We were looking for a larger stainless steel trash can for the kitchen and saw this one with the open lid concept.  We love having no foot pedal sticking out at the bottom, since we wore the foot pedal off our other trash can, as it was in constant use.  This style by Simple Human is exactly what we were looking for. You walk over and drop the stuff in, no pedal or lid to deal with.  The bags fit nice and we are not always dumping it like we were with our 30 gal. can.  Folded newspapers or paper plates or junk mail lays right in and compacts naturally without clogging up the full use of the bag prematurely.  Although it is a larger trash can, it has a slim profile and fits nicely in our space.  Thanks Simple Human for a humanly simple design for the home!