I received this composter in February and live in the Northeast so I haven’t been able to see it ‘cool’ yet but am really looking forward to spreading my own ‘black gold’ on my garden plants. 

Assembly wasn’t easy but I didn’t have too much trouble assembling the unit by myself. It seems to be pretty heavy duty but I did have one small complaint. The part # BHK that acts as a nut on the inside of the drum seem to be designed poorly. I would guess that 20% of mine split when I screwed the sheet metal screws into them. I didn’t see it as a big deal but I ended up with some of the screws without them attached on the inside of the drum. We will have to see what happens with that. 

Overall, I like the design of the drums and they are pretty easy to spin. I am a pretty big guy though. When full of compost I think it would be difficult for a smaller person.