Rotating Compost Drums

[Guerri Stevens]

Sorry, but this is not a political comment!

I am always attracted by those ads for rotatable compost drums. I resist because of the price and the size. They are much smaller than our non-rotating bins, made of 4' high fence wire with 2" x 4" openings. Our bins provide a larger quantity of compost, slowly, and with some aerobic and weight training exercise along the way.

The drums look neat, and the claim is that they produce compost faster. So, knowing that within the TAPCIS community there is always someone with experience/knowledge on any topic ... has any of you tried one of these things? Do they work? What are the drawbacks?