IM2000 Single-Chamber Tumbling Composter

This composter arrived three days early in secure packaging. I was very pleased with the product; the instructions were easy to read and featured clear diagrams. It was designed for simple assembly, and it took me—a 71-year-old—less than three hours to put together. The dual chambers are a generous size, and the barrel rotates smoothly with minimal effort. I’m looking forward to using the natural compost in my vegetable and flower gardens next spring. I previously owned a different composter that used a crank to spin it, but it constantly got stuck and was very difficult to turn, which led me to get rid of it. This product does not require a crank, and the tumbler is easily turned by hand. Very pleased with my purchase!

***Updated Review - July 2025*** I've had this compost bin for almost a year now and would highly recommend it. Not only has it solved all of my night time critter problems which my previous composting system had but it is neat, easy to use and for me, fun to rotate:) Over the past year, I have emptied rich compost from the bin several times with ease by spreading a large garbage bag (right off the roll and still flat) under the bin. I then rotate the bin so that the door is at the bottom and slide it open on the side of the bin I want to empty. Once the compost has fallen out onto the garbage bag, I slide the door closed, grab the 4 corners of the garbage bag and carry it to my garden. It really couldn't be easier! In terms of producing compost, this rotating bin does a great job. It is important to have a mixture of ingredients that include a balance of 'greens' (such as vegetable peels, egg shells, fresh grass clippings, etc) and 'browns' (such as dried leaves, shredded cardboard, egg cartons). If the mixture is too dry, it will take a long time to compost. If the mixture is too wet, it will have an unpleasant odor. With the right balance and with warm temperatures, the mixture composts in about 3 weeks. ***Original Review - August 2024*** I was looking for a compost bin that would not attract any of the wildlife in our area and I'm happy to have found the perfect bin! My next door neighbor has been using the same type of bin for a couple of years and highly recommended it to me. For years now, I've been composting successfully directly in a shallow pit in my yard. Recently, I noticed that the top of the compost pile was occasionally being disturbed and pulled apart by night time critters. So it was time for me to either stop composting (which I did temporarily) or find a sealed system. This FCMP tumbling composter was the answer! This bin is completely sealed except for some tiny venting holes which bring in oxygen but also allow excess moisture to drip out. The bin is designed very well for tumbling which I know is getting spun around a bit too frequently at the moment - out of sheer excitement. The size of this compost bin is just right for a family of 3-5. I love the dual compartments which allow for one side to break down into compost while the other side is being filled up on a regular basis with food and yard waste. After reading other user's comments, my son and I were careful to follow the assembly steps and everything went very smoothly. Since I've had the bin for less than a month, I can't speak about its ability to turn food and yard scraps into finished compost because it is still too early. I'm currently still in the process of filling up 1 of the 2 compartments. I am pretty confident that once the contents of this compartment are 4 inches from the top, it will take about 2-4 weeks to completely break down. I have noticed a few insects like fruit flies in the bin whenever I open it to add more material but that is normal. Other than that, there aren't an other insects or flies that hang around. There is also no odor at all which is a huge bonus! Overall, I highly recommend this tumbling compost bin.

After two years of near daily use for a busy household that produces a lot of kitchen scraps, I can say I'm very happy with this purchase. Having two sides to the composter allows you to fill one side while the other composts/breaks down. After two years outdoors, the plastic is in good condition (just don't try to open it with a hammer in the winter, our top broke that way...user error!). If it's frozen shut or iced over, we now put our compost in a bucket in the garage until we get a thaw and can open the composter back up without risking breaking the frozen/brittle plastic. I've had no rust on this, and it has stood up really well considering the extreme temperatures we get. When the composter is completely full, it does take some strength the turn it. However, I'm a smaller woman and I still can turn it as needed, I just get a nice workout. So it's definitely not impossible, just a little heavy when full as expected. The sliding doors have been a little disappointing for a couple of reasons. First off, you have to take the entire slider off (opening both chambers) when you need to empty it by rotating the opening towards the ground, otherwise if it's only half open the slider will prevent you from rotating it all the way towards the ground (see my video for an example if this is confusing). For this reason, instead of dumping the compost out like I hoped, I have to shovel it out with a small spade that fits in the opening, which takes a long time and isn't exactly a fun task. It would be much better if there were two sliders, one for each opening, which would have fixed this problem. The second disappointment in the slider is that it is not critter proof. In fact, most mornings I find it open and parts of my compost strewn about on the ground. I'm not sure what's getting into it, but I'm guessing it's racoons. Whatever it is doesn't seem to have a problem opening the slider up. Other than those two notes, this has been a great buy and has produced great compost for us.

