Nouva Outdoor Composting Bin, 18.5 Gallon Single Chamber Small Tumbling Composter,Steel Frame Heavy Duty Barrel for Kitchen Garden Yard

I really love this composter. It is small enough for me to spin, even when nearly full and the contents wet. Several years ago, I had a larger spinning composter that was really heavy to turn. I decided to get a smaller one this time. That was a good decision. If I had a larger yard and needed more compost I would get two or three. The one con is that it is not easy to get together. You have to be really patient and work to get the outer edge pieces together AND, once together, keep it together. Once you get the pieces of the outer edge of the circle together, then you have to click the two round(ish) side panels on. You have to really pound those hard with your hands to get them to fully snap together. If you don't get them fully snapped, you risk the whole thing coming apart. I assembled it by myself while watching a movie. It took about 90 minutes and a lot of patience. That was fine. I had time and didn't mind. It might have been easier with patient help. The instructions were adequate. All the pieces were in the box. Knowing what I know about this composter, if I needed another one, I would buy this one.

Didn't take me long to build alone. Was looking for a small compost solution as someone who doesn't make a whole lot of food waste in an apartment situation. Its outside by the trash cans, and we do have raccoons but they've never gotten into it after several months of use. I have a very lax way of doing composting, so we'll see how it turns out, but I basically add dry weeds and grass and shredded paper with every bucket of compost. Its still not full and I turn it about weekly and whenever else I think about it. Its holding up well, just gotta click everything into place and its good. I'm sure it DOES leak, but where its by my trashcans it just doesn't bother me. You could I guess collect the juices as compost tea if you placed an oil pan under it. Easy to turn and to lock, as a small woman with not a lot of muscle. The gloves included were nice, I just use them for garden and DIY stuff. Good quality.

I got my composter put together, directions were not the best. Pictures and writing were very small. Nothing very explicit. I struggled putting the pieces together. I couldn't tell from the pictures how the pieces went together. It was trial and error, then the 1st 2 pieces went together. Couldn't tell you how so each subsequent piece was hit or miss. Then the last piece to finish the drum was doubly difficult. But I got them together. Although the last piece didn't want to stay together while I was trying to attach the side pieces. If you didn't have things just right, the side pieces seemed too big for the drum. But finally it was all together. It would've been great if I could've found a video that showed how the pieces actually went together but no such luck. If I felt confident, I could take mine apart & make a video but I don't think I want to attempt that. It didn't take too long but would've been so much easier with more explicit instructions. It seems fairly sturdy. Haven't added any materials to compost yet. We'll see how it holds up then & how well they compost.

So far so good. We have not had any issues with animals getting into it. It was bigger then I was expecting but my husband loves the size. It was a little difficult to put together but once we started we got it. Easy to add compost and Easy to rotate when needed.

First of all this item had a charge for shipping. I finally took time to put it together about 3 weeks ago, the directions were ok. The pieces only used cheaply made interlock to hold together there were not screws or other parts sent to reinforce , it was a challenge to get them to lock. We have been using this lightly. When added to it the interlocks on the sides needed to be checked and reengaged a couple of times. While adding to this the last time with a small amount to be composted, the interlocks failed leaking decaying matter onto clothing and the ground. This composter is more plastic junk that will end up in the landfill.

This is awesome! I use one side for compost with coffee grounds and one without!

It works perfectly and no odour. Easy to learn and use.

The compost tumbler is fairly well designed and sturdy. The instructions were pretty clear. The design accuracy is not perfect. A couple of the panels did not line up perfectly, and it caused the panels to buckle in places. However, this did not adversely affect the function of the product. Now for the bad news, the tumbler is not heating up. I filled the tumbler with horse manure and fine wood chip bedding(think large sawdust) at about a 20:1 ratio of bedding to manure. I used rain water to wet the contents, and it has about 65% moisture content. The contents are not getting hot at all. In fact I believe the only warmth I'm feeling is from the sun heating up the black plastic of the tumbler. When I open a door and stick my hand in, the air is a little warmer than the ambient air outside of the tumbler. When I put my hand deep into the composting material, it is cooler than the air in the composter. I have the composter placed in a sunny spot hoping to help heat up the contents. I created a large compost pile on the ground using the same horse manure and bedding along with some grass clippings and leaves. The large pile is already hot. My conclusion is that the compost tumbler is too small to develop much of a thermophilic reaction. I was concerned about the small size of the chambers when I was putting it together. I considered leaving out the center partition, but was afraid that it might needed for the structural integrity. I even read all the asked questions on the product to see if anyone else had asked about removing the center partition. If anyone can point out anything I'm doing wrong, I'd be pleased to hear from you.