Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was kind of undecided between 4 stars (I like it) and 5 stars (I love it). Maybe when I have had it for a bit longer I will reevaluate to see if I do love it. It beats the hell out of our old one. The old one was more a garbage can with no bottom. It didn't roll or mix or anything. Just through things in it and it never really seemed to get full. It ended up being a big mess when I finally lifted it up and had to deal with this pile of goo and a thousand worms. This composter is much neater and cleaner so far. I like how it looks and it turns so things mix fairly well. I say fairly as it seems a lot of stuff is going around in a clump. I may not be using it exactly as they say. I'm not sure how anyone can though. They want you to add so much of each ingredient then let it do its thing for 6-8 weeks while you turn it every three days. I have two so I can be adding to one as we get the stuff from meal preparation or garden/lawn waist. Once its full we will let it sit for 6-8 weeks while we fill the other. We are hoping this system will work. I added some lawn clippings about a week ago to the stuff that was already in there cooking and by the inferred picture attached you can see it does get very warm. It was 20 degrees Fahrenheit over ambient outside. I have high hopes so I will update my review in a few months. The picture was taken in the morning and the composter was just over 70 degrees while the outside temp was just under 50. I'm surprised it didn't have a cat sleeping on top of it.