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  Posted by RockySun (U3037853) on Thursday, 26th January 2006

  Anyone got any experience of these things? Keep seeing adverts, they claim to make compost within 14 days. As expected, there's never a price on the ads, does anyone have any idea of the cost of the smaller 315 litre one? I'd like to find out without having to send off for information from the company, otherwise I'll probably end up with their literature through the door for the rest of my life!

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  Posted by Plocket (U684859) on Thursday, 26th January 2006

  I've not got got a tumbler compost maker myself but Dobies do one for £57.95 but I'm not sure how many litres it is. If you want a look it's on www.dobies.co.uk and is item reference 558214.

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  Posted by pottyman (U2941124) on Thursday, 26th January 2006

  I had one of these and never got much from it.It seems to me that what goes in is important mine was mainly grass clippings but I guess you will need much heavier "stuff" with them. Our water board has been selling them for around £40 to £50 for the last couple of years at certain times. They do have to be turned daily to have any real success.

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  Posted by RockySun (U3037853) on Thursday, 26th January 2006

  Thanks everyone. But these other brand tumble composters aren't the same, are they? The ComposTumbler reaches temperatures of 75c, so their advert claims. Must be something special about them, don't think the cheaper, plastic ones get that warm.

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  Posted by Toadspawn (U2334298) on Thursday, 26th January 2006

  I have never used one but comments would lead me to believe that they become heavy to turn every day particularly if you have balanced ingredients.
  HDRA(forget the new name) have done a lot of work assessing various types of compost bins. When I visited a few years ago they were not particularly complimentary about the Tumbler Composters. They are not very big and may or may not be of use depending on the amount you have to compost. In 14 days you will not obtain the friable black compost shown in TV programmes but you will get something which can be used as a mulch or incorporated into the soil to improve organic content.
  Perhaps you could get more information by visiting their website.

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  Posted by celsiana (U2653387) on Thursday, 26th January 2006

  We have a tumbler bin, as recommended recently in a Gardening Which trial - and it is hopeless. As others have suggested it quickly gets very heavy to turn, and maybe it is because we are using kitchen waste - with some shredded newspaper occasinally, but it tends to turn into a slimy mess. It is also not clear from the instructions when you should stop filling it up and wait for it to magically transform in to compost.
  The only good point is that out of the holes in the bottom come some very smelly, but I am confident very potent and nutritious, liquid, which i dilute 10 /1 like comfrey liquid.

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  Posted by RockySun (U3037853) on Thursday, 26th January 2006

  We have a tumbler bin, as recommended recently in a Gardening Which trial - and it is hopeless. As others have suggested it quickly gets very heavy to turn, and maybe it is because we are using kitchen waste - with some shredded newspaper occasinally, but it tends to turn into a slimy mess. It is also not clear from the instructions when you should stop filling it up and wait for it to magically transform in to compost.
  The only good point is that out of the holes in the bottom come some very smelly, but I am confident very potent and nutritious, liquid, which i dilute 10 /1 like comfrey liquid. 
  
  Right then, that answers that one! The ComposTumbler company even offer a free 30 day trial, in which time you can apparently make use of two loads of rich, golden compost. I'd hate to think of the postage costs to return it!

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