Safety 1st OdorLess Diaper Pail

 (236 customer reviews)

Initially my husband and I decided not to purchase a diaper pail because we wondered what was the point, diapers stink and no matter how much money one spends on a diaper pail it's going to emit odors and smell bad. Then, when we were changing diapers ten times a day we decided it would probably be easier to have one, especially for the middle of the night diaper changes. Several of my friends disapproved of the Diaper Genie and recommended we purchase an inexpensive diaper pail that uses regular garbage bags. We took that advice and selected the Safety 1st diaper pail and we are pleased with the product. Odor-Less - No. We empty it as needed, usually once a week, and realize it's a diaper pail - just as our garbage pail in the Kitchen needs to be emptied daily someday so will the diaper pail. I place an aroma jell in the little basket which helps with the odor.

This diaper pail definitely does not live up to its' name! This pail will smell with even one dirty diaper in it. We have been throwing our soiled diapers in our regular trash instead... it smells less there. The deodorant tablet is held in place by a cup that kept falling into the pail until we finally just took it out completely. Our 1 year old son has no problem opening the "child resistant" closure. The lid doesn't always stay closed... it often pops open a few seconds after you close the lid. All in all... we are definitely getting a new pail before our second child is born and we have even more diapers.

I bought this diaper pail because it can use regular trash bags and it was less expensive than the Diaper Champ which costs twice as much. It's not really odorless. If you let the bag get too full, the diapers within pull the bag so that the center flaps of the "odor barrier" are pulled open. If the bag is too full, you can't rotate the cover to seal the bag within. The lid doesn't stay open very well either. The dome doesn't push smaller diapers into the lower chamber so I usually push it through the opening myself before closing the lid. Sassy sells deodorizing diaper pail discs which I am using now. I usually let the pail get pretty full and when it's time to change the bag, I just twist the bag shut by hand instead of using the pail. Stinky, yes, but not so bad since my baby's breastfeeding and not on solids yet. When it gets worse I'll probably just not let the pail get too full...and then it can be used as designed.