We received the pail as part of the Stellar Product Testing Panel and were super excited to try a new diaper pail. Our previous pail was getting to be stinky quickly so we had to change it extremely often. Happy to say that this pail truly did the trick! We never smell his diapers, except extremely briefly when opening the lid. Also the footpedal makes it so easy to dispose of the diapers while closing silently. The bag dispenser at the bottom was a little bit of an adjustment but practice made perfect and now we're pros.