Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Best price and design I've found.... and I've looked hard. PROS: 1. WIDE OPENING AT THE TOP for easy access compared with many similar products. Large folded towels and duvet covers go through without forcing or messing up the folding job. It's nice to have one handy in front of my dryer so clean things don't drool out onto the floor when I open the door after a cycle. With a basket with a smaller opening, it was more like the ping-pong-ball-into-the-fish-bowl futile exercise. 2. LARGE AND STURDY for the price; having spent a ton of time comparing products and prices with each new purchase (including looking at Walmart, Target etc.), this has consistently been the best value through my several reorders. I can fit about a dozen bath towels, or a set of sheets, 2 pillow cases, duvet cover and a couple of towels in one basket.... pretty much whatever comes out of my large-capacity dryer will go into the basket. 3. SIDE POCKET handy for anything you want to separate from the body. Not so much for heavy liquid detergent bottle as it could be hard on the mesh over time (see below under "cons") or cause the basket to tip over, but great for pulling socks out of the post-dryer gen pop, or sliding a piece of paper into the pocket for labeling such as "turnover", "beds", "donate" etc.. 4. SUPER EASY TO STORE these collapse or pop up in a fraction of a second, and I can slide at least six or eight of them into a two-inch space between the side of a dresser and a wall. When needed, they're ready for quick draw from their holster. I don't even slow down my walking pace. CONS: My only con is really just a note to the user. USE THE HANDLES TO LIFT EACH TIME. I find it's easy when I'm in a rush to grab the basket from wherever my hands land along the top wires of the frame even though the strong handles are right there and distribute the stress as designed. Over time, if you skip the handles when there is any weight to speak of in the basket, it will stress the mesh which may eventually tear; see second photo attached. This is my doing rather than a product defect, and I'm afraid I do it to every basket. Even with this, these baskets last beautifully. After trying a half a dozen hampers and baskets over recent years, I now have about ten of these collapsable baskets and use them every day for my furnished rental units as well as my household laundry.