Product review (2 stars): Buy a More Efficient Compactor
I have owned a 12" Broan 1050 trash compactor for five years at my previous home and loved it, which is why I decided to stick with the Brand. Unfortunately, I am dissppointed in this new version after being spoiled by earlier models.

The quality of the materials used and the compacting mechanism in the smaller 12" compactor model is far superior than the updated 15" model.  The 15" stainless door looks great in the cabinets and appears to have the capacity for a weeks plus of garbage. However, once you open the door you will realize only the bottom half is used to place the garbage.  The compacting mechanism in this model does not compact as well as the older 1050 model.  We used to only take out garbage once a week on garbage night and now find ourselves taking out garbage twice a week (we have not added more garbage).

Somehow Broan designed this model to be wider which takes up more real estate in my kitchen while reducing the quality of the crush.