first, it took two hands to un-snap the lid and get it open because it was new, now after a week it has been adequately broken in, and it truly is a one-handed operation.
Even though baby is a newborn, she's been producing some MASSIVELY stinky diapers. Prior to receiving the Genie II, we were using a regular trashcan. The Genie II has completely contained the smell since it has been in use, and my nursery is now blessedly odorless!
The liner situation is great. Diapers do not come in contact with the actual container which is extremely sanitary, LOVE IT! Also, it seems that you can safely stuff a LOT of diapers into each load which is great.
Bottom line, I give my highest recommendation for this product, 5 stars PLUS!! This will be my signature shower gift to others from now on unless I get beaten to it.
Customer Review: I was cynical at first
Summary: 5 Stars
this product truly works. it was given to me, and i was just about ready to pass it on and just rely on the usual method we started with our second child, of simply discarding regular dirty diapers in the trash and then double-bagged poopy diapers in our stainless steel trash can. it works well for us, but is fairly tedious, especially now that we have two kids in diapers. i've always balked at the idea of having to buy refills for a diaper pail. it always seemed to me like a manipulative sales strategy, so we used the diaper champ with our first child, but that product only helped to reduce odor to a certain extent. i really appreciated that i could reuse regular plastic shopping or trash bags, but it was virtually useless by the time our first was fully into solid food.
anyway, i broke down and decided to keep the diaper genie 2 anyway. i figured, hey, it was given to me, so if i don't like it i can pass it on. we use it only for the poopy diapers of our 3-month old as well as our 2-year old, so there's a good variety of waste products put into that thing. i must say that i've been shocked by how well it keeps the foul odor in! it is such an utter improvement from the original diaper genie i'd encounter in church nurseries and friends' houses, which seemd to work about as well as the diaper champ. the sausages were pretty ridiculous, too. so, i don't know, i might just have to break down and buy the refills when the one that came with the package runs out, because it really does work!
Customer Review: Put a trash bag in the refill carton
Summary: 3 Stars
We live in an apartment and wanted to make sure the whole place wouldn't smell gross. Diaper genie keeps the smell out, NO ODOR. Our son is 5 months now, and eating solids. *Sometimes* I get a little whiff as I'm emptying the thing (boy, are the poopy ones are bad) which is fine- it's only a split second. Diaper genie does it's job wonderfully. I'd give this thing 5 stars for no smell, but 1 star for the price of refills. Speaking of that...
There's a way to *not* buy refills everytime. I don't know how in the world people are using the refills everytime for this thing-It's too expensive!!!! We empty ours once a week now. We bought just one refill and put trash bags into that refill. It only takes 1 minute to stuff a trash bag into the refill carton so it's no extra trouble. We buy trash bags in bulk from cosco so it's a fraction of the cost. Also, we find it's best to use a drawstring type trashbag. It stays in the genie refill carton perfectly. (you're just stuffing the "draw string" part of the bag in the refill carton). We fold up the poopy diapers neatly OR put runny poopy diapers in a grocery bag first before putting them into the genie, so the yuckiness doesn't get on the exposed part of the trashbag. We haven't bought another refill since we started doing this 4 months ago. I hope new parents are trying this Before buying refills everytime. Sure, the refill will last a few weeks when your baby is first born, but that phase will end quickly.
Customer Review: Much better than the Diaper Champ!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought a Diaper Champ at Goodwill for about $3, and figured "What the heck--I'll give it a whirl for $3." My daughter is now 20 months old and I'm expecting again in October. Given that I'd be able to use it for another child, I finally broke down and bought a Diaper Genie II. The Diaper Champ DID hold a lot of diapers, but I found it really annoying to change the bags. When I opened the lid, it wouldn't stay open, and because the lid was very heavy, it often came crashing down on my hand (ouch...). Furthermore, my daughter's room always had a lingering stink to it. Not so at all with the Diaper Genie II! I can't imagine that you'd have to change it every day with a newborn (like I've read in some critiques) if you're folding the diapers over and making them into neat little packages with the tabs. My daughter takes size 6 diapers and I only have to change it every couple of days, because she goes to daycare. The liner is like one long snake of garbage bag, and all you need to do to change it is slide it through the cutter, tie it off, and remove the bag. Then you tie off the end that hangs from the dispenser, and close the lid--a no brainer. The liners are a tad expensive (the cheapest I've found is about $5.99), but it's worth it to me to not have her room stinking all the time and not to dread changing the bag anymore.Customer Review: A vast improvement
Summary: 5 Stars
I was very skeptical when I received this as a shower gift, as I remember the original diaper genie. I was wondering why the packaging was so careful to point out that this is Diaper Genie II and now I know why. I am so glad this product has been updated! No more twisting! Just open the lid and push the diaper through the clamps.
I have been using it for 10 weeks and have had no problems with poopy smells. (My son is breast and formula fed) The replacement cartridges are easy to install. The unit is easy to empty. I do wish there was something to indicate that the unit is full, like a window near the top. I go to put in a diaper and can't push it in because the bag is full. A minor inconvenience.
I find the slender cylindrical shape a great addition to the nursery decor.
The height of the unit is odd. It is only about thigh high. This isn't a problem for me as I have mine on top of a low dresser that I use as a changing table.
The only improvement left to make is to find a way to use regular trash bags instead of refills. I have to fill a 13 gallon kitchen trash bag to dispose of the liner full of diapers.