List Price : $243.59Price : low price on store Check price Achla Designs CMP-05 Spinning Composter Horizontal with best value click!!
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The Achla Spinning Horizontal Composter lets you steer those table scraps and garden waste away from the local landfill and put it to work feeding the microorganisms in your garden. Inside ridges help break up big clumps. The composter is made from 100-percent recycled plastic and resists pesky rodents. A sliding door provides easy access. The compster holds 7 cubic feet and rests on an included stand. It measures 33 x 39 x 36 inches and weighs 36 pounds.
Made from recycled plastic
Seven cubic feet capacity
Minimizes landfill waste
Rodent proof
Features easy access sliding door
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This review is from: Achla Designs CMP-05 Spinning Composter Horizontal (Lawn & Patio)
This is my first compost tumbler purchase and so far it is working very well. I used to have a "bin" of sorts in the far corner of our yard but having to turn it with a pitchfork regularly and putting up with the critter raids in the night got to be too much of a hassle. Not only does this model not take up much space in the yard but you get a good upper body workout turning it everyday. I have only had mine for a couple of weeks and I am already starting to see results. Unlike the reviewer who put shrimp and fish heads in it, I read ALL the instructions including the section titled, "What NOT to put in your composter". I also did some reading on the subject, a great book called, "Let it Rot!" by Stu Campbell. It is very simple to understand and learn how the 'chemistry' of composting really works. This saved me alot of time and disappointing mistakes before getting it right. My first load consists mostly of garden waste, ie: dead annual flowers and green foliage including chunks of... Read more
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I bought a composting bin a number of years ago, completely oblivious to what is involved in composting. Toss stuff in and it "magically" turns to compost. Wrong! Compost has to be turned, I later learned. So the bin was emptied and has been sitting in my backyard for quite some time as it does not facilitate easily turning the compost (or turning it at all for that matter). I came across turning, tumbling, and spinning composters and selected this one. I transferred the stuff I had been tossing in a trash can (in hopes of the "magic" happening) into this composter. Wow! One week later, and it looks and smells wonderful! It still has a ways to go, and I still have more learning to do on the subject, but this composter has made the job very easy--almost not a "job" at all! I will more than likely continue composting for years to come because this composter makes it so simple and clean.
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This review is from: Achla Designs CMP-05 Spinning Composter Horizontal (Lawn & Patio)
I'm a beginner composter from a generation of gardeners. I discussed with experts on what type to get for lawn clippings, kitchen waste, and leaves. Spins with a little difficulty because of weight, but creates steaming hot compost quickly.
Set up took 2 minutes, simply connect the 6 pieces of metal pipes together, insert screw, no tools necessary. Did it myself, 5'7' 115 lb female.
Really great, I shopped everywhere. Only concern or other people is that it's a 6 or 7 cubic capacity, people may need more space..
also, does not have a handle for spinning -- but it would be too heavy to use it. Well designed and thought out.
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The Sun-Mar 200 is a continuous composter with a 6 bushel (50 gallon) capacity. It is excellent for composting kitchen scraps and a few cut up garden trimmings. Compost discharges automatically. No waiting for batches to finish. Pest resistant. Easy to load and turn. Sun-Mar composters go a step further by incorporating the Sun-Mar patented double drum Autoflow design. In the Autoflow design, material goes in the top and compost exits automatically out the end as the drum rotates.
Material goes in drum and exits automatically as drum rotates.
Drum rotates easily on its bearings.
Feed port slides open easily.
29-inch input height makes adding material easy.
Double drum design moves compost during rotation.
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I actually have the Sun-Mar 400, but it works the exact same way as this one, so I felt the review may be helpful here as well! ****************
The first summer I had this composter (I got in in August) it produced not a lick of compost and I had followed the included instructions precisely. (And even called SunMar customer support, though they seemed to not understand what the problem was and recommended water and turning it more, which didn't solve the problem.)
The problem is that the English instructions are very misleading and do not describe how the composter actually works, or how best to care for it in order to maxamize compost production.
On a blog I learned a bit more about how the composter is supposed to work.
Misconceptions: ---------------------- From the promo material online and in the directions I thought that when items were deposited into the inner drum they should be compost (at least that's what the... Read more
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I love the fact that this is a low profile compost bin. I wanted a rotating bin and it's just the height of our air conditioner. So they are both in a spot where landscaping can mask them. The barrel is very solid as are the supports. However, in my first 6 months of use, I'm finding one issue. As the bin fills up with the '50' gallons of food scraps and water, it becomes very heavy. The sliding door covering the opening is very poorly designed. The basis of the bin is to rotate frequently; however, the door keeps popping off as the weight of the contents hits it as it is rotating around. I have to hold the door on so I can't make a complete revolution. I'm surprised the other reviewers didn't mention this.
I'm still holding out hope that this will produce compost as I also have yet to see any, but I'll blame that on me being a composting rookie. I suppose I'll just have to rig up a strap to hold the thing on.
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I purchased this product a few years ago with great hopes and much treasure. My experience was the unit didn't breathe well and instead of composting, product simply rotted inside. It is hard to remove compost from the unit, despite the center tube. Finally, after a couple of years of disappointment, the stand bowed and wouldn't hold the rotating composter.
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The idea of a pop-up bag is great, and the button down tabs also excellent. While others complain of the handle pulling out, my experience was that the buttons ripped out of the seam after only a couple of uses. Eventually, the bottom fabric wore out leaving the springs exposed. Would be great to have a durable version--double or triple sown seams--of this item. Thought it was too expensive for its short life.
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This review is from: Fiskars 9404 Kangaroo 10-Gallon Gardening Container (Lawn & Patio)
I like this bag a lot, especially this 10 gal size. I have been using these bags professionally in my garden business for over 5 years. They are just the right size for emptying into the large paper bags that can be left at the roadside for municipal pick-up. They are small enough to take into a flower bed without crushing plants and light enough to fill and lift without hurting ones back. My crew and I carry and use about 6 collapsable bags every day throughout the growing season. After about 3 years the the stitching rots, the wire loop pierces the bottom and starts to unravel - a design fault. So I buy new bags.
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