Playtex Diaper Genie Twist- Away Pail System
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Baby Products Reviews of Playtex Diaper Genie Twist- Away Pail System
Customer Review: Thin Cheap Plastic
Summary: 2 Stars
I used the diaper genie for my newborn and by the time she approached her first birthday the thin plastic hinges on the diaper genie lid were broken and cracked off and the sharp thin plastic pieces under the lid (used to cut the genie plastic when the pail is full) also cracked off. The diaper genie does not completely take the stink away once your little one starts to eat solid foods (This includes the "toddler" diaper genie refills too). Also, I found the diaper genie refills to be expensive over the long run and most grocery stores carry a low inventory or are often out. Myth: There exists a diaper system where the stink will be completely hidden. Moms, Dads, don't let the expensive "diaper systems" fool you. Save yourself some money. Buy a regular diaper pail (I got one for $16) that uses cheap scented trash bags and change the diaper pail every night before your little one goes to sleep. You'll both be happy you did so and you can use the money you saved to do something fun.Customer Review: Untwists itself
Summary: 1 Stars
I received the diaper genie as a shower gift. Others had told me it was great. It does a good job of trapping the odor. Make sure to put the next diaper in quickly and push the lid down all the way or the smell will seep into the room. As for the individual wrapping of the diapers, they untwist until you fill it with enough diapers to hit the bottom of the pail and hold the twist in place. In other words, it takes 7-10 diapers before you get the twist to stay put. Then about another 7-10 diapers and the thing is full. So I will have to go with the other reviewers and say that buying the expensive refill bags seems like a waste when the thing is really just one big bag of diapers anyway. And for the cutter...mine doesn't work worth a darn. I have to do the cutter 3 or 4 times and then finish off the cut by ripping the last bit of the bag. Don't waste your money on this. I think I will be trying the Diaper Champ instead (after I use up the refill kits I bought).Customer Review: It's better than nothing I suppose...
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a review of the NEW & (supposedly) IMPROVED diaper genie... not the old one. I LOVED the old one. I had the old one with my 6 yr old and it was great.
This new one "seems" easier but it doesn't work as well. My daughter is little and still uses little diapers (she wears size 2). In order to keep the bag twisted I have to wait and put in 2-3 diapers at a time just so that they are big enough to be caught in the clamps. And the first several diapers are never sealed separately. I never had these problems with the old one, and it by the way was just as easy to change the bag.
The new genie does keep the smell pretty well (as long as you have them sealed properly). Though for the really smelly ones I first wrap the diaper in a plastic bag (the bread bags from glad... $.94 for a 75 box) before putting it in the genie. This is mostly because I only use the genie for really wet or poopy diapers not for the lightly wet ones.
Customer Review: the baby is not here yet and I hate the genie already!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased the diaper genie because of the reviews that it had received. I am going to be a new mommy very soon, and I wanted to be prepared for everything. So here I am with my husband, putting it together, wrapping some (fake) poopie diapers and twisting the genie just like the instructions states. Over and over again, the sausage links were NOT happening. So I went to the computer, went to diaper genie website. Followed the same instructions again. Just wasting more and more of the plastic bag. Then I decided to read all of the reviews on babies r us, the good and the bad for helpful hints on how to get this thing working before my big day comes. Well, more and more reviews stated the same frustrating issue. THE BIG POOP SAC not perfect sausages links. And the cutting was not easy either. To anyone out there, do not throw away the box. I have kept the boxes to everything and babies r us are very good in exchanging and returning products just hold on to the boxes.Customer Review: Neat is Better
Summary: 1 Stars
Before our son was born we thought that Diaper Genie was a must have. We received it for a gift and were ecstatic. However, by the time our son was 9 months we could not take the frustration of broken clips, stuck diapers (the turning mechanism is a good idea, but does not work well) and smell any longer so one day I took it for a walk out to our dumpster and waved goodbye forever.
Shortly afterwards we purchased the Neat system that had been advertised on TV. What an improvement! Our son just turned two and it's still going strong! It doesn't have a turning mechanism so it's simple to use, it's larger so it holds more diapers, the thick plastic contains most odours (nothing is perfect!) and it is easy to empty (just plug your nose).
The only downside that we have found is that refills are not available everywhere. So far we have only found them at Wal-mart and online at www.sears.ca. Hopefully more Canadian stores will catch on soon!