Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I just bought this and put it together myself, it took me 2 1/2 hours but I didn't mind because I was excited to get it and I took my time. It was fairly easy to assemble once I got started but there are a ton of screws for the barrel part (56) and that was the most time consuming part for me, trying to reach inside blindly with the nut to screw onto the screw. Once put together I felt it was pretty sturdy and placed in a (Recommended) sunny spot. I feel the people who have placed bad reviews on this have not fully read the directions. It say's to place it in a sunny spot to help along the cooking process and to mix the appropriate ratio of nitrogen to carbon for best results. If your compost isn't doing anything folks, smells sour, is too wet and stuck to the sides, ect... your not doing it right, read the directions! Also it's easy to get the dirt out if you read the directions. It say's to place tarp on ground (I use a bucket) rotate doors to bottom and slide open the cured content chamber, cured compost will fall out, slide tarp out. I have also read some reviews stating if it rains the grooves fill with water and when you tumble it the water gets all over you, relax people, it's water, tumble it away from you. Over all this product is affordable, works like it advertises when used with common sense, easy to tumble, makes beautiful compost and I would recommend it as an affordable alternative to the more expensive tumblers.