Lloyd

With only a little bit of patience on the compost cycle and I just chuck whole fruit into the compost bin.

I do like the hand crank part though.

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If you like it, you might want to get it soon. I watched the video and encouraging 5 year olds to use it might be a bit much - even if it might (doubtfully) be fine for one kid with two hands imagine the fun that two kids with four hands could have! I am sure that it is far less dangerous than most things in the kitchen and most children would never have a problem, but...

Lloyd. your salad idea might be a marketing angle they should try. Her kitchen scraps look much nicer than mine and up until the point that she was running her hands through the stuff, it looked ok.

In my experience trying to make compost on a micro scale is making it far harder than it needs to be. It is certainly understandable if you have a very limited space (or material), but if you have a bit of room, devoting some of it for a larger composting area is a good idea, it is just easier.

i am the only person who composts in my home and im the youngest child in my family 19 years old. no one in my house hold even composts yet alone knows i compost so i just dig in the trash throw all the waste in a 5 gal bucket keep the lid on and done. couple days later it gets moldy it's that simple i chuck in whole fruits if im lazy.

the price for one of those is just too expensive as well. i rather cut up fruits and vegetables by hand then use that.

For the same money ($120 to $150 it appears), one can buy a compost thermometer, compost fork, and a lot of hardware cloth to make a couple large bins.