Wow! Just wow! I bought this and was a little skeptical of it because of some of the reviews saying it was difficult to put together without worded instructions. It came with picture ones but it was very detailed and it offered online instructions with the wordage but I did not use it at all as I am a visual person rather than reading. This took me an hour to put together by myself, you do not need two people unless you want it to go quicker! It comes with no tools to help out it together but it comes with the screws and the bolts. So do make sure you have a small wench to help tighten the leg screws. Make sure you tighten the screws into the plastic as you go so that way you are also not re-reaching back in to help tighten them— I learned that halfway through as I am used to most instructions saying put it together then tighten all the screws. As you build this, it starts to close up do to the panels so seriously make sure you tighten as you go! Overall a wonderful easy stress free compost bin! I am so excited I got this right before spring so that my compost will be ready by gardening season! It has two sides you can use when you open the sliding door to dump compost in! Just use both, the plus sign and the time sign are only there so you can flip the panel to let yourself know which side is ready to be used first, if you start out with using both sides first like me then it won’t matter! I am seriously so grateful for this amazing compost tumbler that I will be purchasing another one as most of our house can be composted because we are such an eco friendly home! This is perfect, you won’t regret purchasing it!

The composter took me a couple of hours to put together using just the pictoroa; instructions that come with it. I didn't visit the website in the instructions. It might have saved me a little time. The instructions were pictures that showed the order of assembly with a few notes. . Be sure to put the frame together first and put the ends on the frame before putting the panels in. That's what the pictorial illustrations show, and the orders is important for ease of assembly. I decided not to use the center dividing circle because I want to make compost fast for my flowers and don't need two compartments. I loaded my first batch of kitchen scraps (a 2 gallon bucket full), fresh grass clippings (10 gallons), and finely shredded wood chips (10 gallons). The compost heated up fast and stayed pretty hot with one turn a day. I added some water and fertilizer after the first week had passed. The mixture never smelled and starting heating up right away. In two weeks, I emptied the tumbler's contents into the bin I keep under the composter. The only thing that had not composted fully was a pineapple core with top, some pieces of coffee filter, and a couple of big twigs that went in with the wood chips. I put those back in the bin. I spread the coarse compost around my rose bushes. It was enough to put 3 inches of compost at the base of three rose bushes in a 1-foot diameter circle, approximately. I have loaded the tumbler again in the same fashion, and more compost is cooking. It's important that everything be cut up in small pieces and any woody matter be chipped or shredded. This tumbler is just what I wanted so I could move compost materials from a holding bin and make usable nutrients fast for my flowers. I am 73 years old, and I didn't have any trouble putting this together with an adjustable wrench and a good Phillips head screwdriver. A neighbor helped me tighten the bolts on the frame with his electric screw driver. I had them a bit loose. Putting it together was tedious but certainly doable, and I was very excited about the light weight and easy tumbling of the composter. I made a block foundation for my frame to help it last longer as shown in the picture. The bin under the composter works great. Just open the sliding panel and steady the tumbler. Use a trowel or gloved hands to distribute the finished compost in the bin underneath. I am so excited about making compost fast. This purchase is worth every penny to me.

Bought this a little over a year ago. Not sure what the fuss is about with the assembly, it was easy. Make sure to put something down if you're doing it inside, as it does have some oily residue that's a little messy. This was my first attempt at composting, and the first year was iffy. I definitely didn't have enough browns, it started smelling off. Got smarter this year and saved a couple of bags of leaves from fall cleanup. In March, after almost a year of cooking, it was finally looking close to something useful. I ended up putting on some garden gloves and crumbling it by hand, as I had a lot of matted balls rather than loose crumbles. It's a little challenging to get it all out when you're trying to empty it, but not a huge deal. Emptied one side first, then the other about a week later. Sifted it over some plastic fencing and dumped the big pieces back in to break down further. Also, meant to move it into the garage during winter but it was too heavy, so I left it out and it survived the Chicago winter just fine. Now onto my second batch, and already it's looking way better than my first attempt. Not sure if it's the higher ratio of leaves to scraps or a little bit of the first batch to jump start the process on the second batch, but it's already looking way better - looks like I could get a finished batch in the next couple of months. I was definitely losing faith and wondering how everyone else had such success when I didn't, but it's just a learning process. Anyway, it's a good product, easy to use, neat, and effective!

