FCMP Outdoor - The Essential Living Composter, 2-Tray Worm Vermicomposter Bin (HF-LC4000v2-PUR) Plum

Easy to assemble. Worms seem to like it, and it looks good.

Love this worm bin. I got this for my daughter’s 5th birthday — only “per” we could handle in our apartment right now, good lessons in sustainability, life science, but especially worm multiplication. It doesn’t compost too many scraps — we eat a lot of produce — but at least some. We’ve also observed the different ways different scraps break down, the molds that grow. Many mango pits were sprouting, so we planted one and have a mango seedling now. There is no smell at all outside the bin (and only the smell of fresh castings inside). We haven’t had any vermin or insects. The internal environment of the bin is pretty stable. I was worried when we left to travel during winter, when our apartment is overheated and dry, but the worms did fine. It looks elegant, like a piece of furniture. Some worms do make their way down to the empty bottom tray and die, but very few. Most are happy in their tray. We only now filled the second tray and are preparing to harvest the first (could’ve done it months ago, but life’s been busy). Can’t wait to repot my plants with this beautiful fertilizer. I’ve had a DIY outdoor worm bin before, and this one is so much easier to manage. Totally worth the purchase.Like others have said, starts slow, don’t over-feed, have plenty of worms, keep your dry and wet materials in balance (I do like to splurge on a worm blanket once on a while — cardboard does the trick, but I love a good worm blanket). Happy worm-raising!

The media could not be loaded. Easy to use, but easy to screw it up too. There's lots of fruit flies and I don't know how to control that. I have an electric fly trap nearby it. The first time I got fruit flies I stuck it outside and I ended up killing all my worms because of the heat. I once let it get too dry and a bunch of ants set up camp in there. But I learned that if I just kept misting it with water everyday and turning it, the ants would find it an unpleasant habitat and move out. That was true. Right now it's back in my kitchen next to the trash bins, the worms are fat and juicy, busy making compost and compost tea. Wish the fruit flies would go away. The appearance is modern and the black color blends in with my black appliances and trash bins.

I love this product! I am new to “worm farming”/vermicomposting, and this has made it such an easy process to successfully have a worm farm inside my small apartment! It was actually smaller than I had envisioned, so I’m planning on buying a second one because I like it so much (and because I create a lot of veggie scraps on a mostly raw vegan diet)! I did a ton of research online and watched videos and read reviews. This one is the best out there for indoor use, as well as price and size and ease of use. I’ve seen a lot of reviews posted about “it smells” or “my worms escaped” etc—and those people aren’t using the product right. If you do your homework you can successfully have this worm farm and it won’t smell and your worms won’t escape—you can’t just stick worms inside and toss a couple veggie scraps in and hope for the best without learning how to correctly keep your farm from becoming anaerobic or unhealthy. With that all said, I live in a small one bedroom apartment and I have my worms inside my apartment and there’s never a bad smell! The smell is like the inside of a forest, it’s great! The worms are happy and working on breaking down the “greens” and “browns” and soon I will have incredible composted dirt that I can use for growing my own lettuce and flowers on my outdoor balcony. Like I said, I love this product so much I plan to buy a second—but do your homework and read the FAQs online or watch YouTube videos to learn the do’s & don’t’s of vermicomposting. It’s not the products fault if your worms aren’t happy, working, and thriving—that would be user error.

This was extremely easy to setup and get going. It's pretty sturdy and built well. It was easy to get the bedding going, as you can see in the photo. I lucked out with finding a neighbor who was moving and needed to rehome his worms. I took them in and they're doing really well. It doesn't smell at all, and I've had no problems with escaping worms or mites. I'd just say that it does attract fruit flies, so we moved the unit into a shaded part of our backyard for now and have only brought it in when there have been bad storms. The spout is great for collecting the worm tea, though the filter can get clogged easily so keep an eye on it. But, the tea didn't even smell (I've heard that can be an issue for some people with vermicomposters.) This is so much easier than taking everything to our big compost pile and waiting months to use it on our garden. Overall, seriously happy with this investment and just need to figure out how to buy another tray or two to add in!

I love this set up so much! The worms really do migrate to the top level when the bottom one is full and this makes getting the waste material so much easier than just using a single layer bin.The bin holds a lot of red wiggler worms. If you are purchasing them, starting with the standard bag they sell would be perfect.Final thoughts, this is a great set up for kids, small spaces, and for teaching about composting. I initially bought one for my work with adults who have intellectual disabilities and loved it so much I bought one for me. I've had worm composters in the past and they were cumbersome and eventually I gave up. This one makes it easy to use and care for, I have no issues with odor or bugs, and I can see when the worms are migrating up. Very exciting 😊

Pisitiv: gut verarbeitet und stabil. Da kann man nicht meckern. Aufbau ist einfach, trotz der fehlenden deutschen Anleitung. Gestern bekommen und aufgebaut und die fleißigen Helfer sind auch schon eingezogen.Heute Morgen die Kontrolle...Negativ: die Würmchen können gut Klettern. Leider ist der Deckel nicht dicht am Rand. Vor allem da wo die Griffmulden sind. Und nach unten können die auch. Trotz der eingelegten Zeitschrift. Also entweder die Würmer hauen nach unten ab oder sie ertrinken in Wurmtee wenn der mal da ist irgendwann.Ein Sieb nach unten und ein dichter Deckel wären toll! Muss mal schauen ob ich da was modifizieren kann...wenn nicht geht das Teil zurück.

Everything all togetherEasy set upGreat for beginners

Très étonnée de voir cet article sur Amazon, un lombricomposteur joli et bien conçue! Très heureuse de mon achat! J’ai commandé mes vers sur le site de verslavenir.ca

I really like this unit and my worms are very happy. I already had two but this green one was on sale so I bought a third. I will have lovely worm castings for my garden from now on. If you need info I learned most of what I know from Vermicomposting Learn by doing on YouTube.