Cleaning the diaper Champ. I've had my diaper champ for 14 months. At first it worked great, but now it constantly smells. I've always cleaned it when replacing the bags, however I feel that nothing I clean it with works. Does anyone have any suggestions? Cleaning the diaper Champ. I've had my diaper champ for 14 months. At first it worked great, but now it constantly smells. I've always cleaned it when replacing the bags, however I feel... » Read More Cleaning the diaper Champ. I've had my diaper champ for 14 months. At first it worked great, but now it constantly smells. I've always cleaned it when replacing the bags, however I feel that nothing I clean it with works. Does anyone have any suggestions? « Show Less
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I have the same problem...I have only been using mine for 5 months and it stinks to high heaven!!!!
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Mine is a year old and it has never had any weird or stinky smell to it. Make sure you are using he detergent and leaving the top open when it is not in use.
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We have 1 child and when she was little 1 refill would last about 2 weeks, once she got a little bigger and the diapers started to get bigger a refil lasted 1-2 weeks. By the time she was 1 year old I started just using regular kitchen trash bags because a refil was $11 at babies-r-us. I didn't think $50 per month (tax included, not to mention gas, time) was worth it considering a box of 190 trash bags at SAMs club is $14. Currently, I change the trash bag out every 5-6 days and my daughter is 19 months old wearing a size 6 diaper. There's no telling how much id be spending on refills today if I was still using them. We have 1 child and when she was little 1 refill would last about 2 weeks, once she got a little bigger and the diapers started to get bigger a refil lasted 1-2 weeks. By the time she was 1 year old I started just using regular kitchen trash bags because a refil was $11 at babies-r-us. I didn't think $50 per month (tax included, not to mention gas, time) was worth it considering a box of 190 trash bags at SAMs club is $14. Currently, I change the trash bag out every 5-6 days and my daughter is 19 months old wearing a size 6 diaper. There's no telling how much id be spending on refills today... » Read More We have 1 child and when she was little 1 refill would last about 2 weeks, once she got a little bigger and the diapers started to get bigger a refil lasted 1-2 weeks. By the time she was 1 year old I started just using regular kitchen trash bags because a refil was $11 at babies-r-us. I didn't think $50 per month (tax included, not to mention gas, time) was worth it considering a box of 190 trash bags at SAMs club is $14. Currently, I change the trash bag out every 5-6 days and my daughter is 19 months old wearing a size 6 diaper. There's no telling how much id be spending on refills today if I was still using them. « Show Less
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This a well constructed box & can't imagine it won't be around for many, many years. As for stains, how could urine & feces stain plastic? Unless you're an absolute pig who doesn't clean a litter box for years on end, I don't understand your question? You should probably contact the manufacturer.
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one thing you can do is to rearrange the litter daily to "re-activate" the crystals. I have done this and it seems to help. If you are buying the premium kind, I know I haven 't had that problem.
1589034
I clean it in the back yard every week with a organic cleaner, so it doesn't start to hold odor. I have replaced it three times in 15 months, but I am a clean freak.
509708
I like using the sprayer to wash off the poop after changing the diaper, then I put in the pail dry until I'm ready to wash. I wash every few days and only have 27 diapers. I swear by these diapers- my baby is 14 months now, still going strong... I do use 12hr disposables at night.
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It depends on the contents. If it's not a solid dirty diaper, I just switch out the prefold and reuse the cover. If it is a solid dirty diaper, it will sometimes leak off of the prefold, but it stays contained in the cover. Then I will wash the cover right away. My son is almost a year, and he rarely leaks through on to his clothes in these. On average, I'm able to reuse the cover up to 3 or 4 times before washing it. I absolutely love these diapers and would choose them over the overpriced ones any day. I hope this helps.
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Ok, so I love this one. It is wayyyy bigger than the litter genie. However, the lucky champ bags are bio-degradable. Which means it is not good for smells. I buy odor trapping trashbags and they can be used in the Lucky Champ. And that has been awesome.
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Have this crate for 3 months, and have not had any problems with bad odors. I wash it out once a week and wash the blanket and crate bed every 3rd day, its the bedding and old food or feces/urine that causes odors. Love this crate since I can just spray it down good with 409 or Lysol multi purpose spray and rinse. Let dry a while or towel dry and ready to go again.
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I originally used the suggested litter... worked great BUT the urine smell became horrible. It would just sit on the bottom and build up... currently I use the clumping litter and the problem now is that the hole is not big enough to allow the pee clump to pass through...
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We use the Planet Wise liners. I will say that now that we have been using this for just over 2 years, it has been great, but if we wait longer than every other day to do diaper laundry now that our son has more inserts in his diapers, the lid does not close all the way - it's not a big deal to us, because we keep it next to the washing machine in the laundry closet, and we do diaper laundry at least every third day, and usually every other day. Just wanted to let you know. Also, the little hole on the top became pretty useless after our son was out of newborn diapers. http://www.amazon.com/Planet-Wise-Reusable-Diaper-Avocado/dp/B003XSEV2O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405605929&sr=8-1&keywords=diaper+pail+liner
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I use it also for diaper as well as garbage. When I remove bag the garbage can smell I have to spray it a few time to remove the smell. If I could return this trash can I would. I'm not at all happy with this trash can.
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I have never owned a litter genie. I researched it and opted out of purchasing because according to what I read the replacement bags would've been more costly for me than the ones for the litter Champ.
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I think that's more of a issue of what cleaning liquid you use. If the odor is still there, so is the urine (you just can't see it - sorry). I've used this with the pet stain cleaner that came with it and I don't detect an odor anymore. I loaned the cleaner and the cleaning solution to my neighbor and she says the odor in her house is gone, too. YMMV
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mine go for 2 months, maybe a week or two less if water is not as soft. it starts to get kind of dirty smelling after that ive found. it could go for 3 months probably for someone else, i could see that.
809694
I've had mine about 6 months and so far I've gotten away with periodically soaking the filter in a bowl with a capful of Mr. Clean and water. I use this bucket extensively and haven't had a problem with odor using this method. I plan to go with a 2X's a year filter change.