These hampers by Mainstays brand from Walmart are awesome. they are a great price for their size. They can fit 2 loads of laundry, they do have a flex so when you pick it up and hold it against your hip to open the door or carry it to the laundry or car if you have to go to a laundry mat, it flexes and bends to your body so it is easier to hold and it is a soft pliable, but heavy duty plastic. One really cool thing I like it the design, those holes in the basket let you see what is in your laundry hamper just in case you need to take something out or realized your accidentally mixed whites with your dark's or vice versa..