The Most Beautiful Composter in The World in Black, Made in America, Food Safe, BPA and Rust Free, No Assembly Required, Envirocycle Composting Tumbler Bin and Compost Tea Maker …

I still have to laugh each time I think of how they describe this - "the most beautiful composter in the world", and anything that makes me laugh has an advantage right out of the gate 'cause I appreciate the humor. I wanted to wait 'til I'd made some finished compost before writing a review but Amazon will keep asking me for one in the meantime; I've only had it in use for 6 weeks but so far it's met or exceeded my expectations. First, it doesn't require any assembly - a huge plus for me as I'm a gardener, not a handyman, and not so good with other non-gardening tools. Reviews about putting some of the others together scared me, and then they have problems or fall apart after a fairly short time. I know this won't; it will probably outlive me. All that's required here is tear open the box, push a few plugs in and that was easy, and start using it. OK, you have to put the tumbler on top of the base, even I can do that. I put it on a few 2" H concrete blocks to raise it off the ground because of what I'd read someone else say about getting the liquid - the compost tea, out of the bottom if it's flat on the ground. I can still roll the tumbler off the base when that time comes and I appreciate that other reviewers comment.In spite of how beautiful it indeed is, I'm not going to put it in the middle of my front yard, and that's the only area of my yard that gets full sun in winter. I got two of these and started the second one about a month after the first. They don't get much sun, probably not enough, but here on the central CA coast we rarely get freezing temps, like once in 20 years it might get down to 30. I fully expect gorgeous compost by early spring, if not sooner. (It's 12/2 today; started the first one 10/20.) It definitely is working, compost is cooking away and turning it is so easy, fun even! I'm still working on the formula, haven't been too precise or scientific about it but am following general guidelines from the many sources I've read, and how fun to watch all that stuff that otherwise would be garbage turn into something useful for my gardens.I'd tried composting before without any kind of "store bought" bin and it didn't work for me; I didn't like having it open to varmints and the elements and knew I wasn't going to do what's required to make a big, fancy, 3 bin system and then turn it over and over. Don't have room for that either, would have to sacrifice flowers and vegetables. I don't really like buying "store bought" compost, although I've bought dozens of bags of it through the years. (Wiggle Worm is the exception - store bought compost I like.) This may not be cost effective in the short run for me, at least not 'til maybe ten or 20 years have gone by which is the long run, but if I get the formula down and it cooks faster than it has so far, it will be. Warmer weather and more sunshine - meaning longer days with the sun higher in the sky, will help I'm sure. And in the meantime, it's truly easy and fun to use. BTW, I'm a little old lady, 5' tall, weigh a little over 100 lbs and this month is my first on Medicare, meaning I'm REALLY old - 65. (How on earth, and when did this getting old thing happen?) I definitely recommend this product.

Purchased the small envirocycle Aug 2019. Have had zero issues. Can get harder to turn when full, naturally, but much easier than shovel and fork on ground or raised bin. I placed mine on a garden wagon so I can pull it around to my beds and tuck it away as needed. I fill it all summer and let it sit all winter and use the compost in the spring. Zero issues with animals getting in, no odour when closed, little insects can get in and help the composting, just open the generous door and give them a moment to fly out. I love the composter and regret not buying 2 originally. The only downfall is the price increase :( I really have nothing bad to say about this little garden helper.

This is our second composter from this company. The first composter lasted over 10 years with constant use. The only thing we changed on that original composter were the wheels on the roller bed. It was this quality level that made us go looking for this specific manufacturer and company (specific to face of the product) for purchasing our replacement.The "new composter" has some upgrades that are improving our gardening experience. Key points are that even full, the composter rolls with a good amount of ease. (Me.. age 65, not athletic, but can roll it on my own. ). The detentions of the bin allow me to use the roller bed to stir up the compost, as well as take the bin and roll it around the yard. The top door is shaped in a way that allows for easy access of a spade to hand stir.The air vents are well placed. While rain water getting in is limited, the air flow is good. Even when left in the "upside down position" (allowing the bottom of the bin to receive sun heat) air continues to flow well. We used the composter (when newly arrived) to establish a new worm population. Really seems to be encouraging a larger worm population that we are able to regularly transfer into our raised beds.The collection of compost tea is easy and moister flow/collection is really good. Reminder is to see that the collection tub is regularly emptied so that it does not have tea freeze when the temperature drops.Secondly it has been used to retain all of our non-weed plant scraps, thatch, and kitchen vegetable scraps almost immediacy upon receipt. We eat out of the garden all summer so there was always something going into the composter.Recently we completed cleaning out our four medium raised beds and 12 food grade bucket. Used the bin to deposit leaves, vines, etc. Added to the bin, for the last two month, chopped up leaves. The level of content breakdown has been very good, and consistent.Although it is a single container, the rate of composting/breakdown and the maneuverability of content within the bin has allowed us to pull out small batches of breaking down leaves and semi-composted material that we mix with soil to set up our our spring flower beds around our small yard.We are in zone 7A and anticipate being able to use the bin throughout the year to continually compost; putting "finished product" into planting buckets with worms during the winter, in preparation of the spring/summer.The bin sits in a sunny (often harsh) area but is holding up nicely. Some of the bin pieces (note everything has continued to work just great up from time of purchase till right now) are destined to experience harder ware and impact. In anticipation of the coming planting season, we contacted the company (via Amazon) to get assistance on finding out how to make future purchases (should the need arise) for parts and pieces. The customer service team was so helpful, very responsive. My family and I opted to purchase some small parts and have them on hand(in advance), incase a need comes up in the future. Cost was better than reasonable and transaction was super easy.Our "repurchase" from this company is a statement of our confidence and satisfaction.

Love my Envirocycle but needs improvement.Pros: great larger capacity, easy to use, durable, beautiful, hasn’t faded (since June 2020)Cons: 1) difficult to lift barrel on/off the base to roll when full/heavy, 2) design of base unit’s drain spout prevents complete liquid drainage even after rocking back and forth, 3) when it rains, the base unit naturally gets flooded through the base unit’s holes on top and gets absorbed through the bottom holes of the barrel contents and gets soggy/rots, 4) tumbling wet contents results in tightly packed rotten balls and when they dry, become hard packed rotten balls, 5) when contents turn into compost (soil like consistency), they drop into the base unit which can’t be cleaned out/drained fully), 6) too expensive to buy today (price has gone up 88% since I bought it)Improvements/solutions to make this the BEST composter: 1) change spout design and location to corner to fully allow easy and complete washing out and drainage of base unit and 2) include a rain cover with heavy base/tie down of some sort to fully cover both units (especially for that high a price!)