Customer Reviews

Safety 1st Easy Saver Diaper Pail

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I find that most people who post glowing reviews for baby items generally have a tiny infant and have not used it for a long period of time.

I have used this diaper pail for over 2 1/2 years now. That means my two kids have been eating solid food for about 2 years now, which is where "odor control" really needs to kick in. Because I never had a problem with odors until the kids started eating real food. That's about the time the odor disc ran out so I just inserted a glade plug-in. But now I don't even bother.

The reason I bought this pail and not the revered Diaper Genie was that it used regular trash bags and could some day be used as a regular garbage can if you took the lid off.

I have to change the pail twice a week and yes it can get pretty stinky. Yes, it is made of plastic so it WILL absorb odors. Here is the key: wash out the pail once in a while with a little bleach (I've only done this a handful of times, maybe once every two or three months). Also, when I change the bags, I spray the pail down with Lysol to kill the bacteria.

I much prefer a few more minutes of work for me than buying expensive refills for the Diaper Genie.

Also, after 2 1/2 years of opening and closing the smaller door, the hinge finally gave way but still functions all right. I am in the home stretch with diapers (maybe one more year to go) and don't see the need to waste money on another diaper pail because the hinge doesn't work perfectly.

This product is very inexpensive... and to some degree you get what you pay for.

Pros:
- Very affordable
- Can use any trash bag
- Easy to use and easy to change bags
- Nice to have a deodorizer container so I can add more or change the disc.

Cons:
- It is a bit noisy on open and close. (There are two things that open and close. One is the entire top, for when you change the bag. The smaller part is just the part for when you need to throw away a diaper or wipes.)
- It is not all that effective with smells. The deodorizer disc that is used for this product is not that helpful. Because the product does not seal as tight as more expensive ones, the smell can come out. But it is not as bad as what some reviewers have said. If you close a dirty diaper like you should, that helps a little. Also, if you add some other deodorizer and air freshener, it makes it tons better. Because the disc holder has a lot of space you can add your own products.

Summary:
It is cheap, and not the greatest product ever. But it is serviceable. And I can make it better by adding my own deodorizers. I'd still rather do that than buy a really expensive diaper pail.

I got this item as a gift for my shower. And I could not have been more happy. It does a great job of keeping out the odors, but as with any trash you must take it out after a few days. The best part is, you do not need to purchase any special bags, you can use regular 13 gallon trash bags. (We buy the scent kind.) Once the disk air freshner runs out in few months, you can replace with another type of airfresher. We have found those air freshner that hang on the side of your toilet boil to be perfect. They are really inexpensive and very strong. Just place one of those little guys in the top...and you are good to go.

I bought this pail when I was using disposable diapers, after my "Neat" diaper pail, crapped out on me! I was tired of buying special liners and wanted something easier and sturdier. It worked great on disp. and my husband even liked using it.
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I have now converted to the "new wave" of cloth diapering mommas. I am currently using Fuzzi Bunz "pocket" type cloth diapers with various inserts, and I am still using this same diaper pail, I just use a re-usable/washable pail liner in it instead of a trash bag.
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I would deffinitly reccomend this product to BOTH cloth AND diaposable users. (but I would have to say disposable users really should look into using cloth, with all the new designs and types its not what cloth used to be!)

We have had this for four years. It is easy to change the garbage bags - we use the same size for our household trash, so it's very convenient. When the lid is closed, it does a good job of keeping odor contained. However, it stinks inside - the odor disc ran out quickly and this company apparently doesn't sell replacement discs - you have to improvise. Lysol and bleach help a little bit - but thankfully you only notice the smell when you are changing the bag.

Unlike what some others have said, this diaper pail TOTALLY hides the odor. I have gone long periods of time w/o emptying it and one would never know because there is no smell. I love that it uses regular kitchen bags - if you use the cinch kind you can cinch it up before removing it and never have to smell anything. The compartment to put deodoriser in is a great bonus - but you really don't even need to use it. This is inexpensive and does the job really well.

The price is right! It's convenient; I've used it for 15 months now. Yes, the smells do come out sometimes, but then you know it's time to change it! We buy the cheap store brand trash bags, which work great and are only $1.50/box of 20. I didn't get the Diaper Genie because of the price and the hassle of the "special" bags. I'm happy with this purchase.

In the pails defense I have to say that it's alot better then buying those expensive diaper genie refills. It worked really well for us for about 6 months then the little deoderizer disc lost it's smell and my husband got tired of fighting with the disc holder. It was quickly removed. We did spray the can with a bacterial spray and that seemed to work well. Our daughter is almost two with the second one on the way. We don't keep the pail in her room because it doesn't always hold smell like it says it does. It stays in a closet. I do have to agree with on of the other reviewers in that if you don't receive it as a gift like I did, go out and buy a nice looking lidded trash can and save yourself the $15.

We registered for this pail with our first child & have been wonderfully pleased with it. It has worked perfectly & since you can go out & buy inexpensive replacement deoderizers which keep it from smelling. The best thing about the pail is how much it saves you on replacement liners. You can use regular kitchen trash liners - unlike Diaper Genie which forces you to buy theirs.

We're expecting another child & I'll be purchasing another pail for that nursery.

In the past, I rated a diaper pail that required expensive refills. In the review I stated to go for a pail where you can use your own bags...that's what had done. All was well for a couple of months. Our diaper changing area was on the first floor in the laundry room. We put a changing pad on top of the dryer so we wouldn't have to run upstairs all the time to change diapers (we had 2 children in diapers at the same time)...well soon we started to notice an odor and it didn't go away. We came to realize that the pail itself was absorbing the odors and we could not get rid of the stench no matter how much we washed it. Now we just use an ittby bitty garbage can that holds about 5 diapers and we empty it out every day...that's the only way to keep the diaper smell out of the house.