Compost Aerator

by Rittenhouse

Product Features

• Aeration blades deploy when the tool is pulled upward in compost pile.
• Durable steel construction.
• Introduces oxygen into compost material.
• Comfortable rubber grips.
• Length: 37"

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000RN23AK
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,917 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)

Product Description

This sturdy garden tool helps to increase the rate of material decomposition in your compost pile. The Compost Aerator is pushed into the pile of decaying material with its wings in their retracted position. By pulling up on aerator, the wings deploy, allowing the user to efficiently mix oxygen into the compost which helps to prevent odors (the result of anaerobic decomposition).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Transformed My Mother-In-Law's Life, January 7, 2009

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I Yam who I Yam "Popeye" (Moraga CA) - See all my reviews

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I gave this to my mother-in-law as a gift thinking I'd have to brainstorm for something more spectacular and discovered this was the very item she'd always needed but never known about. Her composting process used to consist of dumping scraps daily into a walled & roofed plastic bin, then, several times a year, shoveling everything out and then shoveling it all back in again, thereby mixing it up. This was a shock to me both because she has a bad back and because I've had one of these nifty aerators for as long as I've had a compost bin. I'm sufficiently lazy that I keep my helpful tool outdoors, unprotected, all year long to keep it convenient. It's never rusted in six years.

I fold back the lid of my bin, pick this tool up by the handle, put it into the heap of stuff that needs turning, twist and lift, repeat in several places, and I'm done. It's actually fun! I clean it by banging it on the edge of my compost bin and return it to the spot of fence on which it leans. The only problem I've ever had with it was the time a scallion and some of my daughter's really long hair got wound around the hinged parts at the bottom, making it reluctant to open. With a gloved hand I easily cleared this stuff away. Now I don't compost hair so much, or I cut it up a bit. Life is good!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars needs a little oil, June 12, 2008

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Katya Cohen (Clemson, SC United States) - See all my reviews
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great tool; well made; has handy little loop to hang with other tools, and has nice rubber handles- only problem is that the little wings that are supposed to aerate the compost by coming down when you pull the tool up seem to get stuck in the up position, thus defeating it's own purpose and the reason one would buy such a tool. I have found that oiling them with kitchen oil helps some.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars AERATOR HAS SOME PROBLEMS, May 16, 2009

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S. Malone (Thousand Oaks CA) - See all my reviews
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So far this aerator is not working too well, so we're still using a hoe. One of the prongs does not release well, even after having been cleaned and oiled. Sometimes neither prong releases. It is possible that our compost pile is not thick enough yet, so we'll try again when it reaches a couple of feet.