Playtex Diaper Genie - First Refill Included
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Baby Products Reviews of Playtex Diaper Genie - First Refill Included
Customer Review: Past the Learning Curve
Summary: 5 Stars
This product is great once you get up to speed on its use! I would definitely recommend taking the time to go over the directions before your new baby arrives, as this will keep you from feeling under pressure to get it right the first time. Not having that tip myself, I was a bit frustrated in the beginning, but now I wouldn't be without the Genie. The odor control is amazing! I am looking forward to trying some of the tips other parents have mentioned in their reviews, such as using twist ties at the beginning and end of each string to save on liner wastage and tying off a new one earlier so that the first few diapers are able to twist fully closed before the old batch is removed. Also, I have found that it is important to let friends and family know to be sure to twist the top ring in the same clockwise direction after inserting a dirty diaper, or you will always be puzzled about why the bag keeps coming undone. All in all, I'd have to say this will be the shower gift I give from now on, because it is practical and much more useful than toys or frilly outfits for a newborn. First time moms will love you for this gift, especially if you share with them how to use it easily and include a few refill liner packs, so they don't have to worry about getting them at a store while the baby is still so tiny. Overall, I am very impressed with this product and thrilled that my friend bought me a gift I now would never want to go without... it makes this usually smelly chore a breeze!Customer Review: Great for working parents
Summary: 5 Stars
For working parents of breastfed babies with a diaper-changing area far from the kitchen trashcan: the Diaper Genie is wonderful and I highly recommend it. Some background: We're so busy during the week that changing the diaper pail is the last thing we want to do in the evenings. We want to play with our baby. Since she's breastfed, her diapers aren't that stinky, and since we work, we don't have that many evening diapers.
Therefore we can go the whole week until we change it out (the company advises emptying it every 2-3 days, but not-as-stinky diapers is one of the perks of breastfeeding). We can stick the diaper in the Genie and know it won't stink, that the dog won't get to it, and that it is sanitarily contained. Then, daddy gets to change the Diaper Genie on the weekends.
Regarding the distance from diaper changing area to the kitchen trashcan: the distance between the two in our house is about as far apart as you can get. I'm not willing to traipse across the house at 5:00 a.m. with a poopy diaper to put it in the kitchen trash when I could be climbing back into bed for a few more minutes before getting ready to go to work. This is why I love the Genie. Pop it in, go back to bed, deal with it on the weekend.
If your situation is different, I'm sure there are other diaper pail options that will work just as well for you. For us, the Genie helps us spend more time with the baby and less time with the many tedious housekeeping tasks that comes with parenthood.
Customer Review: Here's some tricks to make operation easier!
Summary: 4 Stars
My son is six months old and completely breastfed, so we haven't had smelly poops to deal with yet. However, here are some tricks we figured out:1.) As other reviewers state, the first few diapers do tend to clump together in one "sausage" section. Combat this not emptying the Genie as soon as the old sausage is cut. When the Genie is full, cut off your diaper sausage, tie it off, then push it past the clips, and LEAVE IT THERE. The first few diapers of the next sausage will go in much easier, and will be separated properly. When you're a few diapers into you next sausage, THEN empty the old sausage.
2.) Personally, I think tying knots to begin and end a sausage is a waste of the plastic refill. My husband and I just save the twist-ties off bread and use them to tie off each end of the sausage. This saves the plastic, which saves money.
3.) Don't put wets in the Genie. We keep a plastic grocery sack tied onto the changing table to put wets into. They don't smell, so therefore, they don't need the odor protection of the Genie. We only put poopy diapers in the Genie. This saves money, because you won't be using as much of the refill.
4.) The refills are expensive, but [retail stores] (The brick and mortar locations) ALWAYS have them on sale, and very often have coupons in their weekly circulars good for 1 free refill if you buy 3 others. Take advantage, and stock up!
We've been very happy with our Diaper Genie, and will continue to use it.
Customer Review: Don't listen to the bad reviews...Diaper Genie is GREAT!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am utterly shocked at all of the bad reviews for this product. PLEASE do not listen to all of those who say the Diaper Genie is difficult to work, that it doesn't hold enough dirty diapers, that the refills are an expensive investment, or that the odor is horrible. NONE of this is true. A monkey could figure out how to properly use this product, that's how simple it is. The directions couldn't be any more clear, and there are photos of someone illustrating EVERY STEP of emptying it out and changing the refills. As for it's capacity, I only have to empty it out twice a week (for size 3 diapers), and since it takes me about two minutes to empty it, I hardly consider this putting forth any effort. As for the cost of the refills, they are usually around $5.00 per cartridge, but you could get them cheaper at a wholesale club like [local store name] or [local store name]. And [local store name] often runs a "Buy 3 get one free" sale. I have to replace that cartridge once a month. Is 16 cents a day a steep investment? Don't think so. As for it smelling, if you are smart enough to use it properly, there is ABSOLUTELY NO ODOR from the Diaper Genie. Yes, when you empty it out, it may smell slightly, but like many others have said, just spray a little Lysol in the can and it is fine. My son is 14-months old and I have used it from day one. It is a durable product that does not require a PhD. to operate, and it is one of the best inventions in baby care ever!Customer Review: Don't Waste Your Money
Summary: 1 Stars
Given the choice between a Diaper Genie and a plastic, open, no-lid, smelly trash can, I would choose the trash can every time.So the refills are expensive, so you might run out and have to make a special trip, so their impossible to install. It's not like that would be a problem for a new parent.
So what if it takes two hands and five minutes to throw away each diaper--how many could one baby use, anyway?
So what if you have to stick your hand down into the dark, mysterious recesses of a diaper pail until you feel another, plastic hand grip the diaper, squishing its contents just enough to make you squirm and pull your own hand quickly back out. More disgusting things will definitely happen to you as a parent, rest assured.
What REALLY bothered me about our Diaper Genie was changing the bag. It is not an issue of following instructions, because we DID in fact accomplish the task multiple times. I also passed Calculus. Barely. My husband was a better diaper-pail-changing engineer, but even he hated the job. Diapers do not smell good. Ever. The more time it takes to empty the pail, the worse the job is. Period.
It would take him approximately the duration of an entire evening to EMPTY the pail. PLEASE put a new bag in. Because if you don't, there is an ugly, unusable, pink plastic diaper pail sitting in my son's room with a trash can full of diapers next to it. Kind of like the diaper pail now sitting on my curb.