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seems a little pricey for a compost bin; I would love to see a DIY solution with charcoal filter..... wknd project perhaps....

I agree with stet...$300 is a lot of money. I would pay about $150 for this. It's a nice idea and I would love to have one though.

How about worms? No stink and its a much cheaper solution.

I have thought about worms, but my husband would say "Worms inside the apartment...are you crazy?"...I will probably wait until we buy a house...I feel guilty making him look at worms when he doesn't want to...with more room it shouldn't be too bad.

We've had ours going for a week now and the smell is non-existent until you open it, and then it smells like cooking vegetables (because that's what it is). Throw in a stick of cinnamon and it smells almost good.

My NatureMill is super! I first saw this on TV about a year ago. I thought hey, this is too good to be true. How can composting be easy? It's supposed to be hard. All macho and everything turning the bin and getting dirty. But I am proud to say that my NatureMill really works. It's worth the money if you use it every day. I feel guildy about buying my cuisinart food processor because I used it one when I first got it and never again. Composting is something we do every day like throwing away trash (which by the way we no longer do on a regular basis). We are getting one at work as part of our office green initiative. You definitely don't want worms at work because they will die and make a big mess. One thing to be careful about though - do NOT over load the Mill. There are may reviews which say how much trouble it is to clean it out and fix it if you have jammed up the motor mechanism. So don't even try that.

One other thing - get the PRO version if you can afford it. It has a foot pedal. I went cheap and am regretting it.

I have the newer xe Naturemill which is a little different than the one pictured. It has the bigger motor and a few other improvements but is otherwise very similar. It makes very good compost and is easy to use. My kids have taken control if it and they are only 6 and 8 so you can see that it is much easier compared to my old backyard tumbler. There is no more stinky trash to take out any more because we compost just about anything that has a smell. So with my kids on the naturemill and my wife doing most of the cooking and basically no more trash to take out, there is very little for me to do in the kitchen. So you can see why I like my naturemill so much.

As in every other review, I have found the naturemill easy to use and has very pleasant odors like mushrooms or chicken soup. The first week takes some patience to allow the natural compost cultures to become prevalent. After than it's basically autopilot as far as I am concerned. The compost that comes out is very grainy and fluffy like it should be, not moldy and lumpy like you get from a tumbler or a stationary bin. I have not tried worms and now that you have read my review of Naturemill you can understand that I am not going to venture into vermi land.