This is the best countertop compost bin out there, we've tried so many! This bin has excellent circulation, without which the bins always get stinky. This bin stays stinky free, unless we've left it too full for too long and its starting to mold. For two of us, we take it out once a week on average. When there were three of us, it was about every five days. This updated model also has a locking handle, so when you are carrying it out to the outside bin, it locks the lid on for no spills. It also has "channels" in the bottom, so that the bag sits up above any fluid if it gets a leak, and the edges are about 1.5 centimeters above the very bottom, so that fluid won't run out on the counter. It will leak if there is a lot of VERY wet and gooshy things in it for a long time - more than four or five days I find. But that is the point of a compostable bag - if it didn't start breaking down when it was warm and wet, it wouldn't be a compostable bag! We have coffee at least once a day, sometimes twice. That all goes in the bin, along with leftovers, scraps, and scary-things-going-bad-in-the-fridge. We don't have a problem in the week it is sitting on the counter, unless I also put in actual liquid. Just regular wet grounds are fine. It also is somewhat thin, but it is plenty strong. Our last version of this bin lasted for nearly ten years, and we only ordered a new one because my father in law accidentally threw out the mesh covering for the bottom - something the new one doesn't have at all, since they improved the design. Great bin, that will last for years and years!I will add that I was happy that this was clearly the original, correct product. All the instructions that came with it were in clear english. Unfortunately, there appears to be a huge influx of cheap knockoffs flooding Amazon, along with a lot of fake reviews (search for Fake Amazon reviews, or for cheap knockoffs Amazon, then select the news results, to see a ton of articles about this), so I am actually moving away from using Amazon any more, which is really disappointing, since I've loved using them for years.
