Product review (2 stars): avoid if using plastic bags
Useless if one uses plastic bags. It might work with the old style wax paper ones, but they are so expensive, and getting harder to find. On the first use, the compactor ram crushed the caddy and jammed up in the unit. There is no place to hold the ropes down to keep the sides of the caddy flat against the metal box and thus the compactor will compact the caddy, while squashing the trash , the bag and spilling out the garbage all at the same time. Wow, what a deal.