Envirocycle Composter Green
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Envirocycle Composter Green
Customer Review: Easy composting
Summary: 4 Stars
This composter has been excellent. It is great for easy access & smells. It rolls through the yard for helpful work after the compost is ready to be emptied. The only draw back I've found is turning it just isn't enough, you need to open it up sometimes & mix up & seperate its contents during the composting progress for better production.Customer Review: Envirocycle Composter Review
Summary: 4 Stars
I wasn't sure what to expect since I'd never used a composter like this before. There's a certain learning curve to using it, but I think I'm on the right page now. The design is clever and I like the way it looks. It's a little heavier to turn than I expected, but maybe I'm just beginning to show my age. I'm generally pleased with this transaction with Amazon.Com. Found what I wanted, ordered it and received it in good time. What more can I ask?Customer Review: My wife said "Wow, not as ugly as I was expecting"
Summary: 5 Stars
I did a fair amount of website research and looking over product reviews, and one website claimed that the Enviro-Cycle was by far getting the most favorable reviews. I bought from Amazon, and I love this product, but I have only had it for about 2 weeks.
It says that it can only handle being 3/4 full, but I am near capacity already, and it is still spinning without difficulty (a little heavy, but works well). I also like the large capacity compost tea collector. It comes with no assembly required and you just have to remove the outer plugs to allow the tea to drain. It looks much better in my yard than the previous compost pile that was there. I live in DE so I do not know how it will do in a prolonged winter season, but it seems to be perfectly usable here.
The Enviro-cycle has a decent 7 cubic foot capacity which will take most of my yard clippings and daily food compost easily. I have a only a quarter acre lot, and still I could not use this composter alone for grass clippings. It has a fairly large opening up top and is easy to fill and fairly easy to empty if you don't overstuff it.
My main concern with compost has always been that as you are making nice rich compost, you are also adding new substrate. Because of this I like the concept of a double composter, but the ones I saw on-line were a little unsightly. I will therefore be buying another one of these so I can add compost to one bin for a few weeks, and then keep spinning it to make if all rich, while I fill the second one for the next few weeks. The composter is about 3 feet tall and 2.5 feet wide. In the end the two composters will cost me close to the price of most double composters and even less then many single composters.
Before I bought the second one, however, I had to make sure that it acceptable to my wife. In the end, she was pleased with this one. So much so, that I will be purchasing another one shortly.
Customer Review: One Big Problem
Summary: 2 Stars
This compost tumbler does a great job of turning your kitchen scraps into rich compost, however, there is one big problem. After the first complete cycle the latch that holds the lid in place started coming loose and has not worked properly ever since. When the tumbler reaches the bottom of a turn, the lid falls off and spills the decaying material all over the ground. Its messy and difficult to clean up. I have tried making a latch replacement myself with modest success. It is clear that the maker of this product has decided not to solve the problem, since reviewers here and on other sites have mentioned it and nothing has been done. An excellent product with a fatal flaw. Unless you are prepared to deal with the mess, avoid purchasing The Envirocycle Composter.Customer Review: Seems just like it's represented
Summary: 4 Stars
The composter seems to be just as it was represented. It's really very simple--a plastic drum on top of a set of rollers for turning. A real plus was that it's fully assembled--you just have to set the drum on top of the rollers and you're ready to go. We've only been using about 3 weeks so far so can't yet comment on how effectively it produces compost. Things do appear to be breaking down but can't tell how quickly we'll have real compost. Has produced a little "tea" already.