Dicks.
About 5 yrs ago we got a couple of Ikea Gigantix bins for kitchen and utility rooms. Simple design. Practical (decent thickness/quality) plastic construction. A bag hanging system that gives a "clean" exterior look, but actually works reliably. A simple manual lid design that clicks open and closed. And a good 60l capacity.
Bin life was good.
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Except the utility bin clip mechanism failed after about 3yrs. Would no longer stay closed. Not ideal, but it's in the utility room, so the bin top became the storage location for the washing basket. Lift basket to allow bin lid to raise. Use bin. Close lid and replace washing basket. Acceptable workaround.
A few weeks ago however - the kitchen one started to fail. Noooooo!
Of course - Ikea no longer make/sell them. Dicks.
However.... some internet sleuthing revealed a company located in France that only bloody well sells replacement clip unit thingies. Cheap as chips, although they took a week to arrive. Seconds to swap them over. And. They. WORK!
Both bins fixed, and two spares stored away.
Dissproportionate happiness achieved
This one is my (terrible fuzzy) image
