I was sorely tempted by the Compactall,, it's a portable model and I've never seen a GE compactor before, we had a Kenmore portable. However now living in town there's really no use for one . Our city recycling program takes 90% of all "garbage" and we don't even have to sort it anymore into different bins since about 6 months ago. In fact they want people to just start putting it all in clear plastic bags which are lighter and more efficient for the worker on the truck to just pick up and toss it all in.