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Pullout Trash - Soft Close?

16 years ago

Does anybody have soft close on their trash pullout? DH loves all our drawers and dorrs with soft close and is disappointed that the trash does not have soft close as well. (I have to admit I did not discuss that detail with the cabinet builder. Just specified soft close throughout - except for the toekicks whch were SUPPOSED to be soft open - but are not.)

Comments (18)

  • 16 years ago

    I have soft close on mine - but then, mine was an Ikea hack, using one of their drawers, which all have soft close as standard. Since it's the door that gets opened and closed more frequently than any other, I'm very grateful.

  • 16 years ago

    Yup. Ikea soft close. Best trash experience ever.

  • 16 years ago

    Ditto on the IKEA soft close. I'd hate not having soft close on that cab/drawer in particular.

  • 16 years ago

    Another IKEA soft close happy pullout-trash camper here :-)

  • 16 years ago

    We have the same as you, all soft close, except for the garbage. Our garbage has the two containers and our GC said that it wouldn't slam close on its own you would have to help it along with the weight. It hasn't been an issue.

  • 16 years ago

    We have the same set up as you.. with a double trash (recycling). Our cabinet maker said he doesn't make the trash soft close anymore b/c he was tired of fixing everyone's trash every other week.. People stuff so much into the trash that it would push down on the trash bins breaking the system , so he decided to stop making them that way.. It takes a minor extra push, but no big deal to us.

  • 16 years ago

    same - all soft close except garbage and spice rack. They tried to explain why, but to be honest I didn't understand. It's no biggie on the spice rack, but I do wish the garbage would "suck" closed.

  • 16 years ago

    We have the Hafele/Hailo toe-kick opener on our trash cab. Can't have soft close with that.

  • 16 years ago

    Our trash is a double trash / recycling. The spice pullout does not soft close either, but I guess I did not expect that one too. The trash I had thought would, but I would not want it to be finicky. Hmmm. Are the only soft close ones from Ikea?

  • 16 years ago

    Yes, mine is a rev-a shelf double trash pullout and it has soft close. I love it.

  • 16 years ago

    Mine, made by the cabinetmaker, is soft close.

  • 16 years ago

    I have the rev-a-shelf double trash pull-out with the soft close and love it!

  • 16 years ago

    I also have soft-close on my double-bin trash cabinet, but not my 6" pullouts.

    We have Blumotion drawer hardware throughout...full-extension, soft-close.

    With two teens, our trash & recycle bins are always filled (stuffed!) prior to emptying. It's been almost 2 years and the soft-close is still working perfectly. Oh, and it doesn't need to be "helped along" to close.

    Maybe it's the hardware your cabinetmaker uses? You could ask about Blumotion at least for the trash pullout...

    However, as Cat_Mom mentioned, if you want a foot pedal for hands-free opening of the trash, then don't worry about it b/c you cannot have soft-close with a foot pedal. That's what has stopped my DH from agreeing to the foot pedal (that we already bought!)...he doesn't want to lose the soft-close!

  • 16 years ago

    Our Medallion trash pull out also has soft close.

  • 16 years ago

    Thank you to all. I think they used Rev-a-shelf for the trash, but I will ask to see if they can make it soft close. Perhaps they need to exchange the Rev-a-shelf glides with Blum.

  • 16 years ago

    Rev-a-shelf offers several trash/recycling pull-outs. The one I have has soft open and soft close.

    I'm sorry I don't have the model number of the one I picked, but it was in the catalog that my cabinet maker had me look at. It is wood with double bins.

    I really like the soft CLOSE part of the pull-out, however, the soft OPEN feature took some getting used to. It takes a bit more effort to open it. I am used to it now, but I'm not sure I would chose the soft open feature again. If you are trying to keep very young children out of the garbage it could be a good thing since I don't think it opens easily enough. My 4-year old can open it with some effort though.

    Not sure if Rev-a-shelf offers one with JUST the soft close or not. I tried to look on their website, but it doesn't offer much detailed information.

  • 5 years ago
    last modified: 5 years ago

    There are a lot of people who confuse soft close with self close-Mine self closes but does not soft self close-and it slams! I wish there was an aftermarket damper for those last 2 inches!