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Your cart is empty.Our trash can lock effectively prevents Squirrels, Dogs, Raccoons, Birds etc,. from messing up your garbage can.
Shopper
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2025
This trash can lock is easy to install and works great at keeping raccoons and bears out of your garbage. I highly recommend this product to anyone who is dealing with animals getting into your trash.
TJK
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2025
Excellent product, and will work on virtually any garbage can that has a hinged lid. You will need a fairly good size drill bit to drill one hole on the side of the can and one on the lid to attach the straps, however, it does come with stainless hardware, so you shouldn't have any rust issues with the attachment points long term. The two strap pieces attach with a seat belt style buckle. It looks exactly like one you might find on any commercial airliner, so it's easy to use and almost impossible to have a problem with, although I would hit the buckle with some WD-40 or similar 4 times a year or so to keep it working well. This solution is perfect for smaller to mid-size hinged garbage cans. If you have a super size garbage can, you might need two, as coons and possums are pretty strong, and one in the middle of a large lid may allow them to still lift an edge enough to get in. Maybe not, but I like to be safe than sorry. Installation should take you 5 to 10 minutes max, and once installed, you're done. Nice product with quality components that should last longer than the garbage can.
JC
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2025
Trash Can Lock, Trash Can Locks for Animals, Raccoon Proof Trash Can Lid Lock, Rigid and Durable Metal Garbage Can Lock for Outdoor Garbage CanThis is a very sturdy lock for the garbage can. This will definitely help if the garbage can is tipped over in the wind. I will have to leave it unlocked when I put the garbage out for collection. Our trash collectors don’t get out of their truck. They use a mechanical arm that picks up the can and dumps it into their truck. If the buckle is locked, the trash will not fall out. They will not get out of their truck to fix the problem.We also have racoons that come around in the spring. It’s early February now so we don’t have any problems with racoons. Racoons are pretty smart, and I can see one of them figuring out how to manipulate the buckle, but I won’t know for sure until spring. For now, I’m giving it 5 stars. I’ll update if they learn how to unbuckle it.
abarmin
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2025
Installed on our outdoor trash can. The lid would blow open in our Oklahoma storms and fill with water (not a pleasant experience). Now we don't worry about it.
steve1usmc
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2025
First, I'm a product tester meaning my reviews are 100% critical. I'm 63 and retired after 32 years USMC so I've seen good and the bad. Living in a rural area we have coyotes, raccoons etc roaming around and they will open your trash can and help themselves. Just be sure to check with your trash pick up company before drilling holes if they provided your trash can! The seat belt look is a nice touch.
Geoff
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2025
The strap is just like a seat belt. Very tough. The metal attachments are thick and sturdy, also very similar to seat belts. The buckle is a little different from what you would expect though, seemingly for good reason. The buckles I have in my truck work similarly, but it's very easy to accidentally release them. Not so with this buckle. You have to pull the handle way up and past 90 degrees before it releases. No varmint is going to randomly get lucky and pop this buckle apart. It has to be intentional. I actually thought something was wrong and it wasn't releasing. I just had to pull farther!While I know I have possums and raccoons, I believe my main opponent is the squirrels. I store bird seed, suet, and squirrel corn and they seem to always know where. They destroyed a small plastic deck box. Not enough to get inside or make it completely unusable, but enough damage was done to the lid that it isn't waterproof anymore and mice can get in. So I moved everything into a galvanized steel trash can and bought a large steel "grease bucket" with wheels and a clamp-down lid for the 40lb bags of bird seed (not cheap, but highly recommended). Realistically, I don't think even the bigger animals could pop the lid off the trash can due to the height of the can and a tight fit, but I wanted to keep it secured anyway. Squirrels (I guess) have chewed through multiple bungee cords, usually destroying the plastic hooks but I think they have chewed through a few elastic cords as well. They don't get into the trash can, they just destroy whatever attaches the lid. The tooth marks look small so I'm assuming it's not the larger animals.Before I resort to a log chain (or something similarly metal and unchewable, but probably not that overkill), I ran across this product and though I would give it a try. I love the idea and the quality of this thing seems really good. I just think that what is going to happen is the squirrels, who seem to instinctively chew up anything they can in close proximity to food hoping they get lucky, are going to eventually (probably within a couple weeks) destroy the strap on this. I'm going to give it a shot and update later.As shown, the intention is to bolt both ends of the strap down, one end on the can and one on the lid. Since I'm working with a regular round steel can rather than something with a hinged lid, my plan is to just attach both ends to the handles with carabiners and run the strap through the handle on the lid. If it works out well, I will bolt the straps on at some point. The included mounting bolts are quite large, and appear to be good quality as well.If you have issues with anything getting in your trash bins, or even just having them blow open or blow over and fall open (this happens here occasionally), this might be a solution. I just feel like the woven strap, while very durable and great quality, is going to prove to be the weak link for me when the curious creatures start chewing.Time will tell.
B. Seward
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2025
These remind me of seat belts on an airplane. Simply lift up the latch on the buckle to release the lock. Super easy, no need to pinch to get it to release like the competitors. Being made out of Aluminum makes it resistant to rusting. The anchor points are made out of metal, along with the provided hardware. Hardware comes with huge bolts and washers. I used this on my super huge 96 gallon trash bin, with an oversize lid that easily gets caught up in the wind. Wind is my bins enemy. Having to deal with one latch rather than 2 (probably a good idea for my oversized trash bin), makes taking out the trash easy. I also have to consider the trash man's time. Do I want him struggle to dump my trash? Some of the competitors have plastic buckles which you have to pinch to unlock and those can sometimes be a pain in the rear to deal with. I also don't have to worry about brittle plastic cracking or breaking in severe cold weather. The manufacturer thought this through. The only issue I had was the adjustable strap. When adjusting the strap, it did not stay adjusted. The strap is a little too slippery or smooth. Other than that, very well built and does what its suppose to do.
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