We have had this trash can for over 2 years now. We are so pleased with it that we bought one for my parents. We learned our lesson not to buy automatic trash cans. Ours went haywire and kept opening and closing randomly. You don't realize how important your trash can is to you until it does not work well for you. Buy this one. It is expensive, but you use it so many times a day that it is worth the money.