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What product do you swear by? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 hours ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I never thought Id be excited for a garbage can, but after going through multiple plastic cans and having the lid mechanism fail on cheaper metal cans, I broke down and got a more expensive one from Simple Human. I feel the quality everytime I use the step to toss something. It sounds so dumb, but I'm really blown away after years of crappy cans.

Aside from that, my python water changer for aquariums. That thing has been the goat for years at this point.

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[–] 3 points 3 hours ago

I have the two chamber simple human trash can (one recycling, one trash), and honestly have quite a few complaints...

  • the interior volume is way lower than the exterior volume that it takes up (including the top rim), it feels like it's wasting a lot of space
  • the hinge sticks further out the back limiting its ability to go flat against a wall
  • after a couple years the pedal mechanism is very loud and squeaky but hard to access
  • theres a removable recycling bin but no removable garbage bin

Don't get me wrong, it's still better built than most and nicely designed for the most part, but to me it feels like a bunch of what you're paying for is the design and not necessarily robustness.

Like in many ways I have more respect for those $10 white Rubbermaid kitchen trash cans with the spinning lid. They get you 90% of the way to a simple human for 10% of the cost. Toss a couple brick in the bottom and it gets hard to push over.

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