SIMPLI-MAGIC 60 Liter / 16 Gallon Rectangular Hands-Free Dual Compartment Recycling Kitchen Step Trash Can with Soft-Close Lid, Brushed Stainless Steel

Simpli-Magic 2 can trash can
Trash can is elegant and works well for trash and recycling. The slow close lid is very nice and the stainless is easy to keep clean. I highly recommend this product.

Functional, but could use a few improvements!
So far I am loving this garbage can as it’s very functional and has freed up a lot of space under my sink where I used to keep recyclables, but there are a few small things that could be improved. Here are the main takeaways for me:Pros:1. Sleek design, easy to clean stainless steel2. Removable inner bins for easy cleaning & takeout3. Soft close lids4. Decent sized bins (at least for our family’s needs— we compost so not much organic material goes into our trash)5. Bonus pocket inside the lid for scent control inserts (I think? We put dryer sheets in them!)Cons:1. Normal trash bags work, but don’t fit quite right— they’re just barely tall enough to not slip off the bin’s edges, but they are not used to their full capacity since the bin is narrow. It’s also tough to wrap/tie the bag just right around the top of the bins so that they can still rest perfectly inside the can (if the bag is bunched up at one spot then the bin doesn’t sit right in the can and the lid doesn’t close all the way).2. No way to manually open the lid (from the top) while it’s closed— our kitchen is small and when our dishwasher is open, we can’t access the trash can pedals and need to open it from the top (which we can’t). I’m going to try and make some sort of pull tab out of duct tape.3. For the lids to remain open (ie. cleaning out the fridge and throwing many items away), we have to pull the can away from the wall so that the lids can lean backwards to stay propped open. Really not a big deal but worth mentioning if you have a tight space.

Conceptually slick but lacking on practicality
Narrow and minimalistic can suit a limited space, but as others pointed out it has a glaring flaw – bag integration. I took a risk as i needed a trash can and figured see how much it was an issue. Well its enough to make me regret taking the risk, there is no way to loop a bag with no tolerance between the outer shell and interior trash bin, bags will flare out past the lid defeating the as noted slick design. Annoyingly the bags may also not stay put, so you may suddenly get the clean look at the cost of now a dirty bin. But as a designer I get more frustrated by another oversight, lid clearance – the bin does not clear the maximum angle of the lid, forcing you to slide the bin against it along with the bag against it.Overall its a trash can and can do that job, but at the price point youd expect the basics to be at least somewhat thought through.

Major Flaw – can’t use bags, lid closing
Tried this out because I wanted to save a couple bucks rather than buying from a bigger brand that’s slightly more expensive and that I knew you had to buy their bags. I assumed this SimpliMagic allowed you to put in regular garbage bags since there is no specific bag code like the other bins out there. However, immediately I noticed that regular trash bags bunch up, fall down, or just don’t stay.Some people have mentioned not using a bag at all which is guess is fine for the recyclables side (make sure to rinse and dry glass and cans well) but it wouldn’t do this for the side with regular trash. Sure, the insert bin pulls out but layers of rotting caked up food in the nooks and crannies of that thing is a no-go for me.Lastly, the design is just kind of weird. It mentions a feature for the lid to stay open. I feel like the quality of the lid opening is then messed up because I did that once and now my lid doesn’t open all the way. Also, it often takes multiple times to get the insert to slide into the correct position for the lids to close.Alas, it’s just a trash bin but it’s a real bummer for the price point that it doesn’t do any of the things that I paid for it to do. If I’d known this, I would have paid more money to buy the original bin that it’s ripping off.