I had bought a similar bin for the city apartment with th foot pedal. It really works well, an I am very happy with it. When I decided to buy the same for the country house the product had been discontinued so I bought this one. Bad choice. It arrived severely dented, although there was no problem receiving a replacement. However I have to say the foot pedal model is by far superior, and I think I will relegate this to the basement and try and find the other model. My biggest gripe though is that simplehuman does not supply recycling bags for this model (G size) . Where I live, and I am sure any place garbage is collected we are required to use clear or blue bags. Why on earth can't simplehuman supply them in the correct size?