Can you shut the lid faster than it closes or do you have to wait for it to close on its own?
325119
Why would you require it to close faster? Are you trying to hide something? Just drop the choco taco, pull the handle and walk away, man. Just walk away.
325120
You can push it down to make it close faster, with no damage or anything. We do this all the time.
325121
You can, but I would think it might be harmful to the mechanism. Part of what I like about it is that it closes very gently, which will definitely extend the life of the toilet seat. There's nothing worse than having it slam down when it slips out of your hand. That never happens with this model. Plus, it is wood and very sturdy. My plumber told me he could get another like it for my guest bath, but the one he found is plastic and very flimsy.
325122
You can press it down but I don't think it would be good for the springs. It is not super slow to close by itself.
1618901
I've never just used the slow close mechanism to lower the seat, so I don't know. You can just push the seat down and lid will stay open.
2120389
When the lid is closed it is held shut by a magnet. To open, slight force is required to overpower the magnet.
937596
The lid locks very securely shut. It will not pop open if it is latched, and you can hear the latch engage when closing it.
1611037
You close it yourself as soon as you're done throwing things out. Both of my dogs and most importantly, my garbage-hunting cat haven't been able to get into this can. They can't knock it over either.
1712372
I've had 2 of these. My newest one, the lid is definitely tighter, but still a one handed operation. If it doesn't get easier quickly, I'd get a different one. Is the seal glued on properly? Maybe it slipped??
1994308
I just got mine and I am not happy with how long it takes. It takes 60 seconds to seal even if you are using a roll and just sealing one end to make a bag. You then have to wait another minute to suck the air and seal the other end. That is a long time of holding the lid down.
1293650
Running the pot under water allows you to open the lid sooner. You do not have to wait until it cools down by itself. As you run water over the lid of the pot, the steam is released "faster" and when the noise stops you can open the lid (always very carefully). I have been doing this for a long time. I do it at my own risk. I do not know that this technique is recommended in the "User's Manual".
2063965
Yes. I just tried, and if the little black ends of the lid hinges are pushed, the top stays open! Hey! I didn't even know that! Glad you asked.
502156
On its own it will run for 8 hours. It is simple to interrupt this though, just open the lid. I do it all the time.
24156
No, not at all !! I have trouble even getting the lid to stay on at all and usually don't even use the lid. It is also open at the pour spout, so you definitely can't close the container completely.
1869230
The lid is spring loaded and stays open till you manually shut it. Just to be sure I got up and tried to pour with the lid open and I had no problem. Just curious why you would want to do this because the steam could and it did not but could get in your face. I hope I was of some help. I personally have had this for at least a year and I am happy with it. Reg.
2198823
The opening can be closed. There is an arm with a stopper for the opening on the lid. Works quite well, too.
98834
The 1st time I used it I got it to shut, but haven't been able to get it to shut again. I found that I wasn't shutting the lid down completely. After I realized what I was doing wrong, it works GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
281099
You need to twist it off. it is kind of tricky, but just be patient and hold the bottom part and twist the lid. if you look at the lid, you can see there is a part that locks on the bottom part.
1637014
You control the closing with your foot. Nothing automatically stops it, but it doesn't slam down abruptly either. Specially if you have a little trash bag, this softens the closing.
1274715
So I opened the lid and then stuck my finger in and waited for it to close on me (for science, of course) and the lids close very slowly. Even when it clamped down on my finger, it was not hard in the least bit. I pulled my finger out from it with no problems at all. It's very gentle.