We bought this garbage can for our new home, back in November.  We have used it since, and I am in LOVE with it!  I love the extra-wide opening, fits a good amount of garbage.  We previously had a round can, and that was terrible.  This is night & day compared to that.  The automatic opening is really cool.  We put the batteries in when we got it, and still have not had to replace them to this point.  A great buy!