Playtex Diaper Genie Pail Reviews

We bought a diaper genie at a yard sale before we had our first child. It was the older version with the smaller opening at the top with replacement bags with the pink stripe. Later, we acquired one of the newer ones with a larger opening with replacement bags with the blue stripe. They also makes one with an even larger opening with replacement bags with a green stripe, but we have never used that one. The Diaper Genie is a large plastic trashlike container with a hinged lid. A circular insert in the top contains a tubular plastic bag.

How it works: 

• To set up, place a replacement set of bags...

I really was on the fence with whether to give this product a good review, or a bad one.  There were things I really liked about this product, but also things I really disliked.  First off, let me say that I got my Diaper Genie as a gift with my first son.  I used it with both of my boys simply because it seemed to make life easier.  I could just shoot the dirty diaper into the genie, seal it off and then forget about it. 

But.  One thing you have to know about this product is: STAND BACK when you open up the base to empty it!!  P-U!!!  The smell that hits you it just horrible.  Think...

                   I love my Playtex Diaper Genie, it is so easy to use. The first two or three times got me but it helps alot if you have a really bad diaper to throw away and you really dont want the stinky odor lingering around. It is also easy to empty the diaper genie. There is a button at the top on the left hand side, you push all the way down once and then you twist and then it cuts the bag. You open from the bottom and then you pull the bag out and tie it. When you get done with that you take the refill and you just pull enough bag out to tie a knot and the you...

I recieved the diaper genie at our baby shower.  I did find it easy to place bags into the genie, although once I started to use it, I found it to be very difficult and I ended up just using a grocery store bag hanging on the door.

I read the directions for the genie and it was still difficult to use.  I would put a dirty diaper into the genie, close the top and turn the handle to twist the diaper down into the genie, I then would push the button down for the cutter to work and "bag" the diaper.  The cutter would only cut about an inch of the bag and the rest of the bag just got caught up in...

When I first got pregnant with my daughter, I thought I would need everything a mom would need to make my life a little easier.  Oh boy, did I thought wrong! I had put the Playtex Diaper Genie Pail  as part of my baby registry back in 2006, and got it as a gift from an old college friend.  I thought, 'great, this is going to make my diaper disposal easier' Yeah right!

When I first used it, I thought that the bag would tie the diaper around as I turned the dial and it would turn into individually wrapped diapers, nope. It didn't do that. It was just one continuous twisted diaper bag, which we...

If any of you have been subjected to a the stench of dirty diapers than you will appreciate this product.  The Playtex Diaper Genie Pail is a life saver!  You just put the dirty diaper inside, twist and the smell is gone.  We live in a small apartment so it's important that my entire place doesn't stink like baby poop.  I don't know what I would do without this.  A matter of fact, this is my go to gift at baby showers.  Every new parent needs a Diaper Genie.  The only downside is the cost and installation of the refills.  First off, you can buy them in bulk at kmart or costco to cut down...

I have a love - hate relationship with the Diaper Genie.  I love it because, it works.  YOu really dont smell the diapers...even the really bad ones.  As soon as it gets inside the Diaper Genie, the smell is gone. 

The things I dont like are the changing of the bags...it always takes a bit of finagling to get them on.   It is not easy to change to the new bags at all.  EVen with practice, you still have to work at it when you replace the bag cartridge.   

It does work and it works well...if the refill were easy to use I would give this a  high rating....but those darn refills lower this...

The Diaper Genie is a total waste of money. I had it for my first child and I couldn't believe how stinky it gets. It's awkward to use, not very easy to change the bags and not exactly easy to take apart and clean. I would try to clean it often because it just smelled so bad and even a constant spraying of lysol couldn't make it smell fresh. With my 2nd child, we just tossed the diaper genie and used supermarket bags and threw them directly in the trash outside the house. Don't buy it!