You’ve probably never thought about your trash can much. That’s until a raccoon or a rat decides your outdoor garbage receptacle is an all-you-can-eat buffet by getting in your bin and tearing thetrash bagto shreds. After an incident like that, your garbage can is the worst thing ever invented. The headache comes in shopping for a new one because the hardware store won’t let you bring your own varmint to see the toughness of each model.
Reviewed is here to help. We spent several weeks prodding, stuffing, and dropping from the second floor some of the top-selling 32-gallon trash cans to find which ones are worth your money. After tallying up the results, theToter Blackstone(available at Amazon for $84.36)proved itself resilient, easy to use, and easy to secure, allowing it to claim the top spot.
These are the best outdoor trash cans we tested ranked, in order:
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Fits plenty of garbage bags in its tall frame
Well-balanced and stable
Attached lid swings open
Doesn't have a way to secure lid down
Pricey
耐用的
Easy to empty
Lid not attached
Hard to move
We tried to get a diverse group of trash cans to test
Hi, I'm Jon Chan, the Senior Lab Technician at Reviewed. Along with my colleague Kyle Hamilton, we tested all the garbage cans in this roundup. Over the years I’ve worked here, I’ve tested everything frompocket knivestopressure washers. When it came to trash barrels, I wanted something that could withstand suburban, urban, and rural situations.
We tossed selected trash cans from high up to test their resilience.
The testing broke down in the three sections: durability, security, and ease of use.
Durability testing involved a lot of dragging over rough asphalt, tossing them off a three-foot-high loading dock, swinging a ten-pound plate at them, and generally just beating on them. We then assessed each model to check for signs of abnormal wear, any points of failure like cracks or broken wheels, and lids that no longer fit. For several of the models we tested, we even tossed them off 17-foot-tall fire escape for a distance of 18.5 feet.
We used a mixture of wet sand, cardboard, paper, and metal weights to simulate garbage.
Security testing included checking how well each model resisted tipping over, how animal resistant they were, and how well they held in odors. The tipping test involved swinging a weight at both the top and bottom of the trash can and also a few good elbow strikes. The animal resistance test involved binding my hands in duct tape and then attempting to open the trash cans by any means, including knocking them over and belly flopping on them. Finally, we did a sniff test. We placed smashed 20 beads from inside an air freshener inside selected cans then placed them in an isolated area. We then asked volunteers to give the area a whiff.
Third, on our list was the ease-of-use testing. We created our own trash loads consisting of wet sand placed in ziplock bags, crumpled up printer paper, ripped up cardboard, and bolts of cloth into three kitchen trash bags. We also placed metal weights on the bottom of each trash barrel. In total the entire load tipped the scales at 70 pounds. We noted how easy it was to place the bags in. The next test was to gauge how the amount of effort it took to lift each model, this is important if you have to empty your trash into a dumpster.
As silly as it looked, we tried to test how animal resistant each trash can was by wrapping our hands up.
Your refuse can attract everything from mice to bears. For our testing, we considered no animals larger than a raccoon. Bear-proofing your garbage requires either a specialized and expensive trash can, a shed, or the use of spotlights. There are alsostrapsyou can get that can help secure your lids but they're not that great. The most important part about keeping critters out of your garbage is to secure the lid and keep smelly refuse in air-tight bags.
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When the average family of four produces around80 pounds of refuse a weekwhy wouldn't you want a trash barrel with wheels? Simplicity is a good answer. If a wheel or axle on a wheeled trash can breaks, it's kaput, they typically don't have the handles or smooth bottoms to carry or drag them anywhere. A garbage can with no wheels also tends to be cheaper. So it's a good idea if you're getting one for storage.
Wheeled
Locking lid
Seals odors
Not the toughest
乔纳森·陈目前作为实验室经理at Reviewed. If you clean with it, it's likely that Jon oversees its testing. Since joining the Reviewed in 2012, Jon has helped launch the company's efforts in reviewing laptops, vacuums, and outdoor gear. He thinks he's a pretty big deal. In the pursuit of data, he's plunged his hands into freezing cold water, consented to be literally dragged through the mud, and watched paint dry. Jon demands you have a nice day.
We use standardized and scientific testing methods to scrutinize every product and provide you with objectively accurate results. If you’ve found different results in your own research, email us and we’ll compare notes. If it looks substantial, we’ll gladly re-test a product to try and reproduce these results. After all, peer reviews are a critical part of any scientific process.
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