Overall we love this trash can, sturdy and the motion sensor is great. One design flaw is that the pet guard is on the left side (we used it as a child guard) so you have to be careful where your hand goes to engage it or you constantly trigger the motion sensor.  It would be better on the right side of the sensor.  Unfortunately when we took off the lid one of our toddlers accidentally knocked it off the low counter and now the lid wont engage when the sensor detects motion. Still trying to find out if we can just purchase the lid separately as we dont need a whole new garbage can.   I would purchase this again!