EKO Gallons 80 Liter Brushed Stainless Reviews Summary

Design and Appearance

Pros:

• "The sleek and modern design makes it a great addition to any kitchen or living space."
• "Most importantly, it looks amazing."
• "These cans look really nice."
• "It's a nice-looking trash can."
• "The exterior stainless is good quality and buffs up nicely."
• "Really like this automatic trash can. It's a good size, nice looking if your kitchen requires a bin to be out in the open, and works super well."
• "We love our trash can! It works great and it is very stylish!"

Cons:

• "It immediately picks up fingerprints where you grabbed it to take it out of its box."
• "Seemed like the best value for the capacity, but upon opening the box the can was visibly dented and disfigured on the left side."
• "This trash can is made cheap."
• "The can also doesn't hold as much as others in the past have."
• "This is much smaller than I wanted. It’s thin trash can and doesn't have a protective liner."
• "However, after about six months, the lid stopped opening or opens only sporadically."
• "The longer I have this trash can the more I hate it."

Functionality and Ease of Use

Pros:

• "Love the ease of use and it kind of gets my kids excited about throwing their trash away instead of leaving it just lay there because of the motion detection!"
• "The automatic opening/closing feature works really well and the garbage looks upscale."
• "I love the sensor. It works perfectly for me."
• "These motion sensors are so wonderful!"
• "Good response, smooth action, I love the fact that you can use the buttons to keep open and close."
• "The touchless sensor? Super handy. No more messy hands or foot pedals."
• "The motion sensor works really well."

Cons:

• "It worked great for about a year and then started eating batteries at the rate of 2 sets a week."
• "The 4-AA brand new batteries for the sensor lasted about a day or two."
• "Batteries would not hold in place and disconnect."
• "Motion sensor is not at all sensitive and you need to have your hand only several inches above for the lid to activate."
• "The touch less sensor opens when it wants to and it’s usually not in urgent situations that you need to throw kitchen rubbish away."
• "It has never been consistent opening and closing the lid."
• "But after about 2 months, the sensor wouldn’t recognize our hand waving over it."

Customer Service and Support

Pros:

• "OK, it wasn't perfect to start with but when you have a company who stands up and makes it right that speaks volumes about them."
• "I love this trash can. I love it so much, I went out of my way to buy it twice."
• "I've been using this trash can for several months now, and I must say that it has exceeded my expectations."
• "I highly recommend and will purchase again."

Cons:

• "I can officially said I got scammed. No product + no money back."
• "This brand's customer service is non existent."
• "Talked to some very nice people at EKO but they still wanted me to pay another $45 for a replacement lid."
• "Out of frustration I called EKO customer service."
• "After another 20 minutes waiting for a new rep, I again went through the same story and the new woman seemed confused too and told me she was not familiar with that product."
• "The first unit we received lasted only a few weeks before the lid started malfunctioning."
• "THE BAGS DID NOT FIT!! THEY WERE FOR A CIRCULAR TRASH CAN THAT EVO SELLS NOT FOR THE SLIMLINE RECTANGULAR STYLE LIKE WE BOUGHT FROM THIS COMPANY!"

Quality and Durability

Pros:

• "The bags that came with it hold so much and are heady duty with no spills."
• "The hard plastic liner in this can is the biggest difference. It makes it easy to get the garbage out of the can."
• "This product was as described and absolutely durable."
• "Inner sturdy plastic liner helps keep everything clean."
• "I absolutely love the removable liner....the removable liner is really a MUST-HAVE for these cans if you ask me."
• "The motors in these are quiet."
• "This has totally been worth the money."

Cons:

• "Though mine came with a decent dent in it like other reviewers."
• "The sides feel flimsy and weak but work fine."
• "Would not purchase again and soon will have to replace. Without a liner, the bag catches on the folded over edges."
• "The lack of a removable plastic liner makes it very difficult to remove bags when full as they snag on an interior handle and then tear."
• "This is the best motion sensor trash can with liner that I've found, but unfortunately after a year or two of use I've found that the liner's lip will start to break."
• "Stuffing this bag will GUARANTEE holes and slices in your bag, caused simply by removing it from the Can."
• "I have yet to pull a bag out of this can without it getting sliced in one or more places."

Design and Usability

Pros:

• "It fits nicely where I need it to and holds our 13 gallon standard Sams Club bags fine."
• "It's sleek, easy to clean the exterior...wish that it had a full plastic bin that set inside that you could just hose out."
• "There are flat touch screen buttons which make cleaning really easy."
• "The motion activation is quick to respond but the closure gives you ample time to clean cutting boards and throw away trash."
• "The motion sensor works really well and I really like that if you're still scraping out a dish or something, it automatically senses that you're not done and doesn't just close on your hand."

Cons:

• "This particular can has only one thing I don't like...its tough to remove the liner."
• "The EKO “G” bags that come with this trash simply cannot be found to purchase on-line."
• "I then attempted with the bags that were designed for the trashcan- EKO bags- Size G and same thing- took me 20 minutes or more as I struggled to properly fit the bags on and had to try multiple times as the bags kept breaking."
• "I would not recommend this item because it doesn’t have a liner, do the bag catches on the top edge lip inside the can."
• "Especially since the upper lip catches the bag… What a poor design."
• "Poor design on the battery compartment though as the moisture of the trash goes right inside of the battery area causing problems."
• "It looks like the battery compartment corroded and now the lid won’t function at all."