VIVOSUN Dual Chamber Tumbling Composter, 2X 18.5 Gallon Compost Bin, Heavy-Duty Compost Tumbler w/Sliding Door, Plastic, Black

This was fairly easy to assemble. Great if you have limited space. A word of advice; put it as far from your back door as possible, it will draw flys and ants. This is great for household composting, if you include garden or yard debris it will fill up fast. I eventually ordered an expanding composting barrier for the garden debris. I do recommend this one and would buy it again if I needed another tumbler.

My newly retired husband has taken up gardening and every single little tomato is his child. Now he wants to make compost for them so I ordered him this composter as it seemed a good size. Well we got the thing and it's a bunch of parts. You've never heard so much swearing as he tried to put it together stating design flaws, etc. He recruited my son and between the two of them it's now built. It seems sturdy and holds alot of waste and doesn't take up a lot of space. I found a sign to hang above it that says, "Trespassers will be Composted". It's all good now.

Must need for garden

It has taken over an hour to assemble, every time you get the sides together to go to the next step they come apart- the directions are awful, very cheaply made, don’t know how it works because it’s still in pieces / it should.not be a 2 person build — but it is

This is an ingenious design. The six side panels "sort of" slip together at a weird 60° angle with a slight vertical offset. I never did 100% figure out how it worked: some pieces slipped together effortlessly and others I had to fumble with for a minute or two. Once you "learn the trick," (or get lucky) it is Easy to attach adjacent panels. Excessive Force is NOT required! Once the two adjacent panels are aligned just right, they seem to magically assemble with very little force.LARGE END PANELS: The large end panels are supposed to "snap on." I am a strong male but my fingers are soft and slip. It might help to have a man with strong rough hands, like a bricklayer or mechanic, to snap on the end pieces -- but Be Sure he does not Break Anything! Truly excessive force would no doubt Break Something and is a sign You are Doing Something Wrong. NONE of the tabs were loose, and about half snapped in place during initial assembly. I had to rotate each side and vigorously massage the tabs to get the tight ones to finally snap in. THIS IS GOOD, THOUGH, because now the entire assembly is Very Sturdy ... there are Definitely No Loose Connections once you get all tabs snapped in place correctly, lol!The cool rubber gloves, one with long plastic nails for digging in the compost, were a neat flourish. Generally, this was some the highest quality packaging I have ever seen. There were Extra screws and a phillips screw driver. No tools required. I did not use the cotton assembly gloves, but again, this was a nice added flourish indicative of a high quality product.

Does not stay popped together and doesn’t seem as large as described.

How well the compost bin spins to mix up the contents is the most important feature for me. This bin meets my expectations. I add to the contents and give it a spin without a lot of trouble. As the bin gets fuller, spinning the bin takes a stronger push but it is still easy. It was a little difficult for me to completely snap the end pieces to the side pieces. The seams have to be smooth in order for the doors to easily slide open and close. Make sure the seams are smooth especially the area of the doors. Still I really like this compost bin. It works well. It remains to be seen how quickly the compost will be ready to use as I have both sides working. When the compost is ready on both sides, I will change to keep completed compost in one side and working compost in the other. I recommend this compost bin.

It took more time than I anticipated. The pieces flex a great deal and don't line up like you would like. After assembly, the little composter should be great.