DPW compost tumblers

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I'd like to start composting my kitchen scraps. Does anyone have experience with the tumblers that DPW is selling? Are they worth the $90?

http://www.somervillema.gov/departments/ose/composting

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I have a similar compost tumbler. It is great. You get usable compost, it doesn't smell and we haven't had any problems with rodents. The only problem, as mentioned above, is that you can't get usable compost if you continue to feed it. I don't put scraps in ours during the winter months, but continue to spin it occasionally. In the spring, when I am getting my garden ready, I empty out the compost. If I could do it again, I would get a dual chamber tumbler (and now that I think about it, maybe I can add a divider into mine) or I might buy a second unit. In addition to the compost, I keep a bucket under the drip hole and get good 'compost tea' for garden watering.

$90 is a reasonable, but not fantastic price. Costco and Amazon both have a dual chamber tumbler for $99