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2.0 out of 5 starsToo hard to open so I returned it
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2020
This is my 4th simplehuman purchase, and is the first time I’ve ever been disappointed by one of their products. We own 2 other simplehuman trash cans, so I figured that this one would be comparable to the others we have, but it isn’t. The can itself seems well made, and I think it would hold up well, but I think it needs bit of a redesign. Pressing the foot pedal hard enough to open the lid causes the can to scoot around on the floor, which is more annoying than it might seem because I would then have to bend down to put the trash can back where it belonged (defeating the purpose of a foot pedal).
And even though the trash can arrived with a sample pack of custom fitted liners, the way the lid is designed causes the liner still shows under the edge of the lid, no matter hard I tried to tuck and conceal it. This trash can actually stressed me out, so I returned it after trying my best to love it. I’ll just stick with the Umbra plastic one I’ve been using. It doesn’t have a lid, and isn’t nearly as attractive, but I don’t have to do any “work” in order to use it.