do stainless steel diaper pails really work to contain but not take in smell?

[Anonymous]

About to have our third and I've blocked out the whole diaper/poop first 2 years of their life.

Do stainless steel diaper pails actually work? Ie, they don't smell? I know it won't be much of an issue until we introduce solids, but wondering if I should try one this time around (for what it's worth, I am not a fan of the diaper geni, as I think they still stink).

[Anonymous]

I like ubbi. Zero odor. Use regular trash bags. I kept it long after diapers were done it’s great for women’s bathroom trash too. Diaper genie was a waste of money.

[Anonymous]

Have two ubbis. Worked well for the first year. Now it stinks. Maybe we should empty more often idk.

[Anonymous]

My Ubbi smells so bad! Even with baking soda at the bottom and sitting out in the sun, it still reaks every time its open.

[Anonymous]

The secret is to bag up each diaper, or empty a small pail every day.

[Anonymous]

I’ve scrubbed my ubbi out with bleach in my shower. It doesn’t smell.

[Anonymous]

We used to small simple human step can with their the recommended bags. I took the trash out every day and we didn’t have any lingering odor problems. But I think the point is you need to empty it often. Poop is poop so when you open the can it is not amazing but it didn’t permeate the room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We used to small simple human step can with their the recommended bags. I took the trash out every day and we didn’t have any lingering odor problems. But I think the point is you need to empty it often. Poop is poop so when you open the can it is not amazing but it didn’t permeate the room.

We did the same but with a regular old garbage bag. You know what was really stinky? The actual diaper pails we used with our older kid. If you’re going to spend $50 to store old diapers, at least buy a decent trashcan you can keep using three years from now.

[Anonymous]

I have the ubbi. It (of course) releases odor when opened, but hides odor well when closed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have the ubbi. It (of course) releases odor when opened, but hides odor well when closed.

my experience as well.

[Anonymous]

Love our ubbi so much. But admittedly I bag every poo diaper and take it directly outside because I really try to keep a fresh smell in the nursery, so I only put pee diapers in it. Never smelled those, though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love our ubbi so much. But admittedly I bag every poo diaper and take it directly outside because I really try to keep a fresh smell in the nursery, so I only put pee diapers in it. Never smelled those, though!

Yep! Once my kids started solids at 6 months, those poop diapers went out immediately. Breastmilk poop diapers didn't smell much. I was kind of lax about changing the bag too and would go a full week without taking it out. Didn't smell too bad.

I did buy the fancier Febreeze scented bags for my Ubbi, but that's it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love our ubbi so much. But admittedly I bag every poo diaper and take it directly outside because I really try to keep a fresh smell in the nursery, so I only put pee diapers in it. Never smelled those, though!

Yep! Once my kids started solids at 6 months, those poop diapers went out immediately. Breastmilk poop diapers didn't smell much. I was kind of lax about changing the bag too and would go a full week without taking it out. Didn't smell too bad.

I did buy the fancier Febreeze scented bags for my Ubbi, but that's it.

Oh and mine is 6 years old and is on kid 3, so I feel like I've gotten my use out of it.

[Anonymous]

I used a metal step simple human trash can and that did not work. I switched to the plastic diaper champ and it works great.

[Anonymous]

It took me 3 kids to figure this out, but Ubbi is actually worth it.