Envirocycle Composter - Compost Tumbler

by Envirocycle Systems

Product Features

• Compact, durable and user-friendly
• Aeration occurs through small openings in the drum
• Lockable lid prevents access to the compost by small animals
• The drum is indented for easy gripping and rolling
• The base is able to collect up to 5 gallons of liquid fertilizer or compost tea

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 31 pounds
• ASIN: B000FCNH7G
• Item model number: Green
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,305 in Home & Garden (See Top 100 in Home & Garden)
  • #55 in Home & Garden > Patio, Lawn & Garden > Plants & Planting > Outdoor Carts & Bins > Composting Bins

Product Description

Color: Green

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

124 of 124 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My wife said "Wow, not as ugly as I was expecting", February 5, 2008

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Cem Soykan "Cem" (Delaware, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Envirocycle Composter Green (Kitchen)

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.

186 of 191 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No Problems Yet, March 16, 2008

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FNU MNU LNU (Midwest, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Envirocycle Composter Black (Kitchen)

I bought the Envirocycle Composter a few weeks ago after extensive web research. I wanted a self-rotating composter as my major concern was the possiblity of rodents, flys and other pests. I simply did not want to hand-turn a compost pile.

The Envirocycle Composter is not as durable as I would have expected. I think the plastic is on the thin side, and I'm convinced the door latch will break some day. The product does come with a decent warranty, which you can register online at www.envirocyclesystems.com. You can also read more about the product at that website. The cylinder drum and door are covered for five years; the base is covered for two years; and the wheels, axles, and caps for one year.

Right now, my Envirocycle is about 1/4 full with an equal mix of brown yard waste and green kitchen waste. I have it sitting outside on a concrete slab in a dog pen (to deter curious racoons). It is still winter here in St. Louis. So far, I do not notice any odor and I have not had any tampering from neighborhood animals. I don't think I'm anywhere near having compost. I am amazed to see how much kitchen waste we generate now that it is not going into the garbage. I feel good about keeping it out of a landfill.

I do have a handy trick for gathering kitchen waste. Rather than use a countertop container, I keep an ordinary plastic container in the freezer. This keeps odors down and eliminates the need to purchase a special container with charcoal filters. Freezing actually aids the decomposition process. If you want to batch compost, you can accumulate a large quantity of kitchen waste in a deep freezer.

I'll update this review periodically to fill readers in on the progress of the composting process.

76 of 78 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful Composter, July 31, 2008

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P. Schaum "prussblue" (St. Louis area, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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I probably would agree most with the review by "FNU MNU ..." I have had this model / brand for at least two years and have had no significant problems with it. I use composting products with it as I did in other parts of the country previous to now. I have never had an "odor" problem with it as described by another reviewer. You have to rotate it and not just leave it sit there and follow guidelines for optimal moisture content. That may be the reason for some complaints I read. If you do have a problem with clumping, I find that just opening the lid and poking about a bit with a metal rod or garden tool with handle soon resolves the issue. I find that cleaning the base helps and you can use mineral oil (non-toxic - see FDA if you don't believe me) in small quantity on the metal portions of the rollers to facilitate rotating. Regarding the complaint that it takes two to turn it, that may be due to over filling and too much water content. I find that by following the guidelines for use and a little preventative maintenance makes for a product that is productive for the price compared to others. I also make use of the "fertilizer tea (liquid)" that drains into the bottom. Just unscrew the cap and tilt slightly into an old plastic bottle (I use small drink plastic bottles). I periodically make bushes, etc. happy with this free "fertilizer tea" that is a product of composting. If you don't want to tilt the bottom which requires removing the drum from the base, you can always use some plastic tubing to siphon the "tea" into the bottles. You just stick the tubing into the opening and with the help of a used plastic basting syringe(ask the wife for an old one so that it doesn't find its way back into the kitchen but stays in the shed with your garden tools [you still should rinse it and the tubing with the garden hose between uses] you create a vacuum in the tubing which will start the fluid to drain into the tubing. The collection will work best and most quickly with the bottles below the level of the siphon tube (but, it will work as the vacuum created will siphon if the bottles are not too high above the level of the base -- see principles of siphoning). The fore going has been my experience with an Envirocycle Compost Maker (but mine is forest green and not black).

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