NINESTARS DZT-50-9 Automatic Touchless Infrared Motion Sensor Trash Can, 13 Gal 50L, Stainless Steel Base (Oval, Silver/Black Lid)

The media could not be loaded. Works great. Lid closure is smooth and noiseless. Looks elegant and not ordinary as other waste baskets. Easy to use and clean. Motion sensor is well calibrated. Sturdy.Update: The lid does not open with finger motion. I have to press the open button each time and sometimes press it twice. I was so pleased with this but now I am totally disappointed. I read one reviewer who stated that the company sent them a new lid. I hope I can get the same response from them. I have put in new batteries three times and waited for automatic reset but it did not make a difference. I have another unit that cost me a lot less and I have had it for over a year and it still works perfectly. We purchased this unit in December of 2024. Very unhappy.*****Update as of May 5, 2025 - More recently, the lid does not open at all even when I press the button. The green light turns on but it does not detect the motion of my finger or hand. I have now written twice to the manufacturer or supplier and still have no response.

I bought this trash can for my wife for Christmas. Yes, she had other presents, but she had seen something like it in my daughter's kitchen at Thanksgiving and mentioned she would like one. After reading some reviews, I was a little leery, but after about seven months, I can say we are very happy with it. It is still on its original set of batteries and gets used a lot. We live in our finished basement because we like it down here. There's a small kitchen that we use frequently. Consequently, the top opens pretty often, too. I noticed a complaint about it opening when someone walks by. I can't imagine how that could be engineered out. Anyway, it's no big deal. It just closes again. I highly recommend this trash can.

Despite my prior experiences with inside-the-can bag-lips (this is when the lip of the trash can that your garbage bag is hooked around is inside the can, as opposed to the normal outside the can), this can is great! Usually, you have issues with the bag tearing, or not fitting correctly, or even coming loose. However, with this can (13.2 gallon DZT 50-9) the lip works great. The automatic lid is springy and responsive, and gives a satisfying SNAP when the lid shuts. The stainless steel looks great, and it is very easy to wipe down with clorox wipes. After using it for 2 weeks, IT STILL LOOKS LIKE NEW! I cannot be happier with the fact that because no one in my household ever touches the can anymore, it stays perfectly clean!I'm not sure about battery life yet, but so far there hasn't been any drop in performance. My only gripe, is that the opening to the trash can can sometimes feel small. Don't get me wrong, it fits anything in your kitchen you would want to throw in there (milk jugs, boxes, etc.), but let's just say that there's very little extra room. If you look at the product picture, you can see that the actual lid is only a "cutout" lid from the top of the can. Instead of the entire top of the can going up (which my previous can had), only a small portion of the entire top of the can is actually the lid that opens. But I still give it 5/5 stars, which I think illustrates just how small of an issue this really is.I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH: I think a potential reason there may be one or two negative reviews for this can is that some buyers may have forgotten to read the manual (but maybe not!). The manual tells you a few things about bag placement and lip usage that decrease the incidence of bag-related issues. I cannot advise you enough to make sure you read the manual on how to put the bag CORRECTLY inside the can. Don't take shortcuts on this, you will tear a bag, and trash will go everywhere. But if you follow their instructions, you (like me) will never have a single issue. The only reason I won't explain how to properly insert the bag in this review, is because the manual includes pictures and does a MUCH better job at explaining it than I ever could. I'm not sure if it's just me, but my first inclination on how to use the removable lip and place the bag in the can was incorrect. After reading the manual's advice, it worked much better.

I love the trash can for the ease, and not having to touch things with dirty hands while I cook etc. That part is great. I have had a couple tribulations with the trash can.Firstly, the lid that holds the batteries in has come open a few times when I’ve been taking the lid off to take out the trash. The first time it happened, I didn’t notice, and the cap and all three C batteries were in the trash that got picked up the next morning, so I was left with a non-functioning lid.I was able to order the battery compartment lid online, but it was out of stock for literally weeks and then it was ten bucks for a tiny piece of plastic for an already expensive (overpriced) trash can.Second thing was, typically once a year in my place I deal with fruit flies toward the end of the summer no matter what I do, but this year it was extra bad. For way longer than usual, and way more flies. I’d not have any food in the sink and I’d try to take food scraps outside instead of putting them in the trash and STILL I’d open the trash and twenty fruit flies would fly out. I took the whole trash can out to take out the garbage tonight so I wouldn’t release fruit flies and accidentally sat the trash can lid down upside down and there were HUNDREDS of fruit fly eggs in every crevice under the lid. There are like a dozen deep screw holes that were filled. Every nook and cranny. They even had gotten into the batter compartment and laid eggs all inside there even with the lid closed and were in the battery springs.It took an hour to clean them all off and I put duct tape over every single hole and crevice and over the battery compartment because NEVER AGAIN.If you ever have an issue with gnats and fruit flies, if you get this can, I recommend you cover all those holes too. It was quite the job.Other than those couple of annoyances, the can itself is fine.