they are all put in at night, right? was the bear around during day?

Looks good! Will do!

The Costco on Santa Fe had a trustworthy model for sale a few months ago.

Wow thanks for the tips! We keep our trash/recycling in our shed, which has a finger-bolted 2x4 across the doors thanks to my executive chef father-in-law's tempting treats one year (the old latch was flimsy, so no surprise.) Anyway, I have been scratching my head for a few years - where can we put the trash and recycling where wildlife cant get in that's not in the shed.? Cuz those things take up the entire open floor, rendering it extremely difficult to use! I had the idea to use corrugated steel panels set on a 2x4 frame and re-bar it into the ground, but if I could add the extra protection of the cans themselves.... AWESOME! In 10 years we have had exactly one bear/trash encounter, but that is enough for me. I got spooked after multiple bear talks in Alaska...

Your thoughts?

http://www.thegrowlercan.com/?gclid=CLO ... NAodu1NfaQ

Worth the money?

It looks like it withstands the efforts of the bears but also looks like unless you have it anchored down someplace the bears can and will drag it away. Maybe into the road where it would be a hazard.

We use the regular can provided by my the trash company, are careful about when we put out our trash and freeze edibles and don't put them into the can until trash day. We have had one bear incident in all our years here by living consciously with wildlife. So I don't need to spend that kind of money.