Why anyone would pay for something like that is beyond me. Composing is about being "green". Using electricity to make compost is just plain wrong headed in so many ways.

If you want to make quick usable type of compost, check into vermicomposting. Yes, worms. They eat the garbage quite quickly, and with the right setup, there is zero odor. No electrical use either.

Otherwise, there is nothing wrong with traditional composting. It recycles and uses zero energy. Regular composting takes about 2 months if you turn it often and keep it damp. If you're more into the lazy person's type of compost, then the three heap system works great. 1 to add to currently. 1 cooking. 1 to harvest from.

Or is this some attempt to spam the forums with a new and stupid product?

I'm thinking of getting this so I'd be interested in finding opinions on it, too.

I don't have any issues with getting more people into composting, even if it means using electricity. We compost things not to be "green" but to have compost that we know where it came from. And for that, it is fine if someone uses a machine to do it.

I have no experience with this unit as ours are human powered :). But here is a tidbit on it: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/11/naturemills_ind.php

Here is a link that might be useful: NatureMill Article

live wire, Jaysus man, lighten up a bit. I just asked a simple question about a product I knew nothing about. If I had asked for a diatribe and wanted to have been insulted I would have called my mother in law. Thanks.

P.S. It uses .50 cents worth of electricity a month but I am sure you waste absolutely none.

$400 for something that you can do for free is foolish. PT Barnum was right. Stamp it with the trendy label and charge a fortune for it and you clean the pockets of the less knowledgable.

If you're in an apartment or condo, I understand wanting to find a better way to deal with recyclable waste. Vermicomposting does that at very little cost. Mabye $50 for some bins and worms. There is a whole forum here on Garden Web devoted to Vermicomposting. One devoted to regular composting as well. I suggest you browse both of them to become better informed about the practice before wasting your money. If vermicomposting has too much of an "ick" factor for you, then you're probably not suited to compost to begin with and should donate your waste to a local neighbor who has a traditional bin.

Here is a link that might be useful: Vermicomposting

amirm, Thanks for the link.

This is all I have to say but the old adage that says it is far better to keep your mouth closed and have people think you a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

I realize you are a legend in your own mind but I did not ask for advice on how to spend my money. If I decide to seek such advise you will be the first one I contact. Slainte.