VIVOSUNOutdoor Tumbling Composter Dual Rotating Batch Compost Bin, 43 Gallon Black Door

The media could not be loaded. Very happy with this purchase! As others have stated assembly isn't difficult but it's very tedious... Took me about an hour. Build quality seems great, and I think this capacity is about right for our needs.Honestly I think this is the best value around. I live in a fairly large city but there was zero options available locally. I spent about a week researching and finally pulled the trigger on this one. I think we should be able to use it for years to come.

First, the pros:1) Extra screws and nuts were provided. This is rare nowadays, but this came with 4 extra sets of screws and nuts and 2 extra center pipe end caps2) The nuts are self-tightening: you only have to get them started a few turns then you can screw the screws from the outside (with the included Philips screwdriver) and they will tighten without having to hold the nut with your finger or a wrench. This is key since it is hard at times to wrap your arm inside of the bin to hold the nut while tightening the screw from the outside.3) Thickness of the plastic is pretty good for what this is. It presents as fairly sturdy when assembled.4) Large size. I got the 43 gallon model and I can tell it will hold a lot of compost.5) The tumbler rotates smoothly and easily.6) The legs are sturdy and easy to assemble.Now the cons:1) not that easy to assemble. I'm 60 years old. I've been around the Ikea block several times. I've assembled huge pergolas and gazebos and carts and sheds and all varieties of machines and devices. I have every tool. I can do plumbing and electrical work, carpentry, both rough and finish, drywall, irrigation, tile and marble. I've done it all. But this wasn't that easy to assemble. The worst part was thinking the center divider should fit nicely into the center grooved channel that goes around the inside perimeter of the tumbler, when it doesn't even come close. I think the manufacturer said, "let's use one center divider for all the different tumblers we make, fit be darned." I spent more time trying to make the center divider panel fit than assembling the rest of the unit. Check out my pictures to see how poorly it fits. I tried flipping it over, rotating the divider every which way, but nope, didn't happen.2) You have to work your way around the tumbler, adding one panel at a time. It was difficult at times to hold the panels in place while I was screwing them together. There are these raised, stubby posts that are supposed to snap into holes on the adjacent panels and many times the snap was not as snappy as it should have been. Some of the connections seemed a little loose but upon completion, the sides seem to have pulled together as a team and the weight of the compost may push the edges out enough so that those posts snug up against the holes.Summary: I believe this was worth the price and it will function well for several years.

This thing works great! Takes up a little space but so does a compost pile or bin. It holds a lot of food waste which turns into to really good compost! I do personally add some blood meal every once in a while to help speed up the process. I will say it was a little bit of a hassle putting it together. If I remember correctly it was the center divider between the two compartments that was the hardest part in the assembly. I will also say it does get extremely heavy when trying to rotate it after it gets pretty full. I do also recommend breaking up your eggshells bed throwing them in.

So far so good. Seems like a good quality. Easy to put together with minimal tools. I built it in less than 1 hour by myself. Instructions were simple and straightforward. Turns well, the one side is full already and it spins great. Perfect height. Stand is metal. The canister is plastic and has drainage holes so that it won’t fill up with water in the rain. Comes with two sets of gloves.

Look, I love the idea of composting, but I wasn’t expecting to have an existential crisis while assembling this bin. The instructions made it seem simple, but when I got to the center piece, it was like trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube in the dark. It just wouldn’t go in correctly.Then came the nuts and screws—except some of the nuts didn’t match the screws. I guess they decided to throw in a little DIY hardware mystery for fun. Took me two days to put this thing together because my arms just weren’t long enough to reach the last six screws. Either I need a second pair of arms, or this design just isn’t meant for people who don’t moonlight as contortionists.The bright side? The bracket was super easy to put together—so at least I had one victory. Honestly, if the box were a little bigger, this could have just come pre-assembled and save us all from the headache (and the arm stretches I didn’t sign up for). But hey, now that it’s done, at least I can finally start composting… once I recover from this experience.Would I recommend it? Sure, if you enjoy frustration, puzzles, and an unexpected upper body & ab workout.

Nice composter. It was a bit of a pain to put together because the screw holes are so close to the ridges inside that it’s a tight area to put the nuts on. (Stop laughing. I didn’t know how else to word that!) seems really sturdy. Instructions were pretty funny…don’t put in direct sunlight, don’t put in a humid area to prevent mold, and don’t stand on the wooden boards (no wooden boards included). The only thing I don’t like is that the doors are pretty small so you can’t put more than a handful of leaves in at a time.