As we have described the more basic plastic laundry basket and wicker laundry baskets, we can explore the ones with more special features that may better suit your special needs.
Pop up laundry basket
Pop up laundry baskets are usually made of polyester or lien. They are extremely light weighted or should be the lightest among all kind of laundry basket. As it is not sturdy compared to plastic or wicker laundry hamper, you should not expect such laundry basket to hold as many clothes as the plastic or wicker ones.
But such hamper is very easy to store. If you do not need them, you can fold them up. Also, the average price is around $5-$6 and you can even get one at as low as $3. It can be considered as good “throw away” stuff.
If you are looking for kids laundry basket, pop up laundry hamper can be your best choice. There are many cartoon printed on such basket like Winnie the Pooh, Sesame Street and Dora Explorer, etc. As it costs the manufacturer for the cartoon trademark, the cartoon laundry basket is a little bit more expensive than the basic on at around $15.
Folding laundry basket
Other than the pop up ones, you actually have another kind of hamper that can be folded. Such folding laundry hampers are made of a bag attached to a folding metal frame. Compared with the pop up ones, it is sturdier. But it cannot be folded as small as the pop ones. It is considered that such laundry hamper does not take your space.
Stack up laundry basket/ Laundry Sorter
With the stack up idea of laundry, you can save your space by stacking several laundry baskets up. They can also act as laundry sorters which you can sort your clothes in different basket in your own ways. Rubbermaid laundry basket offers a stack up design which cost at around $13 for one.
Laundry basket on wheels/Rolling laundry basket
You can find that there are laundry baskets that have wheels. With the wheels, you can be released from the pain of dragging laundry around your house. You can simply simple wheel the clean or dirty clothes around. Some of the bigger ones actually have 3-4 compartments which you can also sort your clothes before washing. It cosrt you around $30 for one.
Tilt out laundry hamper
Tilt out laundry hamper can be described the best help to hide your dirty clothes. They are usually wire hamper installed inside the wooden cabinet. Only when you open the hamper that people will see your dirty clothes, otherwise, they can only see the clean cabinet. But this type of hamper to be honest can be considered as furniture to your house. Therefore, you have to pay more attention on the design to see if it fit your house. For this type of hamper, you can still have the option to choose one or more compartments. The wire hamper itself cost around $30. For a one compartment hamper, it costs around $150, for a 3-4 compartment one, it can cost you around $300.
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