Acquisitions Purchase Accounting Summary (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jul. 01, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Jul. 01, 2012	Apr. 08, 2013	Nov. 08, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013 HHI Business [Member]	Jul. 01, 2012 HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 HHI Business [Member]	Jul. 01, 2012 HHI Business [Member]	Apr. 08, 2013 HHI Business [Member]	Dec. 17, 2012 HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Shaser, Inc. [Member]	Jul. 01, 2012 Shaser, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Shaser, Inc. [Member]	Jul. 01, 2012 Shaser, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 17, 2012 Shaser, Inc. [Member]	Nov. 08, 2012 Shaser, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Technology Assets [Member] Shaser, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Licensing Agreements [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Dec. 17, 2012 Licensing Agreements [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Customer Relationships [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Trade Names [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Dec. 17, 2012 Trade Names [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Patented Technology [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Dec. 17, 2012 Patented Technology [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Patented Technology [Member] Shaser, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member] Customer Relationships [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Minimum [Member] Trade Names [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Maximum [Member] Customer Relationships [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Maximum [Member] Trade Names [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Customer Relationships [Member] Minimum [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Customer Relationships [Member] Maximum [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Patented Technology [Member] Shaser, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Patented Technology [Member] Minimum [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Patented Technology [Member] Maximum [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Licensing Agreements [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Licensing Agreements [Member] Minimum [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Licensing Agreements [Member] Maximum [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Trade Names [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Trade Names [Member] Minimum [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Trade Names [Member] Maximum [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Nov. 08, 2012 Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. [Member] Shaser, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 17, 2012 Preliminary Valuation at March 31, 2013 [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Nov. 08, 2012 Preliminary Valuation at March 31, 2013 [Member] Shaser, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 17, 2012 Preliminary Valuation at December 30, 2012 [Member] HHI Business [Member]	Nov. 08, 2012 Preliminary Valuation at December 30, 2012 [Member] Shaser, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments, Cash										$ 5,836						$ 0
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Current Assets, Receivables												11	109,029																																		104,641
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Financial Assets										4,377
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Current Assets, Inventory												1,135	205,902																																		207,160
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Inventory										(2,393)
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Current Assets, Prepaid Expense and Other Assets												2,148	11,299																																		13,311
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initital Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments, Prepaid Expenses and Other										(4,160)
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Property, Plant, and Equipment										(5,147)
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments, Other Long-term Assets										0						0
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable												0	138,107																																		130,140
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Financial Liabilities										7,967
Business Combination, Purchase Price Allocation, Deferred Tax Asset (Liability), Net, Current												0	7,049																																		7,081
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments, Deferred Tax Liabilities Current										(32)
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments, Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net Noncurrent										11,177
Negotiated sales price, excluding TLM Taiwan													1,300,000						50,000																									6,197
Preliminary working capital and other adjustments																			(423)																										(10,738)
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired										(1,351,008)	0					(42,510)	0
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Current Assets, Cash and Cash Equivalents												843	24,085																																	870	17,406	870
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles																																														32,800		35,500
Inventories	707,340		707,340				452,633
Property, plant and equipment												36,750	136,105																																		104,502
Intangible assets, net												17,100	487,100																																		470,000
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Intangibles										0						(2,700)
Other assets												124	3,175																																	2,679	3,051	2,679
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Assets					58,111								976,695																																	36,349	920,071	39,049
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments, Total Assets Acquired										(1,487)				(2,700)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Financial Liabilities																																														13,436		14,398
Total assets	5,540,672		5,540,672				3,753,511
Current liabilities												241	37,900																																		37,530
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments, Accrued Liabilities										129
Deferred income taxes												8,089																																			11,231
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities					10,260								318,023																																		290,690
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments, Total Liabilities Assumed										17,073						(962)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net					47,851								658,672																																	22,913	629,381	24,651
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments, Net Assets Acquired										(18,560)				(1,738)
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Goodwill Amount												45,649	720,890																																	65,618	662,116	63,880
Non-controlling interest	50,932		50,932			38,954	0
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Noncontrolling Interest												0	(4,469)																																	(38,954)	(2,235)	(38,954)
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Property, Plant, and Equipment													3,997
Inventory Adjustments													31,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation, Deferred Taxes Asset (Liability), Net, Noncurrent												1,930	117,815																																		104,708
Customer Relationships Subject to Amortization, Gross													90,000
Trade names Not Subject to Amortization	1,166,910		1,166,910				841,068						330,000
Finite-Lived Trade Names, Gross																									4,100
Finite-Lived License Agreements, Gross																						12,000
Patents Subject to Amortization, Gross																		32,800									51,000
Fair Value Input, Royalty Rate																				10.50%										1.00%		3.50%	2.50%	3.00%		4.00%	5.00%	4.00%				3.00%	5.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Long-term Revenue Growth Rate																3.00%														2.50%		5.00%			3.00%	2.50%	31.00%		2.50%	5.00%	2.50%	2.50%	5.00%
Fair Value Input, Customer Retention Rate																							95.00%
Fair Value Input, Income Tax Rate																35.00%					35.00%			35.00%		35.00%		35.00%	17.00%	17.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate																12.00%					12.00%		12.00%	12.00%		12.00%		11.00%
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life																					5 years		20 years	8 years		10 years		13 years
Net sales	1,089,825	824,803	2,947,849	2,419,859
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Revenue	1,089,825	1,077,807	3,139,626	3,136,721				0	253,004	191,777	716,862
Net (loss) income	36,498	58,851	(10,861)	43,570
Net income (loss)	36,761	58,851	(10,853)	43,570
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Net Income (Loss)	36,761	85,516	(5,911)	93,163				0	26,665	4,942	49,593
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Change in Amount			49,291	13,915
Acquisition and integration related charges	7,747	5,274	40,558	20,625
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired																			49.00%																									56.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners																			44.00%
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustments, Other Long-term Liabilities										(2,168)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities													17,152
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Equity Interests										(2,234)						0
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments										13,125						1,738
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net					93,500								1,375,093																																	49,577	1,289,262	49,577
Business Combination, Acquisition and Integration Related Costs	7,747	5,274	40,558	20,625				6,291	0	31,045	0			161	0	4,534	0
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net													124,864
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross			1,375,093													43,380
Business Acquisition, Transaction Costs													1,281,593
Business Combination, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment, Consideration Transferred								$ 0		$ (7,669)