Miracle-Gro Compost Tumbler Single Chamber – Easy-Turn Composter Tumbler Outdoor for Fast Composting – Heavy-Duty Composting Bin with 1 Sliding Door (1 x 27.7 Gallon / 105 Liter)

I’m very happy with this compost unit and wish I would have purchased it a long time ago. The quality is great and assembly was easy following the online instructions. Customer service is outstanding. I broke a couple clips during assembly so be careful when you push them in. I used their online Contact Form to ask for replacements and received some extra clips within a week!

I had worries that this thing wasn't working. But I checked on it recently after first having filled it up over a year ago and was pleasantly surprised to see moist compost! As the top had not processed, I had simply assumed the rest of it hadn't either. It wasn't until I tumbled it and looked "underneath" that I saw almost all the kitchen scraps had broken down. Now I have more compost than I need for my small patio garden. Keep in mind that I largely neglected this tumbler, spinning at most once a week, if that, though I was pretty good about ensuring that it stayed moist, even through the summer months. If you're more engaged with your tumbler, you'll have faster results.There's a bar that runs through the center that helps to break up the material. Rather than spinning it quickly, move it panel by panel and listen for the sound of the contents falling to the other side.I started with hydrated pine pellets (intended as horse bedding) from Tractor Supply (probably too much) and kitchen scraps. 7:3 ratio. The compost produced was moist, medium-brown...not quite dark, forest-y soil but it did smell of clean earth.In my newly started batch, I'm doing more of a 1:1 ratio. If it smells, I'll add more pine pellets.For a two-person household that largely cooks at home, eats out about two times a month, I would estimate I need 12 of these to process all of our organic waste in-house. Obviously, I'm not buying 12, but that gives me a good sense of the volume of space required.I expect my next batch to process faster as I left some of the last batch to innoculate the new batch (not sure this is how it works) and there's a lot less brown material in my "recipe."I can't tell you the joy I felt spreading all this homemade compost throughout my patio garden and feeling I was a small step closer to closing the loop. All remaining organic waste, which is 90% of it, I haul away to a community compost site. I look forward to the day when I can be free of this chore and instead have compost to give others.I give it four stars because the plastic does bulge a bit under the weight of the contents. Otherwise, it's holding together. I'd estimate this can process 8 gallons of densely packed kitchen waste in each cycle, assuming things are chopped to 1-2" chunks.

Have had this product for a couple years now and I love it. I was recently on the hunt for some replacement parts (clips) and contacted D.F. Omer directly. Incredibly impressed with the speed and quality of the customer service team. Thanks for supporting your product so well :-)

The media could not be loaded. Broke it during building when I needed to realign the pieces. I actually decided on this one-container spinner based on how durable and practical the size is with the hole and side grip to spin. My old double spinner containers are upcycled into planters in my garden. It's the metal that disintegrates. However I haven't even finished building this one and the container snapped. That's another weak link. I was trying to save money but wish I had invested in a a dream composter with crank. Sigh. ___ Update, replacement works.Score key:⭐️ 1 star= Dissappointed. I don't recommend it at all, poor quality, or it does not reflect the advertising.⭐️⭐️ 2 stars = Has some reedeeming quality.⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3 stars = It's passable. Might not have bothered.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars = Mostly Satisified.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars = Entirely Satisfied. Recommend.

There aren't many parts, so when the center pole had the holes in the wrong location and were the wrong size, I was worried.Customer service were responsive and sent out a replacement part quickly. However, while both ends now had the correct size holes, the location was too high on one end. We made it work, but couldn't attach the end plastic piece. It really shouldn't be this hard to get a couple of holes in the correct place.I think it was expensive for the quality of the parts, but we're looking forward to making compost.

Easy assembly, I didn't download or read the instructions, assembly was kind of obvious. I took my time, so about 30 minutes to put it together. If you own a screw driver and have the technical skill to replace a light bulb you shouldn't have any trouble. It came with an extra clip and one extra screw of each type, which is good customer service. Based on some of the reviews I was prepared to epoxy the joints to keep it together, but that wasn't needed. It snaps together solid. Given the cost I didn't have high expectations. It is better than I was expecting.

I had one problem with this project. The instructions were excellent, and I followed them to a T. When it came to attaching the very last panel to the door, the tabs would not line up. I double checked everything. Everything else was fine. I wrote to Support, but being an impatient woman. I got up the next morning and decided to do my own work around. I used my Dremel to trim the tabs on both the door and the panel. The rest of the project went ahead without a hitch. Not sure why they wouldn’t align, but I’m happy with the result. This is exactly what I needed for my small patio. I will use it to cure the compost from my Reencle and add things like cornhusks and cobs that the wrinkle can’t really handle even when they are cut up small. I live in a condo and could not handle a composter any larger than this.

Easy to assemble and use