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I bought the Yimby tumbling composter Through an Amazon affiliate (Wayfair) for $97.34. It was fairly easy to assemble, and I instantly put it to use. It was about half the capacity of my old Earth Machine compost barrel, so when I got an offer for a second one from the supplier - Wayfair again - at a discount, I bought a second composter for $75! I took pictures of the assembly and posted them in detail on my Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200942320501147&set=a.10200942291380419.1073741826.1259915743&type=1&theater The compost tumbler is doing great! The first side has finished compost and the second side is "cooking", and getting there. I bought a second compost tumbler (I posted pictures of it on FB), and while the second side of the first one is composting, I am adding to the first side of the second one. I'll soon use the finished compost to side-dress my okra in the vegetable garden. I started the compost about 10 April, and it was ready about 2 months later. Don't believe the hype about compost in 14 days. Two months is a lot quicker than the average compost pile. Of course, I was continually adding to it for about a month, so you could say it took about a month from the time I stopped adding stuff. I would tumble it back and forth and around every few days. It doesn't need tumbling every day. Just be sure to add enough dry brown materials, so your compost doesn't become a soggy, wet, anaerobic mess. UPDATE, one year later: Both my Yimby tumbling composters made it well through the rough winter, much colder and snowier than usual for this area. In spring I had two wheelbarrow loads of compost, which I put in my vegetable garden before planting tomatoes, beans, and okra. Now it is August 2014, and the garden is doing great, producing a lot of beans, okra, and beautiful, juicy, meaty tomatoes. I just emptied one of the composters so I can start a fresh batch while the other is "cooking". I am pleased with the speed and quality of compost. As I stated earlier, the key is to add dry materials to wet stuff so you don't get a soggy, anaerobic stinky mess. I keep a sealed garbage can full of last fall's dry leaves and a bin full of dry grass clippings to add to the tumblers whenever I throw in a crock full of wet kitchen peelings and coffee grounds.