Hartel waste bins
does anyone have the same problem as us regarding the door bin on the caravan door. We have now got through two of these bins do to the thin plastic circular clip at the top of the bin snapping. it appears to be a design fault as it is not robust enough. Has anyone had the same experience and can suggest a more robust door bin from some other manufacturer. At over £40 a time to replace the whole bin just to replace a the plastic part is eccessive.
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They are terrible, a waste of space and we have never use them as they are way too small and flimsy, randomly fall open depositing contents. No idea why manufacturers have not come up with a decent bin option on any caravan.
I keep some random cleaning stuff in ours. We have two adhesive pad stainless hooks on the wall by the hinged side door which we hang a small pedal bin liner.
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They are useless, and have been on both our last two vans. We now remove it and just use a small covered plastic waste bin, tucked in a corner.
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I've broken everyone of them!
We dont use the door bin anymore, in the awning we have a 3 legged affair that holds a bin bag, Amazon.
To fix if it's broken along a clear length I use heat shrink tube, just place a full/good length over the joint and shrink down with a lighter.
My 2016 caravan from new I broke the bin within a month of ownership, repaired it, and it's gone again in another bit of the hoop, useless.
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Just to be contrary we had one on our first Bailey motorhome and it survived 446 nights over six years. Proved to be a bit more robust than the Hartel locking mechanism on the actual habitation door!!!
David
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The door bins are both too small and too flimsy to be useful as waste bins. We just used to keep old plastic bags in ours. We have, though, taken ours off completely as we found that the mesh fly screen could not be used if the lower half of the door door needed to be closed.
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We only ever used ours in the caravan for cardboard packet recycling and the occasional small plastic pot. It wasn't big enough to be an effective waste bin. The one in the MH is larger and usable, which as there is insufficient floor space we do. However, it's not the best location for a bin, as it attracts flys if you leave the door open. There was another one supplied but that takes up drawer space. So we compromise and use it, but empty it often.
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2008 Coachman, orginal bin still going strong, never used as an actual waste bin, i keep a small set of screw drivers in there, spanner for gas bottle, hand held controller for MM, cover for wheel clamp, poo bags for dog, dogs ball, small shopping bag for bread & milk in fact it is the first point of call for anything i cant find.
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The bin, door pocket, on our van takes the fly-screen out should a gust release the door. I am frequently easing the screen back onto its guide, there must be a limited amount of time I get away with doing that.
"Waste bin"? More a total "waste of space" with a design that places the fly-screen in its way, and we know which one we would prefer to be without.
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Thank you very much everyone! Your prompt and helpful replies are very much appreciated. Now sorted, for the moment anyway!
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I did not know the thing on the door of my Senator was a waste bin - I thought it was a newspaper rack it was so small! So it is "Somewhere in the Garage" and the door has a nice Simple Human domestic bin fitted in its place. Solid bin that drops in a steel frame with lid - a liner can be used as well.
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I've encountered the same problem as Ocsid, the domestic "Brabantia" that I fitted, wedged itself into the frame of the fly screen door. Apart from the wind gust hazard, i've found that the bin works quite well and has a reasonable capacity.
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