Joseph Joseph Intelligent Waste Titan Trash Can Compactor with Odor Filter, Compacts up to 3x trash, 30L/7.9 Gallons, Stainless Steel

The Titan trash compactor works perfectly with the custom liners, not so much with standard kitchen garbage bags. I found that standard bags (I tried Husky) are made to stretch, which makes them less compatible with the compacting feature. The more trash is compacted, the more the bag stretches, thins, and tears. Standard bags also tend to stretch and tear around the mechanism. The custom liners are made of stronger plastic, and they are not stretchy. They maintain their size without stretching and tearing as trash is compacted. Bottom line: the Titan is a good product, with good design and good functionality with the custom liners. If you intend to use standard bags, get a standard can.

This trash can is a great idea, but it does not work unless the only thing you are putting in your trash are napkins or other paper products like paper towels. Otherwise, you are out of luck. It does not really crush anything. First, even if you buy the can, do not buy the manufacturers garbage bags. They are paper thin and absolutely worthless and will rip on contact with anything. Second, from an engineering perspective, the can should be slightly wider because common household products (cardboard tin foil rolls, paper towel rolls, large paper plates) do not fit and rip the bags when you try to crush. Third, the bags do not stay in place despite the bag holder rubber slots. I attribute this to the fact that the can is not big enough. Again, a good idea. Poorly executed. Do not buy a trash can for this amount of money.

Depending on the type of waste you dispose of, the compacting function can be quite effective. However, it’s important not to overdo it—excessive force may tear the bags. Don’t expect it to perform like a high-capacity industrial compactor; it’s not built for that. But for everyday household use, it does a solid job and helps reduce the number of trips to the main bin.

I used standard trash bags instead of the ones from the company. It worked OK but did tear up the trash can sometimes. Also compacting didn't save that much space, and usually would make the odor blow up whenever I did it. Originally I thought this would be a good purchase to reduce use of trash bags and save time, but it wasn't really worth the hassle

This can was much lighter than anticipated which made set up fairly easy for me despite not being the strongest person in the house. The can came with 3 bag liners and a filter, which I didn’t expect, so I ordered the bags and additional filters when I made my purchase. When I first set it up the pedal was hard to depress and the whole can rocked forward. The lid would not open all the way. But, after inspecting it, I flipped it over and there is a little gear that is meant to sit in a bracket on the bottom of the pedal that had slipped out of position. Once I moved it into place, the pedal worked properly and the lid raised as intended. The locking open position was also enabled. I imagine shipping caused the displacement of the mechanism. If you have a similar issue try that trouble shooting method before becoming discouraged with the product. The directions are somewhat unclear on bag position as well, I recommend positioning the bag so that the pull strings are horizontal and the bag seams are vertical to make removal easier. I will update this review should I experience any problems with the product.

Trash bags do not stay in place when compacting. Trash bin fills up very quickly and when you pull the bag out, you still have 1/2 to 1/4 more that can be filled. Not worth it in my opinion. I traded it for my Walmart trash can and I’m keeping it because of how expensive it was but I wouldn’t recommend for kitchen trash

My husband was like, you bought another trash can!? This trash can is amazing so far. It has a great slide bar that hold the bag, and leaves the tie edges free, so when it’s full it’s easy to remove the bag. The compactor part works seamlessly and you don’t have to touch the trash to push it down. Hands down this is one of the best purchases I have made!

I’ll give it this, it’s a clever design with their garbage bags and compactor handle and some engineer with no real world thinking probably thought this was a good idea. The trash compactor handle is easy to use to manually compact the trash to get more trash in the bag. However, that’s where the good ends and the bad user experience begins. The compactor “system” gets in the way when you try and take out a full bag and their bags rip very easily because of this. I tried switching to Glads Forceflex bags which are the same size as their bags but these bags handle themselves better against rips as I have used these bags in my old trash can. However, the “rubber grippers” that grips the bags in the trash can doesn’t grip on to other companies garbage bags well enough when compacting and when you go to compact the trash, the garbage bag slips out and gets stuck at the bottom of the garbage can and you then have to pull up the dislodged bag without dumping trash everywhere or ripping the bag which so far I have been unsuccessful in not ripping a single bag. We stopped using the compactor feature as it makes garbage bags too heavy and wide and they rip open from the weight of the trash inside and also rip when trying to take them out of the can because they didn’t leave enough space on the inside of the trash can for the bags to be able to be pulled out through the apparatus. Basically, this garbage can stops you from filling even their own bags fully anyways and completely misses the point of being a compactor. You basically have to take out the bags when they are about 75% full which is what non-compactor trash cans are already at. So this product makes no sense and doesn’t save you money on garbage bags at all and even limits you to having to get your trash bags shipped from them, locking you into giving them more money. It’s a dumb product that contradicts itself. Do yourself a favor, get a cheap trash can with a flip up lid and pedal like this and don’t worry about trying to get more space out of your trash bags. The messes this thing makes is far worse than losing a few dollars a year on buying a few more garbage bags per year. Their “carbon filter” doesn’t do anything either and just sits in a compartment on the inside of the lid which if you just change the bags at 75% full anyways then you don’t need a filter at all. Again dumb product trying to look and feel more premium than it actually is. Don’t give this company money for this thing so hopefully it doesn’t suck more people into buying it.