FCMP Outdoor - The Essential Living Composter, 2-Tray Worm Vermicomposter Bin (HF-LC4000v2-GRY) Grey

This is my first time vermicomposting, so I don’t have a lot of experience but I thought this bin was perfect. Very easy to set up, comes with starter bedding and coconut coir to get you started. It also looks very nice, absolutely no one would know that I have 1000+ worms in my apartment. I’ve had this bin for about 3 months and my worms are thriving, I’m getting compost, and no smell! For context I live in a 2 person apartment so no leaves or yard scraps being added to the bin. Just weekly cooking scraps and some small garden trimmings.

This was extremely easy to setup and get going. It's pretty sturdy and built well. It was easy to get the bedding going, as you can see in the photo. I lucked out with finding a neighbor who was moving and needed to rehome his worms. I took them in and they're doing really well. It doesn't smell at all, and I've had no problems with escaping worms or mites. I'd just say that it does attract fruit flies, so we moved the unit into a shaded part of our backyard for now and have only brought it in when there have been bad storms. The spout is great for collecting the worm tea, though the filter can get clogged easily so keep an eye on it. But, the tea didn't even smell (I've heard that can be an issue for some people with vermicomposters.) This is so much easier than taking everything to our big compost pile and waiting months to use it on our garden. Overall, seriously happy with this investment and just need to figure out how to buy another tray or two to add in!

Love this worm bin. I got this for my daughter’s 5th birthday — only “per” we could handle in our apartment right now, good lessons in sustainability, life science, but especially worm multiplication. It doesn’t compost too many scraps — we eat a lot of produce — but at least some. We’ve also observed the different ways different scraps break down, the molds that grow. Many mango pits were sprouting, so we planted one and have a mango seedling now. There is no smell at all outside the bin (and only the smell of fresh castings inside). We haven’t had any vermin or insects. The internal environment of the bin is pretty stable. I was worried when we left to travel during winter, when our apartment is overheated and dry, but the worms did fine. It looks elegant, like a piece of furniture. Some worms do make their way down to the empty bottom tray and die, but very few. Most are happy in their tray. We only now filled the second tray and are preparing to harvest the first (could’ve done it months ago, but life’s been busy). Can’t wait to repot my plants with this beautiful fertilizer. I’ve had a DIY outdoor worm bin before, and this one is so much easier to manage. Totally worth the purchase. Like others have said, starts slow, don’t over-feed, have plenty of worms, keep your dry and wet materials in balance (I do like to splurge on a worm blanket once on a while — cardboard does the trick, but I love a good worm blanket). Happy worm-raising!

Love this worm bin. Holds a lot of worms. Pretty sturdy. Didn’t love the filter area and how to use that part- it kept getting clogged with solids for me and then just being messy. But I love how nice these look and I felt like the price was worth it. To grow a worm farm this is easy to set up and use. I have recommended to people.

I waited to purchased this bin and caught a sale and I’m glad I did. I read reviews and saw maybe issues with venting and escape. In any worm bin when they are too wet or too hot the worms will travel to escape. So I did add air vents as I saw in review photos. I purchased 1” soffit air vents, and used 15/16 spade drill bit to put 3 holes on one side. Assembly was really easy. I didn’t use the cocoa coir that was included, I used the shredded paper and pre soaked it- personal preference. I plan to keep this in my basement if it gets too cold over winter it is really easy to move. You can expand this to a 4 trays so you can double your castings. I am starting with 250 worms, i’ll see how fast they process scraps and if I need to i’ll order more.

I love this set up so much! The worms really do migrate to the top level when the bottom one is full and this makes getting the waste material so much easier than just using a single layer bin. The bin holds a lot of red wiggler worms. If you are purchasing them, starting with the standard bag they sell would be perfect. Final thoughts, this is a great set up for kids, small spaces, and for teaching about composting. I initially bought one for my work with adults who have intellectual disabilities and loved it so much I bought one for me. I've had worm composters in the past and they were cumbersome and eventually I gave up. This one makes it easy to use and care for, I have no issues with odor or bugs, and I can see when the worms are migrating up. Very exciting 😊

Im Winter bin ich zu faul den Kaffeesatz, die Eierschalen und die Bananenschalen in den Garten zu tragen. (Alles andere kommt in den Biomüll). Der so entstandene Dünger ruht darin bis zum Frühjahr auf dem Balkon und wird dann an die Pflanzen ausgebracht. Ich habe das Produkt ohne Würmer genutzt, die sind im Garten. Die Farbe war auch ausschlaggebend, denn die Welt hat Angst vor LILA und weigert sich im Beige-Grau-Wahn Farbe herzustellen. Endlich Lila!

No me gustó, las bandejas no encajan bien por lo que los gusanos se escapan por todos los lados, para una lombricompostera de interior eso para mí es un gran problema. Lo devolví

Arrivato puntuale, prodotto di buona qualità e il design lo rende compatibile con un arredamento moderno. Consigliatissimo!

Pisitiv: gut verarbeitet und stabil. Da kann man nicht meckern. Aufbau ist einfach, trotz der fehlenden deutschen Anleitung. Gestern bekommen und aufgebaut und die fleißigen Helfer sind auch schon eingezogen. Heute Morgen die Kontrolle... Negativ: die Würmchen können gut Klettern. Leider ist der Deckel nicht dicht am Rand. Vor allem da wo die Griffmulden sind. Und nach unten können die auch. Trotz der eingelegten Zeitschrift. Also entweder die Würmer hauen nach unten ab oder sie ertrinken in Wurmtee wenn der mal da ist irgendwann. Ein Sieb nach unten und ein dichter Deckel wären toll! Muss mal schauen ob ich da was modifizieren kann...wenn nicht geht das Teil zurück.