Hippo 3.3lb lightweight stand bag

The hippo bag

Advantages: Simple to use
Disadvantages: None

I've had a hippo bag collected and felt that it warrants a good review. I bought my bag from Wickes and filled it with wood scraps and broken furniture. It has been collected this morning and I never even heard the lorry take it away. I booked my collection online on Thursday of last week and have to say that even the booking system is simple to use. A leaflet in Wickes prompted me to use the service which said if I book in my bag for collection before 31st May I could be in with a chance to win a day's spring clean for my home if I qouted bigclearout08 so that I did and fingers crossed that I win. Therefore not sure when but I will definitely use the service again when the need arises. ...

RecyclingFanatic 10.03.2008 · Read full review
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Hippo-ly, our rubbish has gone! Nearly.

Advantages: Cheaper than a skip, more convenient, easy to use
Disadvantages: May have to wait for collection, bags only available in a few places

're see through, so it's easy to see the bright yellow Hippo Bag itself within. Because they are sold like this, it would be very easy to acquire them and store until needed, they would take up hardly any space at all. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Filling the bag ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Hippo Bag motto is "You bag it, We'll bin it" - so don't expect them to turn up and help you out! First, make sure you've read the instructions on where to position your bags. They have to be within 4 metres of a 3 metre public highway, so that the lorry and crane can get access when it's time to collect them. Also, you need to make sure that there's no overhead obstructions (power lines etc). It's actually quite easy to fill the bag. The recommended method to start with is to roll down the sides of the bag - this not only makes access easier (you can tip wheelbarrows ...

xalala 26.04.2004 · Read full review
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Hippo Bags - hopeless

Advantages: Easy to buy and use
Disadvantages: Collection is difficult or impossible if you live in a street with parked cars

We recently renovated our front garden and thought Hippo Bags provided an economic and convenient alternative to skip hire. That was until we tried to arrange collection. Like many people who live in a busy urban area there are a large number of cars parked in our street. We don't usually know who owns the parked cars and have little control over who parks outside our house. It's a fairly normal picture for city dwellers but this appears to cause Hippo an insurmountable problem. The people from Hippo arrived early this morning to collect our bag and refused to take it. The bag is within the stipulated four metres from the point they need to make the collection but they have refused to pick the bag up because there are parked cars in the street. I rang the customer service helpline, thinking they would face this problem ...

EBartle 24.03.2005 · Read full review
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