So slim and unobtrusive. It replaced two ugly plastic (simplehuman, no less) cans for recycling and trash. Love being able to open it with a slight push on the bar. I have been able to make the Costco bags work, although they don't go all the way down to the bottom of the interior plastic bins. As other reviewers noted, for a large group or party you are either changing the bags frequently, or finding another way to recycle numerous bottles and cans. But, on a day-to-day basis in a small household like mine, it's not a problem to crush aluminum cans and collapse cracker boxes and make sure junk mail goes in neatly. The trash side hasn't been a problem. The sample simplehuman bags do fit perfectly and are great, but the cost compared to Costco - wow!