Sangenic Nappy Wrapper

[fairydust]

friendsis due to have a baby soon and we're thinking of getting them a sangenic nappy wrapper - as they live in a flat and i know she'll hate having to keep going down several flights of stairs to the bin outside.

So do they smell or do the wrappers stop that.
Am i wasting my money.

Any info on them apreciated as we didn't bother with one for our dd.

[lmccrean]

Sorry to be clueless, but the bags for these - how fast do they biodegrade? I know that most standard nappy sacks can up to double the time it takes for the nappy to biodegrade, which means that nappy you just dumped my still linger around for up to 100 years.

[chicagomum]

I do find it very useful (have been using it for 3.5 years-now onto our second child). Unfortunately have lost 2 of the clips as they (all) fall off into the bin and we used to invert it into a binbag when emptying it and threw them away before we realise what was happening, so now have to check each time its emptied.

[bonym]

Re: the smell issue, I suppose I should add that dd is only 10 weeks and breastfed - once she's on solids I guess it could start to smell

[thebump]

Oooh! I've just bought one of those for my baby whos due in August. Thought it was a fabulous concept! Bought mine from Mothercare who have a half price offer on at the moment!!

[scotlou]

I used ours for 5 1/2 years - am just about to chuck it out since dd now potty trained. Also my mother emptied it last week - and threw away the whole of the inside including a hardly used cassette and the plastic ring thing.
I thought it was great and didn't think it smelled!

[Carameli]

I think they are great as well. but like someone else here I try to put some bicarb of soda in when cleaning it out, to keep the smells at bay.
But I thnk they are a great gadget. Especially if your friend lives in a flat.

[DaddyCool]

wow! blast from the past. the sangenic nappy wrapper actually has it's own little chapter in the mumsnet book!

we like ours. keeps the smell in but once you open it.... whhhhhhhoooooeeee, the smell hits you like a brick wall!

empty it very frequently!

[Lizzylou]

I have found it to be fab, no really bad smells and very convenient..........really great product

[albert]

I received one as a present and it was an absolute Godsend. Used it continually for 2.5 years. No problem with the smell either although I used to put a little dish of bicarb of soda in the bottom of the bin which absorbed any smell. Brilliant product.

[bonym]

Btw - I have the world's sharpest sense of smell

[bonym]

Love mine - don't find it smelly at all. Got it half price (£14) at Tesco.

[MandM]

I wouldn't have been without mine. As long as you twist the wrap enough time, empty it quite regularly and keep it clean (as you would have to do with a bin anyway) then I didn't have any problem with smell. Have bought several for presents since then as well and have always had positive feedback. The refills are quite pricey but they do last for a decent length of time and are often on special offer. I wouldn't pay any more than £20 for a Sangenic Nappy Wrapper though, if you shpp around you can easily get one for that much. HTH

[jessysmummy]

We still use ours (DD is 16m) and as long as you empty it daily (don't wait until it's full as apart from the pong of days old nappies, they really can get quite heavy) there's no problem with the smell. Certainly beats what our neibour does - throwing nappy sacks out of the bedroom window to land on the car!! Still use nappy sacks for when we're out and about, though.

[sallycinnamon]

We had one for quite a while but there comes a point that however many times you bleach it, the smell doesn't go. Yuk!

[franch]

Couldn't live without ours - we're in a 2nd floor flat.

[hotmama1]

Went to Mothercare yesterday and they have got them on a half price offer!

[Whizzz]

We had one - used it for a few weeks & then didn't bother. Agree they would be good for people who had a long way to go to an outside bin !

[stressedmummy]

I hated it too!
It made ds1's room smell of stale wee (I never put any number 2 nappies in it!)
I didn't bother with it for ds2 & kept to nappy sacks instead, which I much prefer!

[basketcase]

I hated it. Very smelly, fliddly to refill (but then I am quite clumsy) and lost a couple of those clip things - kept falling inside the bin and very unpleasant to fish out.
Nappy sacks worked much more easily for us - and much much cheaper.

[milward]

Have one and it's been in use for 8 years! Recommend it - but just as good to have a pedal bin and binbag - we have this in the bathroom.

[bunny2]

hated it with a passion - got binned a few weeks after ds was born

[noma]

I found it great on our second one the other smelt abit so got another when dd2 came along if you spray them with fabreeze occasionally and make sure you twist it anoth its ok.

[cerys]

Hated it, it's still languishing in the back of our garage! I found I was using nappy sacks as well, which defeated the object!

[lunarx]

we have one, overall i like it. agreed that the refills can be pricey (about £3.59 each). i soak it in soap and bleach once a week and that keeps any really nasty smells away..

[mckenzie]

if you're interested and you're local to North London/Hertfordshire Fairydust , I have one that's hardly been used for sale with a spare wrapper set too. £5 for both bits.