Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I loved the concept so much I bought another one when the first one went on the fritz. But plain and simple This company produces very low quality products. The garbage can is guaranteed to break in less than a year. There is a major problem with the circuitry that has nothing to do with "a dirty sensor" or "low batteries". Being a technical person I spent some quality time with this garbage can after the second one mysteriously stopped working properly. I took the entire thing apart hoping for a faulty switch or a faulty wire. It's just bad circuit design. I can get the garbage can to turn on if I discharge all the power from it and leave it for a bit. Then sometimes you can turn it back on. If you turn it off again, just by clicking the button, it will stay off until I discharge it again. That's bad circuitry. There is a control card inside, and it's pooched. Cheap garbage - pardon the pun. Other issues: It will randomly go into a choking fit every so often, where it wants to open part way but immediately slams shut. It will do this for hours sometimes...again random... you can try "Rebooting" it, but I find the only way to get it back is to turn it off for a while, and hope that the next time it starts up it works again. Again the problem is not dirty sensors as their crappy troubleshooting would have you believe. Sometimes it randomly dies for absolutely no reason. The concept is a great one, and I have gone through my second one in less than 2 years. In short: Don't buy it unless you plan to throw it out in 6 months. It's a great idea, but very very poor implementation. (PS The smaller bathroom one that comes with it has never had a problem...It's the taller upright that always seems to break.) Good luck getting in touch with the company. They know there is an issue with these garbage cans. Many people have the same problems.