I have the teal color and it goes great with my office color scheme. Its not real large (3 gallon), but I dont want some huge ugly trash can being the center of attention in my little office anyway! Ive only had this Nine Stars one for more than a few weeks, but the automatic lid seems to work just fine. I also like that when you are not working at your desk you have the option to just turn it completely off to save the batteries. In fact, if you dont want to use batteries at all, you can just operate the lid manually. I wanted a lid so I dont have to look at the trash. So many office waste cans just expose to all view whatever is in it, and dont have a lid at all. Bleh. Also, throw a candy wrapper in Hey, keeps the bugs out! This little wastebasket always looks clean and neat.