I'm pretty impressed with this Redmon composter. After assembling it, which only took a few minutes, I found it to be quite a bit larger than I had anticipated. It's made of plastic which seems to be pretty durable. You may want to ground it a bit more if you live in a windy area, at least until you get a little compost in it. I like the top a lot because you can remove the whole piece. The four doors on the bottom of each side are nice too for digging out your compost. You should give it try. I've already started recommending this 65 gallon composter to my composting buddies!