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I saw this on the weekend and thought it was great! But why isn't there a flap / cover over the top!? Who wants to to see into their laundry hamper??

i was an advocate for simple human and this hamper in particular on that last post on laundry hampers... :)

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/boston/roundup-laundry-hampers-079920

Don't know if i can afford this at the moment, but I think it's sweet...again, big fan of simple human. good clean style.

is my check in the mail?

Seems a bit pricey for what it is.

Kardashian crack seems out of place. Love you guys, but you're clearly no Gawker.

How heavy could it get if the bags are so small?

This needs two things to be perfect: a lower price tag and wheels. Actually - even if it just had wheels I'd consider it.

The worst part about not having laundry in my apartment is lugging around the laundry basket - I'm tempted to just set it on a skateboard and push it to the laundry room.

Yes please don't go the Gawker route. "Add value to the discussion" is your own recommendation -- how does a crack about a woman's appearance do that? (And for what it's worth, though even further off-topic, I used to be a regular reader of Gawker sites until I finally got sick of the hypocrisy. If you're going to talk the talk, please walk the walk -- the quality of your readership will be all the better.)

I think this article breaks both the "adding value to the discussion" and the "gratuitous meanness" rules.

Seriously, bad jokes about bum size? Not exactly why I read AT.

I don't see the advantage to hampers like this...especially for renters. I don't want to stick my arms into a bag of week old dirty laundry to transfer to yet another bag or bin to take it to the laundry room. Plus, if the thing is heavy duty to hold a lot of laundry, then whatever you plan to transfer the laundry in would have to be equally heavy-duty. This would only be convenient if your washing machine was in your bedroom. And, I don't want a non-removeable fabric cover that I can't wash if it gets stained. And I really don't want it for $80

I keep reading the Kim Kardashian line. It is very long. And I do not get it. Maybe Gawker will esplain. . .

If it only had wheels so I could get it from my apt to my laundry room which is in the basement of my rental apt. Very nice that it withstands a lot of laundry. :)

I am jealous of all those people with the luxury of washers and dryers in their units :P

The Kardashian comment is unnecessary, and the post does not seem to have been reviewed or edited. For one, it's "laundromat", not "laundry mat".

All of that aside, I don't know that this hamper would be great for lugging loads, since the metal bracing would add to the weight. Can you easily remove the bags from the frame?

For all of you hamper-seekers that are on a budget (and not worried about injecting style into your laundry routine), how about using IKEA bags?

Definitely not stylish, but super practical!! I hang one on the hook on the back of my bathroom door for my dry-clean stuff in order to keep it separate from the stuff in the hamper. When I'm ready to go to the dry cleaners I just sling it over my shoulder and away I go. And they fit so much!!

(I also use IKEA bags for toy storage in our play room and for grocery shopping!!)

Oh the joys of my own laundry room upstairs near the bedrooms! (Sorry, I lived without for many many years, so it's time to enjoy my achieved goal.)

Gloating aside, though, what is needed is a folding hamper with wheels like a baby carriage. I always used laundry baskets to collect my laundry and tote it around, and being kind of puny, even one full basket was difficult for me to manage, let alone three. Fortunately, in various places, I either had a laundry room in the building or my car was near the door so going to a laundramat wasn't too bad. But in cities where you have to walk, like when I visited London for 2 weeks once, even something like an IKEA bag would have been horribly cumbersome. But wheels would make all the difference!

like this, maybe: http://premiercarts.com/folding_utility_carts.htm

I'm sorry, but that thing is fugly.

Way to follow your own holier-than-thou rules, Gregory! Jeez.

I have loved AT in the past, but I'm very close to never coming back.

Are y'all seriously defending a Kardashian? Seriously??

PS: "Humor" is a "value add" in my book.

What's a Kardashian - Some new type of washing machine?

Apologies to all who were offended. My own sense of humour tends to run occasionally to the left a bit. The funny thing is I'm actually quite fond of Kim Kardashian's figure and didn't necessarily intend to disparage her curves. It was a poor analogy to describe the way our laundry basket looks when filled to the brim but was made truly in jest. Weight and figures are touchy subjects and I apologize for any inconsideration on my part.

Griffin: "holier-than-thou" hardly. Come on, I don't have a track record of attacking anyone personally or correcting people about mishaps. I apologize when I make a mistake, acknowledge when someone has a great idea/resource beyond my own, and always give people the chance to explain themselves if they feel like they've been misunderstood. We'd be disappointed to lose you, but at the same time, we created that policy because AT readers in droves requested we smush out the negative-fest and personal attacks against one another that was starting to take over comments. It's disappointing that a few people want to assume the worst in everyone else when we all make mistakes.

Gregory, you are obviously Evil. Please remain so, because yours are my favorite posts. So.

I prefer the label of "chaotic good", but I thank you for the sentiment :)

To be "designed specifically with heavy laundry loads in mind", it seriously lacks castors.