We started using it in late March, 2022. By October, 2023, the locking mechanisms froze. Not that big a deal, we thought. The barrels don't tend to spin randomly, so we left that mechanism unlocked. Now it's mid-December, 2023, and the hinges are so rusted that we can barely open the composter doors to tend to our compost. So we spent over $400 for a product that lasted less than 2 years. Not a good value for my money. I'm very disappointed and surprised, because the Wayfair products we've bought in the past have all held up well. We live in Southern California, so it's not as if excessive rain was the problem. WD40 isn't an option for the hinges, because we use this compost in our organic vegetable garden.