70CM Blow Molded Composter with 50-gallon capacity and rolling base for backyard use. Ideal for a growing family or the kids – compost both your inside and outside waste. It is the perfect composter for the 21st century.
Product Features
- Rolling composter that makes composting easy and fun
- Air tubes and innovative design speed up the composting process
- Easy to assemble and convenient to use
Disappointed Pro: it did seem to work for composting food wasteCons: after the first few months, it got to be 1) extremely difficult to open and shut (and now is completely frozen shut) and 2) too difficult to roll around. The “lid” has ~8-10 little roller pins that stick down and fit into openings in the top of the composter. Both the roller pins and the holes get totally gooped up with soupy compost and when you are lucky enough to get the lid loose, you need to rinse off both the lid and the holes in the composter with a hose or it is really tough to get the lid back on. Next is that after about month three, even though less than half full, as 5 ft 7 inch tall and reasonably athletic woman I find this thing is quite a work out to roll around the yard.Bottom line: I’m looking for a new composter
Much improved from earlier model This item appears on Amazon as the ecomposter where it received some dubious reviews. I just got it from Costco for $130, including what is normally an optional rolling stand. It seems to have shed many of the problems cited in the ecomposter reviews. The instructions could not be clearer. Assembly took maybe 30 minutes and was kind of fun. Things fit together admirably, and the only tool needed was a small hammer. It is made entirely of recycled materials, removing the last source of guilt associated with manufactured (rather than home-built) composters.I’ve only started filling it, so can’t yet report on the job it does. There are 50 or so reviews at […] where others are also just getting started, but some problems popping up include the door getting stuck and/or hard to open. It seems you should make sure the cover portion of the globe is upright when you’re done turning it, and keep the cover and rim surfaces clear of debris before closing. Also, if the contents are too damp, or not mixed well enough, the globe will leak “compost tea” through the air baffles. This will be unpleasant if you keep the composter near the house. Just be sure to turn it enough so that any liquid stays part of the compost and not overflow.
Can’t get the door open I had high hopes for this, but like others, after about a month, I could no longer get the door to open. I’ve tried some of the methods described by others here (I.e. tapping it with a hammer to knock it loose), but to no avail. I had hoped that since it was quite easy to put together that the makers had fixed the door problem as well, but no such luck. If I could open it, it’d be a great little composter, but as it is, it’s something I’m going to have to roll out for trash pickup.
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