I've had this compost bin for almost 2 months after thorough research on my options. It is serving a 2 person household and is kept in the kitchen garden area visible to us and our guests. The quality of the product is okay. The plastic it not particularly sturdy and the overall assembly was tedious and required great patience. It wasn't difficult but once assembled, if you realize something is slightly off alignment, there is no correcting it. I've had a particularly hard time achieving a balance of inputs to make the bin effective and it appears as though a limited amount has broken down at this point. It could be user error, so time will tell (I'll update my post). Somehow, we've managed to already fill one side and have moved on to the next side. We're trying to correct the imbalance (and horrible odor) because it is filled with insects. Otherwise, it is a nice size for being compact and easy to rotate for the most part - just be wary after a rainfall, when you spin it, the insets on the tumbler collect water and debris and will dump all over you. We've been waiting to review it because we weren't sure of our satisfaction with it. I'll update more once it's worth doing. At this point - I wouldn't recommend it to someone who has regular inputs into it because it is lacking the capacity we need for 2 people. Perhaps if our inputs were balanced, it would be breaking down faster... still, I can't imagine it would have the capacity we really need... we'll see. We eat a lot of fresh food so have a notable amount of compost. May be a good option for urban dwellers or single folks. UPDATE: I finally got my balance of inputs accurate. I will stand by my comment that it fills up very quickly. As it breaks down, there are definitely the usual array of insects and sometimes slight odor (although not horrible - again, add more carbon). I find that my shredder for office paper goods provides the best inputs that will readily break down. Even so, when you turn the bin, it does not agitate well and I find myself having to stir it with a stick. Perhaps as I pack my transport container in the house between trips, I should more adequately layer the carbon inputs so it distributes better. I would recommend this and possibly buy another unless something else presented itself.

Needed to find a more accessible compost bin. Our large compost bin will still be used for yard waste, etc but it's too hard to turn the materials deep down. Have been interested in compost tumblers that meet these criteria: made in America or Canada, tough enough for northern winters, discourages wildlife access, large enough to heat up the materials to form compost, easy to fill and empty, not too heavy for a senior to move. This composter is Canadian which I trust much more than a Chinese built unit. Canadians know winter and this composter appears solid. First, ignore the reviews stating this compost tumbler is difficult to put together. 68+ lady here, and it's not hard at all. Just takes time. As others suggest, watch a few videos on the assembly and you are good to go. I used a Phillips screwdriver, pliers. The assembly took about an hour but I took my time. Hint: if you assemble this indoors as I did, use the box to cover your floor/carpet. The support stand width is about 28" across at the bottom, not 24". Be careful to assemble the stand pieces correctly. There are two longer bolts...set these aside as they are for securing the main bar to the stand, one on each end. The black plastic tube covering the main steel bar comes in one piece, not two as shown in some assembly videos. After placing the two end pieces with the separator in-between onto the bar (they flop all over and slide during this step), secure the bar onto the stand with the two longest bolts. Then you are ready to place and attach the panels, one at a time, securing each panel as you go. The company provided a few extra bolts and nuts which is appreciated. Be sure to watch a couple videos as you need to have the end panels with the vents exactly the same, ie be sure the vents are in line. If the vents are not lined up the same, panels assembly will not work. Each panel fits only one way and snaps into place, but you must bolt them into place securely. They snap into place as an assistance with assembly. Be careful to tighten the bolts snug but don't over tighten as you may crack the panel. Panels are secured with the included nuts and bolts. Fit the separation panel into the slots built into the panels as you go. This takes a little work but I did fine even with arthritic hands. One big plus is the large sliding cover. It slides either way and can easily be taken off for access to the interior. This is much better than two separate small covers. Plenty of room to dump a pail of vegetable waste without spillage. Seems like a well built composter. The plastic is heavy duty, thick. More manageable than the giant bin we've used for decades. We don't have bears in our area, just the regular curious wildlife. Likely, the critters won't be interested in the composter. Even if they are, it will take work to chew it or open it. We are looking forward to years of composting with this tumbler.

Delivered much beyond the scheduled date that too after taking up the matter with the CC. Assembling the product is really tough. Look for the marking on the frame for correct allignment ( Could have been printed in the slip) and the holes &buttons on the panels for trouble free fixing. Looks sturdy .No comments for the performance of the product since its just two days.

Several panels were cracked and damaged. Pieces did not fit together well. Overall a poorly constructed piece of garbage. Do not buy!

Quick delivery and easy set up

We've had this composter for 6 weeks now and all our standard compostables are going into it. It is breaking down and getting hot, looking like a rich dark compost soil. We can't believe the weight of garbage this is saving us. Yes, the unit has a lot of parts and takes a while to assemble, but if you take your time it goes together easy. Once built it's sturdy and strong, easy to rotate once full. It hasn't seem to attract any animals, doesn't really smell when closed, and it's nice to keep the food scraps away from rodents, a usual problem with traditional ground based compost piles. Happy with product and even happier it's Canadian made!

I ordered the first one and took sometime in fixing duo to lost of screws so i would recommend to use an electric screw driver. But worth it they used good materials in this compost. The size is good but what i did i removed the middle partition so that it will be bigger. I even ordered 2 more after i tried the first one. Price is reasonable for such quality. 👍