I have wanted to have an outdoor composter for a long time. I finally bit the bullet and got one.  It was VERY easy to assemble. I watched my son put it together in about 20 minutes.  I can't tell you how well it will work to give me compost because it takes TIME to have that happen. I do know that the end result that you remove from the  bottom of the composter depends entirely on the ingredients you put into the top end. Kind of reminds me of computers, garbage in, garbage out. pun intended!