Nappy Bin

[MrsRV]

Not sure whether to get one or not... We have a kitchen bin and our main dustbin is outside in the garage. Don't want bins in house to keep getting smelly but don't want to keep having to go out to the garage every 5 minutes either... Anyone else? Recommendations on a good one? Or do they all just end up smelling of poo?

I got one and used it for about a week, didn't find it good value at all. Plus the wrapper rolls were quite expensive. I'd stick to the kitchen bin, in your shoes. Tiny baby nappies don't really smell bad.

I've been given a nappy pail and have got scented dog poo bags to line it with. I didn't want to have to order the rolls, they seemed to be ridiculous price for plastic bags! I thought, in the end, poo is poo no matter what it's put into and it's going to smell.

I bought a nappy bin, used it until the rolls ran out then realised what a rip off it was. Nappies go straight in the kitchen bin now. It gets emptied every day or so and doesn't smell.

I would get it rather than using kitchen bin!! if you use the nappy bins properly it doesnt smell much it contains it, then take it out to the main bin regularly.
If you just use the nappy bin without having the refills in it (which i have seen some ppl do..) it will stink. Also u can put them into nappy bags & then in the nappy bin, if you want it to smell even less
I dont think its hygenic to use the kitchen bin?!
If you do get nappy bin, tommee tippee is best (i have been thru loads of different ones as for some reason dh kept wanting to buy them)

I had one and loved it - used it for both DC. As you say it meant I didn't have to always run out to the dustbin. I always changed DCs in the nursery, upstairs and it was just convenient for me.

any bin/bucket with tight fitting lid will do.

I didn't have a nappy bin I bought flushable nappy liners designed for reusable nappies and just flushed all solids down the loo. Obviously wet nappies still smell if you leave them in the house bins so just buy a cheap plastic bucket from Wilko to keep in bathroom and throw away daily. Easy to clean as well.

Forgot to say nappy bags are a must nice and cheap too.

We have a nappy bin (The Tommee TIppee one I think) and we love it. Yes, it does get a bit pricey as the liners aren't super cheap (but look out for special offers at Boots - we stock up whenever there's a 3 for 2 special) but it makes a huge difference. Nappies do smell so we would have to take dirty nappies outside every time which is too painful for words. Or use nappy sacks all the time. The convenience of being able to change him and just pop the nappy straight into the bin right there is huge. No forgetting it and coming back in an hour later to a rank smell.

We got one. But the liners to make the poo sausages were just so expensive that now we just use nappy bags (9p a pack of 50 from sainsbos) and put them in the happy bin which lives in the utility room because it still whiffs a wee bit.

Yukky, dont get one. I dont see how using the normal bin is unhygenic, am I missing something? Would just put the poo nappies in a nappy bag, or two, if particularly bad, then in the bin.

You don't need a flash bin. I have a normal, small, lidded plastic bin in DD's room. I put wet nappies in a nappy bag and then in the little bin. Poo-filled nappies I take out to the outside bin as soon as changing is finished. Nappy bin gets emptied into outside bin every evening. Job done.

I have one, but I use reusable nappies. We did use disposables for a while at first and just used to load them up in a plastic carrier which we put in the bin when it either got too full or too smelly which ever came first.

I'm not really sure what the point of those little nappy bags is? Well I can kind of tell why you might need them when you're out and about but not sure why people use them in the house.

straight into the outside bin. (My DS is 2 so full on nappies - eugh)

IMO nurseries with nappy bins in smell oh so subtly of shit.

plus it's another one of those things that we don't actually need but some bright marketing spark tells us we do.

We have two and wouldn't be without them. I do have twins, so double the number of nappies but we find them convenient and the refills last about a week or so. We have the Angelcare one.

they are a rip off! save yourself some cash.

either stick the offending articles straight outside in the bin, or if its the middle of the night/you arent dressed/its raining etc. then just be a lazy slattern like me and throw them out the door/window til later :)

lots of people do it! ;)

When DD was born (2008) there was a voucher in the Bounty pack for an Angelcare nappy bin. So we got it for free. I probably would not have bothered if I had to pay for it. the liners were also not as expensive as the Tommee Tippee ones. It did the job just fine until weaning. Then pooey nappies did smell. So at that point it is worth putting them in a scented nappy sack first.

the scented nappy sacks still let the smell through... post weaning they have to leave the house instantly!

We had one for DD1. It was fine when she was little but as another poster said, after weaning, the liners just don't hold the smell. It just honked. With this one (15 wks pg with DC2), I will just use biodegradable nappy bags and put them in the kitchen bin.

I have a angle care nappy bin and got it from argos and LOVE IT. My baby is 4weeks old and I haven't had to change the nappy liner bag yet and it does not smell like poo at all. Perfect for night feeds. Not expensive at all. My best buy yet id say!!!!

We bought a nappy bin when we had to switch from breastfeeding to formula - breastfed baby poos don't smell much, but we used to refer to formula nappies as Nappies of Doom. If we got a Code Brown Nappy of Doom (you can guess) it went in the nappy bag first to really contain it.

We have a Tommee Tippee one and only buy the wrappers when they are on special offer at Tesco (which is fairly regularly). It's not that useful if you change nappies at different places round the house, but I'd say it's essential if you plan to change nappies in places where you may want to sit afterwards (without having to have windows open).

I'd still put the odd nappy in the kitchen bin - especially if a friend comes over and changes their baby downstairs - but I really don't think you'd want 5-10 a day in there!

We just got a bin with a tight fitting lid. I use a mix of washables and disposables. Post-weaning you can flush the poo down the loo, it just falls out of the nappy if you give it a shake over the loo, then there's less to smell.

We have a tommy tippee one which we've been using for 18 months and still think is great. Also get the inner bags only when they're on 3 for 2 offer at supermarket. We're in a flat so access to outside bin is not that straight forward, but this way we only end up binning about once a week. We use a combo of reuseables and disposables and get some real stinkers especially in the disposables but the bin really works well! I'd recommend them especially if in a flat for convenience. Reuseables we have a tightly sealing bucket with laundry bag inside.

We've got a regular small bin with tight fitting lid, which lives in the bathroom. Lined with a plastic bag. wet nappies go straight in, dirty nappies into a nappy bag. Bin emptied into the outside bin every evening before bed.

I couldn't have nappies in the kitchen bin, but wasn't going to spend money on a special nappy bin.

Ours was free (Angelcare) with an Argos voucher in the hospital Bounty bag. Using it for DD2 now. Not that expensive really as the sausage rolls last for ages. I hate the thought of millions of those thin nappy sacks being thrown away - nappies are bad enough . We stick a gel air freshener in the bottom. Main benefit over a lidded bin now is DD1 can't open it!!