Indoor Composter Bucket – 5 Gallon, Tan Compost Bin for Kitchen Countertop with Lid, Spigot and Strainer for Easy Start Bokashi Composting

The bokashi composter bin itself is great. It seals up your compost, it's easy to drain of the liquid compost tea. I highly recommend this for anyone in an apartment and who can't set up an outdoor compost area. I recommend that after it becomes more full, take the plastic separator off and wash it and then fill the bin to the top and store the separator outside of the bin. Also i use vinegar to clean out the bin and leave a little inside if it's going to sit without food for a while to deodorize it. That being said, this isn't entirely smell free and will still resemble food when it's done sitting, but if you get the right bran it is definitely low smell and low hassle and the process will be sped up. Draining the bin regularly is absolutely essential. I find it easiest after it's sat for a while, to mix the compost in with soil as i shovel it out and then just spread it in the yard. This way it has a chance to finish composting and it also doesn't look like you're just dumping brown food in the yard.The all seasons bran is very inconsistent. You could get bran that does it's job and has a very earthy aroma and really activates the compost and keeps the smell and moisture to a minimum... or you will essentially get a paper pulp that does nothing.SO get the bin, find a different brand of bokashi bran.... or make your own.

I am disappointed in this product. It cost $60.00, but is made of cheap and flimsy plastic. I think a homemade one could probably be made for less than $10.00. A better one could have easily been home made with a 5 gallon plastic paint bucket, a filter screen, a drill, and a watertight spigot assembly to fit the hole.Upon the very first use, the draining spigot fell off when I tried to drain it. I was able to put it back on, but it leaks, and I have to keep it in a large plastic bus tub to prevent sour smelling leakage from damaging my floor.One of the most irritating things is that it requires some sort of weight to be placed on top of the composting material to prevent air from getting into the processing compost; but I don't have anything at all that is suitable for this purpose. I cannot understand at all why a cheap item that is this overpriced didn't at least come with a properly sized, custom fitted top piece that could weigh the composting matter down properly. I am completely stumped about what I can use for this purpose because I don't have anything the right size and shape. The instructions suggest a bag of beans, but that doesn't fit at all, and I don't want a bag of soggy, spoiling beans to dispose of when the process is finished! Immagine! They charged me $60.00 and didn't even supply all the parts!!! If I had wanted to use such hillbilly methods as bags of beans, I could have used an old paint bucket and saved myself the money to purchase an upscale, expensive glitzy item whose hype far outweighs it's value!!!The design is clever and this could have been a really useful item if the makers of this product were not so intent on getting as much as they can while giving as little as they can. I just wish I had gotten a quality product for a fair price. Even $60.00 would have been acceptable if the product had been well made and had included all the required parts. I don't mind paying for what I get as long as I get what I pay for. This compost bucket stinks of greed even more than the rotting garbage inside!I am really sorry I bought this, and might look into sending it back. But, now that it already has composting food scraps in it, I don't know if they will accept a return. I kind of think I have wasted $60.00 + dollars!

Happy with these, no problems with lids as some have noted. Have been using them for bokashi composting about two months. No problem with smells and we have them in the kitchen. We keep a cup under the spigot as we had one leak once, probably our fault for not tightening properly. We are more careful now and have had no more leaks. We have two composters: fill one & let it work, while we then fill the second. Two works well for our family of three veggie & fruit lovers. We haven't put meat scraps in, but do put eggshells in.

I couldn't be more pleased with this bucket. It is so well constructed. I will order more since it fits my needs perfectly.