I'm aware that there are cheaper ways to do this, but I'm hoping for a mix between affordable and functional, and I'm willing to sacrifice cheap. That's the setting. :)
Setting: We live in a country house in Quebec - the outdoor garbage can is a good 30ft away from the door, and can't be put closer because it will blow away in the wind (literally: the full, 4ft high recycling bin blows away in the wind sometimes. We get -20--30C north wind hitting the front door for 4-6 months of the year.) We currently have a diaper genie bought out of lack of research and despearation 2 winters ago, when we realized that our Very Prolific Pooper was producing 7 diapers a day, and we weren't willing to brave -30 in-your-face wind to bring the stink outside 7 times a day OR leave the baby unsupervised inside while we did so, nor were we willing to live with the stink (ye gods, the stink). It would be cheaper to suck it up and do it, but... yeah, it ain't happening in this family. Said pooper is still in diapers (he's 2), and I'm not betting on him being out of them by the end of the summer, so... Yeah. 2 in diapers. I HATE paying for those freakin inserts to the diaper genie (x2, especially) and also the smell has seeped into the plastic of the pail and the pail itself now stinks even when it's empty, so... that's no longer ideal at all.
We're expecting our 3rd in October, and, bless the EXTREMELY COMPETENT ultrasound technician and also the Quebec healthcare system, we know that the baby will be arriving with a serious congenital heart issue that is fixable but very definitely preoccupying. Clearly, if we were't schlepping diapers down a flight of stairs and down the driveway with a healthy kid, it ain't happening with a sick kid. Smell control is still an issue.
I was considering the Ubbi diaper pail - more $ upfront, but breaking even in 4 months because of not buying those effing inserts, so that's a selling point. Question: has anyone used them? Do they last? Are they effective at keeping the smell at bay? I'm assuming that they don't absorb the stink because they're metal, but does it rust? Experience, anyone?
Otherwise, any other recommendations? (And don't say 'regular garbage pail', we tried the Ikea steel foot-pedal ones and the smell in the room was WHOA and also the inside of it smelled so much that we had to put it in the shed to de-stink over winter.)
Basically: I'm not looking to save money via extra effort... if I have a baby who needs special care and heart surgery, I know where my effort is going, and it ain't towards managing poop! I just need something functional that will work and not cost a ridiculous amount.