Brabantia Touch Bin

jbatista

Bought one of these tonight in my local tesco for £54.49.

http://www.brabantia.com/Index.php?page_id=17&base_group=17687&product=117168

I have been after one for ages, the cheapest I had seen was John Lewis at £49.99 but its been out of stock for ages.
Now does anyone know where to get the bags from??
Tescos were £4.99 for 30 :eek:

scotgirl

We got 30 from Homebase for £2.99

Tibbie's_mum

jbatista wrote:

Bought one of these tonight in my local tesco for £54.49.

http://www.brabantia.com/Index.php?page_id=17&base_group=17687&product=117168

I have been after one for ages, the cheapest I had seen was John Lewis at £49.99 but its been out of stock for ages.
Now does anyone know where to get the bags from??
Tescos were £4.99 for 30 :eek:

You lucky thing!!! I saw they had one in my local Tesco, didn't have enough cash on me and when I went back, it had gone and there was only the one.

What an excellent price, a real bargain!

newleaf

My advice is to keep your receipt. You will need it in about a fortnight when the click mechanism fails. That was our experience anyway. Brabantia replaced the lid twice but eventually gave me a refund when both replacements failed in the same way within a similar space of time. A friend of ours had the same experience too. They are a blimmin nuisance when the lid won't stay shut. My husband eventually adapted ours, which they didn't ask us to return, with a stainless steel cupboard doorknob and we use the bin as a normal lift up lid type one.
I am amazed they are still selling them to be honest, they must have had loads of complaints.

sjc_2

Surprised to hear you say that, we've had one for nearly three years now and only on the first replacement lid. The first one went at the hinges after my 7 year old gave it a severe bashing. It was replaced FOC by Brabantia though.

Raggamuffin_2

We have had one of these for a few years too and it has been very good. The only thing is that one of the dogs has learnt how to open it! :rotfl:

woohoo_postingid

Don't mean to appear rude but you spent £55 on something to put rubbish in? :eek:

newleaf

sjc wrote:

Surprised to hear you say that, we've had one for nearly three years now and only on the first replacement lid. The first one went at the hinges after my 7 year old gave it a severe bashing. It was replaced FOC by Brabantia though.

Maybe they have made some improvements since we got ours? - it was nearly 7 years ago, I remember because we got it when we moved house. We don't even have any kids, just us two old fogeys, so it wasn't misused in any way! I must admit, Brabantia were very good about it and gave us the money back without argument - but they are supposed to be guaranteed for 10 years, so I do still advise OP to keep the receipt. I hope people don't have the same problems with theirs, because they are seriously smart bins But to be honest, every time I have seen them on display in stores there have always been some that won't stay shut.
My friend, who has had he same problem with hers, has 5 kids, so I can see why hers might have broken, but our problem was a complete mystery.

Forreal

Ah, but it does have a 10 year guarantee - mine is 7 years old - I have the lid repllaced foc twice by brabantia when my kids overtested the durability.

Of course when each new part arrives the 10 year guarantee begins again - if I play my cards right it could last for 50 years - not such an expensive purchase after all!!!

newleaf

woohoo_postingid wrote:

Don't mean to appear rude but you spent £55 on something to put rubbish in? :eek:

lol we paid £70 for ours - but it was before LBM! (And we did end up getting our money back and still use the bin, in its modified form, so I guess it turned out to be a bargain in a roundabout way :rotfl: )

aimee21j

They seem to be that much in argos atm...we got ours about 3 weeks ago when they were down to £45. We use some bags (cant remember the brand ) from asda- 20 for £1.40 and they fit great.