Diaper genie using regular trash bags

Re: Diaper genie using regular trash bags

• aboynamedbarry member

  October 2012

  I don't know if you can use alternate bags, but I DO know that diaper genies stink and there is pretty much no way around that no matter what you use. I have used them for several children I've nannied for in the past and would never want to use one myself as they are just too nasty.
  

  

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• Sweetie7628

  October 2012

  I used a diaper genie for about 4 months with first child. The diaper genie bags were expensive, so we tried using regular trash bags to no avail. It just doesn't work. We started using a regular trash can with a tight lid that we kept in a closet and we wrapped each diaper up in a plastic grocery bag. That actually works pretty well for us and it's WAY cheaper than using the diaper genie which has been collecting dust for more than 2 years now. And honestly, the diaper genie, even with the appropriate bags, never did a very good job of containing the diaper smells. The trash can worked better!

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• alegaga4u

  October 2012

  We use the DG elite and I like it.  Our cleaning lady has two kids and suggested putting one of those sticky air freshners inside it (Along the wall at the bottom) and it has resolved the smell issue.  I don't love the look of it, but it does the job for us. 

  

  
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• NJshore40 member

  October 2012

  I understand some peoples dislike for the diaper genie, but thats not what i'm asking for here.  I am simply asking if anyone has successfully tried one of the methods found on the internet for using regular trash bags.

  We were given one second hand and intend on using it.   

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• cmhicklin member

  October 2012

  We started using the trash bags, but I think there's a constant smell now. I never smelled much with their bags unless the genie got left open. 

  
  

  

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• drpayne member

  October 2012

  NJshore40:

  I understand some peoples dislike for the diaper genie, but thats not what i'm asking for here. nbsp;I am simply asking if anyone has successfully tried one of the methods found on the internet for using regular trash bags. We were given one second hand and intend on using it. nbsp;nbsp;

  
  
  I'm trying to figure out how you'd do this. The way that the bags are dispensed makes me not understand where you'd attach a trashbag otherwise. Also not what you asked... But the refills last so long it really isn't as big of a deal to buy them as I thought it would be, especially with amazon subscribe and save.

  

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• cmhicklin member

  October 2012

  drpayne:

  NJshore40:

  I understand some peoples dislike for the diaper genie, but thats not what i'm asking for here. nbsp;I am simply asking if anyone has successfully tried one of the methods found on the internet for using regular trash bags. We were given one second hand and intend on using it. nbsp;nbsp;

  I'm trying to figure out how you'd do this. The way that the bags are dispensed makes me not understand where you'd attach a trashbag otherwise. Also not what you asked... But the refills last so long it really isn't as big of a deal to buy them as I thought it would be, especially with amazon subscribe and save.

  DH always does it, but you somehow wrap the trashbag around the dispenser that the genie bags come out of.  I personally agree that they really aren't that expensive. And as I said previously, they hold in the stink a lot more.

  
  

  

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