Been looking out for this for a while…Last years price was $149.00 now gone upto $199.00.it's 50% OFF they say…Have checked other online store and for a twin tumbler this is a good price. Now includes a "5litre Caddy bucket and Organic Rubbish Bags". For what's out there I don't believe there is a cheaper price.
IF you are a NEW Member you get 10% OFF. (I'm sure you can use another email address which most people have.)
Bunnings stopped selling these a couple of years ago, and they were the only ones that stocked them, so they're actually quite hard to find. The barrels were $99 a piece at the time. I bought mine last time from Deals Direct, $89 for 1 plus the stand.
(Unless they've started again recently… haven't looked in the last 6 months or so).
That's a good price, especially if delivery is only $13.95. Those things aren't small.
HOWEVER, I have these compost tumblers and I wouldn't recommend them if you haven't got any experience with composting. They're completely sealed and sitting off the ground so it requires a lot of work and knowledge of good composting practices to be able to get a good result out of them. Your average beginner will probably struggle to make it work.
Hey zzyss, I would definately be a beginner - but have been considering something like this for a while. Would you mind telling me why it's dificult?
Also, are there any troubles with pests?
Can you put worms in these?
Ta.
I wouldn't put worms in these unless you want dead worms.
Composting is a pretty simple process - you just need to get ingredients and conditions right for a good compost like baking a cake.
Your ingredients are basically a good mix of brown and green (or carbon and nitrogen). Generally people aim for around 30 parts brown to one part green.
Then you want your compost to be moist but not wet, and well aerated. After a few weeks, if everything is right, you'll have some nice compost.
Yep that's a great summary of it.
When I first started out with these, my compost always dried out and didn't… well… compost.
If these are sealed, then do you have to manually aerate, or does giving then a tumble do the job?
They don't get any air, except through the lid (which isn't air tight, but nor is it substitute for actual ventilation.
Also, any liquid that accumulates in the bottom of the tumbler will inevitably fly out from the gap in the lid while you rotate the barrels, and you'll more than likely end up wearing it.
On the issue of worms, this, and even the plastic "worm farms" that you get from Bunnings/your Council/etc. aren't ideal for worms. The impermeable plastic doesn't provide enough air, but on "advice from an expert" (a David Murphy book) I drilled a bunch of little air holes into mine and after that it went great guns.
No troubles with pests (unless you consider loads of little flying insects pests, but those are largely inevitable with any kind of composting setup).
Can't see a 10% coupon as a new user
It is a pop up that appears when you first go to the site that asks for your email. Try going incognito on chrome or equivalent on another browser or clear your history and try again. That should do the trick.
Cheers, that fixed it..
Don't actually recall ever buying from them.. Have definitely visited before though.
The code FEBFINDER will give you 12% off ($11.88) for me. Worked with my current account. As per here — http://www.finder.com.au/dealsdirect-promotional-codes
Dammit! :-)
That extra 2% would have paid for the "transitCare" Insurance that refused to be removed.
Sorry, only went hunting for a better code just before posting it here and after your first comment.
Postage cost depends on Postcode - postage to me is $16.95
lol these are just 2 water tanks put together to make a compost bin. I bought the exact same tanks from bunnings a few years ago. I guess they couldn't sell them as water tanks so they decided to try something different?
You can pay your council $20 per year for a large yellow bin and use that as a compost bin. At any time you don't want it, you just give it back and they will remove the $20 charge.
Also, I think you can claim some sort of rebate for compost purchases from your council?
cheap compared to hardware stores?