Joraform JK270 Compost Tumbler

I have used a Juraform 270 litre insulated composter for many years. I have used various forms of composting methods including other commercial composters.This is by far the best commercial composter on the market for domestic use. I fill mine with garden and kitchen waste including raw meat etc. To establish a good mix of nitrogen (greens) and carbon I purchase a supply of wood pellets from my local pet store. The wood pellets have a multi purpose.Firstly they provide carbon, secondly they help mix the contents in the tumbler as you spin the tumbler which in turn provides oxygen and thirdly they help to absorb excess water from the kitchen and garden waste.The right mix of nitrogen and carbon creates the perfect environment for microorganisms to break down the waste and create heat. The heat helps to kill seeds e.g. weed seeds and also to kill disease from garden waste e.g. blight on tomato plant leaves etc. Tomato seeds do tend to be very resistant to heat so beware that your finished compost might sprout some tomatoes plants here and there.In the warmer summer months, it only takes about 3 weeks to convert garden and kitchen waste into useable compost. In the winter it takes longer.As there are two compartments, it’s best to fill one compartment to about 90% full and then start filling the second compartment. Once the second compartment is full the contents of the first compartment should be ready to use.I fully recommend this composter. It’s by far one of the best tools I have ever purchased and has transformed my mindset in regards to recycling. I reckon the Government should be subsidising this product to help this country manage food and garden waste and at the same time help change people’s mindsets.In return we create good compost for our garden whether that’s used for flowers, fruits or vegetables.I now go one step further and feed my home made compost to worms in a home made horizontal worm migration bin and create lots of worm castings.

Had high hopes of this product, it arrived well packaged and I and a couple of friends set about assembling it. Very disappointed to encounter problems with panels that didn't go together as expected, the insulation seemed to be proud on a number of panels and only through brute strength did we manage to get the self tapping fixings in place.Noticed that there was daylight between most of the panel joints and wasn't overly surprised when water ingress through these ill fitting panels made the proposed compost very wet.Used a silicone sealer on the ill fitting joints and things are better but I will wait and see how things develop. Perhaps I just got a 'Friday afternoon' unit or maybe it's a very good idea poorly executed ( and I speak as someone who built up an engineering manufacturing company from scratch such that I was able to sell it for many millions and retire at 56 I.e. I am not a mug punter when it comes to manufacturing and engineering)Overall I would think that caution should be exercised if you buy a Joraform, at the first sign of ill fitting parts, package it up and send it back, I should have !

We've just started using our composter. It seems to be great - I have high hopes of great easy compost for the garden. It took two grown men over 3 hours to assemble - it's fiddly and the assembly instructions aren't IKEA standard. The instructions on how to use were in Swedish (not super helpful for non-Scandis). However, I found the instructions on-line and downloaded.