Are nappy bins worth it?

[daydreamerfordays]

Not the biggest question of the day, but would be interested in hearing people's recommendations re. whether it's worth bothering buying a nappy bin.

Totally worth it. I had one up and one downstairs.

For disposables? No! Put them in nappy sacks, pop them in bin.

Never had one and don’t feel like we missed out on anything

Essential for reusable

We just would you want to keep a weeks worth of shit in your house ?

I had one twenty odd years ago and definitely not! They emit their own strange nappy bag smell which I can still recall. And there were battles over whose turn it was to empty it! No.. just use a biodegradable nappy sack, tie a knot and bin it. ugly great lumps of plastic too. I can't believe we fell for it and viewed it as an essential item. But the time second child came along we'd got rid of it

Also had one upstairs and downstairs and made our life so much easier. Not an essential for sure but we got two for £5 in a Mothercare closing down sale.

No, would you want a bin full of nappies days old in babies/your room? Just throw them straight out or at night just pop them to one side and move in morning.

We’ve got on in DS’s bedroom and I can’t imagine not having it.

But any lidded bin will do and no one says you can’t put other rubbish in it.

It depends on your set up really - if you have an outside bin that's easily accessible, I wouldn't bother. We live in a third floor flat and our bins are a trek away so we have one to contain the smell as it's not always practical to go down to the bins.

We lived in a tall thin terraced house when DC1 was a baby, it was a godsend to have one on the second floor rather than have to walk down two floors after changing a nappy. It didn't smell.

No they are a total con.
They still stink. Just slightly differently to a normal bin- and you can avoid a normal bin smelling by emptying it regularly.

They are fiddly to change, require specially shaped bags and are difficult to clean when inevitably a bag splits or someone puts it in wrong.

Waste of plastic time and money

I bought two. One for up/downstairs.

Upstairs gets used until full, then forgotten about until one of us eventually gets chance and changes it. By then so many nappies have built up on top we refer to it as ‘nappy mountain’.

They are a good idea in theory but not the easiest to empty/change the cartridges on. Certainly can’t do it one handed or with DS left on the changing table (he’s at the rolling stage).

If I were doing it again I might buy one. But tbh a large bin bag next to your upstairs changing table will do the same job.

I used disposable nappies and they went straight into a nappy sack when younger then outside bin. Didn't like the idea of pooey nappies hanging around and the extra cost of the cartridge thingy you have to put in the nappy bin. Child is 2 and I don't use nappy sacks now, just roll the wet wipes within the used nappy and roll it up.

No. We do have an outside bin though so nappies went in there till bin day.

Nope. Just stick them in normal bin. Nappy bags not necessary for at home either - nappies with wee don't really smell. The poo ones we put in an old bread bag/packet from kitchen/post etc and stick straight in outside bin (after weaning, poos before that don't smell much either)

I’ve bought one but I’m a FTM and quite clueless - I live in a top floor flat and like someone else said the bins are not the easiest to access so I wouldn’t be doing it every day. When I stay at my mums initially in a house with the bin directly outside I won’t be using one.

I love mine and I think definitely essential! I have the tomme tippee ones. Bare in mind the the refill cartridges (the bin bags essentially) are quite pricey

In the beginning ours was great. Had dts thiugh so emptied twice as often. Ddog was partial to eating shitty nappies so has to be really careful where we left them, our actual bins are away down the drive. They do compress them so you can get more in. Our council only lets us have two bins.

When they started on solids and their was less poo and it was stinkier the solid went down the toilet so still good for just storing the nappies. They never smelt.

Upstairs gets used until full, then forgotten about until one of us eventually gets chance and changes it. By then so many nappies have built up on top we refer to it as ‘nappy mountain’.

How does this not stink!?

I’m not against nappy bins, we have one. Our bin is at the end of our (quite long) driveway, so I can’t take them straight out as I would be too far away from the house and can’t leave the young DC unsupervised. I can’t cope with having them in the kitchen bin or piling up outside the front door so a nappy bin that we empty daily is the best option for us.

But, even though I use the scented liners, and try to flush any poo that I can easily get off the nappies, our bin would still stink if we left it for longer than a couple of days.

Agree with a PP though, your set up at home very much influences how useful you will find one. If our black bin was outside our door, I would just throw them straight out.

no! They were probably the worst purchase we made. Just put them in the bin

It depends - for my first we lived in a flat and totally worth it whereas for my second we lived in a house and just put wet nappies in the bin and dirty nappies straight outside in the bin.

No
If they are a straightforward bin they will reek and you will never be fully rid of the smell until you move.
If they are one of those cartridge things that binds them up in plastic they are just a massive waste of money and really unnecessarily adds to plastic waste.
Just stick it straight in the outside bin. Unless you live in a mansion this adds all of about 5 seconds to nappy change routine. If it's raining or if you can't because of baby then leave it by front door and take it out soon as you can.

I just got a £2 plastic bathroom bin and nappy bagged all upstairs nappies. When I came down in the morning I just brought then bin with me and emptied it.