Kitchen bins - Expensive!

Bellisima

Brabantia is quite high end, but there are so many bins that do the job for a lot less money. I bought an old fashioned dustbin style one (not a pedal bin) from Homebase for £30 in the Habitat sale which I am very pleased with. Really sturdy and painted in cream. The Ikea one above is similar but much cheaper! The most expensive bin I've seen is in my local hardware store - Orla Keily stem design for £129! Who on earth would pay that lol?

moneyistooshorttomention

Not my taste - ie those Orla ones.

But I guess the purpose, so to say, of a differently-styled one is a quite deliberate touch of individuality added to an off-the-peg kitchen?

My own new kitchen is just finished and the style of units is very "standard"/there's a lot of similar kitchens around and I quite deliberately bought a freestanding item of kitchen "furniture" in a very individualistic style in order to have "something" in the kitchen that is a bit "individual"/me and I doubt very much I'll spot anything like it in anyone else's kitchen iyswim. It almost equates to putting a painting on the wall in effect...

weezie7

Bought this push button flip top stainless steel one 12 years ago, still working perfectly, keeps smells in, needs the odd polish/wipe, cost about £30 in a sale somewhere, really pleased. No issues with closure fail etc. Only problem it is now too big for us!!

Teacher2

You will bless the day you bought a large Brabantia though I can'r pretend it is anything but eye wateringly expensive.

I have a 50 litre touch top mechanism Brabantia bin. It has seemingly endless capacity and looks very good in the kitchen unlike plastic bins.

Brabantia will send you a new catch mechanism for free if one breaks and it is easily cleaned with a splosh of glass cleaner and a wipe with kitchen roll. Tesco's sell their own version of Brabantia's thick 50 litre bin bags for a lot cheaper than the originals but Robert Dyas often do 342s on the Brabantia bags so you can stock up. The bags last ages anyway as the bin is huge.

The deal breaker for me was appearance. I don't want a tacky looking bin ruining my nice kitchen and the Brabantia looks as good as a bin can look. Don't buy the brushed steel version as they look 'streaky'. The chrome one polishes up nicely and stays clean.

Pandray

I presume you have considered a swing bin easily available for about £10.

phoebe1989seb

Not keen on free-standing kitchen bins personally, not least because we have two dogs that have previously managed to get into the lighter-weight variety - as well as the fridge, lol :rotfl:

At our last house we fitted purpose-built pull out cabinets with waste and recycling bins inside and intended to do the same when we bought this house. Fast forward two years and the kitchen is only half completed, so I treated myself to a Wesco 40L kickboy bin. It's very sturdy and dog-proof.....yay!

It's actually a bit big and we have very little waste, so only gets emptied once a week.....

They're blooming expensive though (£160+!), but I paid £50 for one on fleabay that had never been used

Once the kitchen's finished the kickboy will get relegated to the utility.....

katekate7

I bought a brabantia 30L stainless steel bin, thoroughly recommend them. Yes they are a little expensive, I got mine from a catalogue deal with money off years ago. The touch lid mechanism broke some 8 years later. Brabantia spare parts online is fantastic, they replaced the whole lid free of charge.

Mr_Singleton

ripplyuk wrote: »

Brabantia keeps coming up, and they have the sizes I'd prefer, either 20L or 30L, but the prices are astronomical! They're about £45-50. Is it worth that amount of money?

That reminds me..... friend was looking at new BMW's and was left scratching his head at the £45,000 price. He just kept saying I can get a Dacia Sandero for £5,750!

Do I need to say any more?

K9sandFelines

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-30L-Cream-Retro-Square-Foot-Pedal-Kitchen-Bin-Steel-Rubbish-Waste-Dustbin-/322285969058?hash=item4b09bd9ea2:g:8XkAAOSwCGVX97Iz

I have this one after searching for ages and it fitting in with the look of my kitchen, unfortunately the pedal mechanism went on it which i'm annoyed about; as that's half the reason i bought it, so i could flip the lid open whilst we scrape plates

Brambleberry

I went shopping for an extra classroom bin and was horrified at the cost of the basic plastic bins in most places near me, all over a tenner and flimsy. I'm usually happy to buy a few odds and ends for work, but not that much for a bin!

I have a "posh" bin at home from my less MSE days and it is fortunately holding up well. Simple Human are, like Brabantia, quite pricey. We've had ours for about 6 years now and it polishes up nicely with a bit of pledge. The two inner containers are easy to clean and the internal mechanism doesn't really get dirty. I was lucky to get mine a lot cheaper when I was going to buy it in JL, they only had the demo model left, with a tiny scratch on the side - which knocked the price down considerably.