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Envirocycle Composter | 
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| Brand: Envirocycle Systems
Category: Kitchen
Buy New: $139.00 - $172.69
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| 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 |
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Product Description
The Envirocycle Composter produces quality compost and compost tea quickly and easily. Its user-friendly, eliminates mess and odor, and is compact making the envirocycle composter perfect for those with limited space. The Envirocycle compost tumbler simplifies composting with it's rolling and mixing action. The Envirocycle composter is specifically designed to simplify the recycling of kitchen and garden refuse. This composter produces quality compost more quickly and easily than conventional composters by its rolling and mixing action which keeps the ingredients well mixed and aerated. Makes rich compost tea to feed your plants This envirocycle unit also makes compost tea, a rich organic liquid plant food appreciated by gardeners everywhere. Use it on your house plants, outdoor plants, flowers, trees, shrubs, garden and lawn. The Envirocycle Composter comes in a choice of black or green. Due to the size of the envirocycle composter total shipping for the composter is $29.95, within the contiguous United States. The shipping charges to ship the Envirocycle to Alaska, Hawaii & Puerto Rico is $163.16. You may also call for more information. Only ground delivery is available. Transit times on the envirocycle composter may vary. Ships FedEx ground only Envirocycle Composter 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
- Option of direct drainage
The Enviro-cycle Composter / Compost Tea maker allows for year round composting. Its perfect for todays lifestyle and works well on a balcony, in a garage or in the garden. Envirocycle Composter Size: H 30.5 x W 25.5 x D 20.25 Envirocycle Composter Weight: 19 lbs Envirocycle Composter Holds: 7 cubic feet of compost Envirocycl
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
Worth it! October 31, 2008
Dumitru Andries (East Meadow, NY United States)
It is definitely a stand out. Cleverly designed, clean in function, blends nicely in green color. Remains to be seen how fast you get the compost. Logically, you would need two because I do not think the content degrades quickly, especially in the winter. So far I like it.
 upgrades needed October 23, 2008
Rebecca J. Vinson (Guam, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was an easy composter to use. Tumbling is so much better than using a pitch fork. The size was nice too, not too big. We kept ours outside in the subtropics of Okinawa and the topics of Guam. Of course they attracted insects, flies, roaches, lizards, you name it. I have three complaints about it. Getting the compost out was difficult. Several times I thought I would break the door off its hinge because it is attached by just a small plastic hinge. Getting the worm tea out was hard too. The outlet valve is recessed, so you can never get all the liquid inside out completely, there is always some liquid pooled on the sides of the valve. If they'd just build it with the screw top sticking out, that wouldn't be a problem. What kind of an engineer didn't think of that on his/her own? You wouldn't think you need to get all the liquid out until you move and you can't pack it up because its dirty. The last problem was the drain holes from the composter into the tea storage bin. This design leaks. Don't put it in your house unless you place it on a catch basin that you intend to clean daily. I wrote the company with my critique and got no reply. Perhaps the post office lost it?
easy to use October 18, 2008
ASB (Ohio)
This looked like the easiest way to try composting and so far it is really easy. I was a bit worried about the drainage into the base because you turn the drum but it has not been messy at all. The company has also been good to work with. I had a question because of the delivery company and they got back to me and handled it right away.
The Whole Story August 18, 2008
DanZ (Chicago, IL)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I just finished my first batch with the Envirocycle and here's what I think:
1. Easy to Assemble
Very easy to put together. Only complaint is that the latch for the door is a little flimsy - opens up sometimes when you turn the drum.
2. The Process requires some work (about 5-10 minutes per day)
You need to make sure the mix of brown and green material is right. Too much green and it starts to smell. Definitely add lots of brown.
You also need to break up the material with a stick or pole. Everything in the drum has the tendency to clump together and this makes turning MUCH more difficult.
Definitely gather the compost tea. I can't imagine letting that stuff just drip out the sides. It also is something that you can use as you wait for your compost to be ready.
In short, if you think you're going to be simply tossing stuff into this thing, turning it and walking away...guess again.
3. Composting Process can take awhile
I was adding things incrementally in little bits - this means the process will take longer and eventually you will need to "close the batch" - that is stop putting things in and allow the process to completely finish. This is why if you're really into composting you may need to buy two of these things: You can stop one and continue adding to to the other one.
FINAL NOTE: I am happy with this product - it has made it relatively easy for me to do composting and I now have the hang of it. I'm looking forward to doing a second batch and to continuing with composting. However, I don't think I'm going to buy two of these.
Helpful Composter July 31, 2008
P. Schaum (St. Louis area, MO USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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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