iDOOCompost Bin, Electric Composter for Kitchen Countertop, 3L Smart Mill Composter Kitchen Bin, for Mom, Auto Home Compost Machine Odorless, Turn Waste to Pre-Compost for Plants

Before purchasing the iDoo Garbo electric composter, we struggled with food scraps. We would put them in a very thin compost plastic bag inside a bucket. The food would sit for three or four days before we emptied it, during which time it often grew mold and started to stink. When it came time to transfer the bag to our larger compost bin on the side of the house, the bag frequently broke due to the decomposing food, creating an even worse smell.Setting up the little bag in the bucket and letting the scraps sit for days was too time-consuming and unpleasant. That's when I decided to get the iDoo composter to simplify things. I've used it several times, and it's been very effective. It's much easier to dump the food into the composter and let it grind everything overnight.I believe an electric composter should be affordable for all families. While the $259 price is not affordable for me, many people might find it too expensive, especially considering the additional cost of refills like charcoal filters every three to six months. Given that composting is required for food scraps in California, there should either be a tax credit or a very inexpensive model available for everyone to compost food.Using thin compost bags inside a bucket is not ideal unless you have a large bin constantly filled with grass and other materials. However, this method risks attracting rats and mice, complicating matters further. Therefore, an affordable electric composter would be a much better solution for everyone.My only issue with the setup is that the manual instructions don't specify how much charcoal and white beans to pour into the filter. I dumped them both in, and it worked okay. I'm curious how long it will take before I have to purchase another pack of charcoal and beans. I also wish the company would upload the instruction manual on their website. I don't like hanging onto paper manuals.

I eat a primarily plant based diet so I have tons of produce peels and scraps. Garbage pickup is only once a week and I won’t have a smelly bin anymore! Amazing, quiet and efficient machine, huge bucket of scraps goes in and out comes a half cup of powder that I throw under the bird-feeder or if it has coffee grounds into the garden or sprinkled on the lawn. It’s so clean and there isn’t a bad smell. Just dumpWipe it clean and start over. Best investment I have made in a long time. My garbage is cut in half and doesn’t stink anymore even when it gets hot!

The price was great and the product worked well for the first 6 months. Approximately 9 months in the bolt that holds the propeller inside the bucket sheared off. The bolt is a #12 machine screw in zinc, not a good design for torque loads and mailable when hot. This was fortunately covered by warranty, but was surprised to find out that they have no parts for sale or replacement with these units, once they break, a whole new unit is needed; they ended up sending me a whole new bucket. The bucket had already gone through design revisions in less than 9 months time, which tells me the products they sold when I bought were still in infancy. 1 year and 3 months later, the food stopped composting. Little did know, the heating element melted down and failed completely. I tried to order the part and make a warranty claim, but all the company did was issue a 30% reimbursement from original price, which obviously does not resolve the broken part. Can’t say this unit is a great buy long term due to the fact that it’s likely to fail at least one time in the first 2 years based on my experience. I think it would be wise to pass on this unit and use something else that has better reviews…

I have owned the Nagual for years so I think I can speak from experience on how good this iDOO is. First, it is bigger than most other models. It completely holds my rather large sink compost bin. The door is easy to use, and locks. It looks nice and not like a piece of electronics. And the composting is more complete (things are drier) than the Nagual, which I usually had to run twice for each batch.This iDOO is easy to use, has a water reservoir (the Nagual would just dump on the counter) and a cleaning mode, which the Nagual didn't have at all. I have also had less problems with things getting stuck to the bucket (so far) compared with the Nagual.Is this unit perfect? No. There are several things I would improve. First, the codes are lame. There are too many odd letter codes that have to be deciphered. I'm not sure why they need so many codes, but they either need a little screen with words rather than codes, or include a "code card" to say what the codes mean.Secondly, the manual is just ok. For a unit like this it needs to be bigger and clearer. For example, they include 2 bags of "charcoal powder" (one white and one black) and they tell you to dump both into the filter. But they don't tell you in what order, or what to do when they need replacement. What is in them?Also, there are times when you may want to add some things to a cycle already in progress, or stop a cycle that is finished early. To do this, you hold down the power button for a few seconds - but nowhere is this documented. What other functions are missing from the manual?To be fair, 99% of the time, users will be dumping things into the bucket, closing the lid, and pushing start. So from that perspective, the negatives are pretty minor. It's really working great so far and easily deserves 4 stars, if not 5.

Works great. I bought this in August of 2024. My only issue is it can get a little stinky when running if you don't empty it out first but since I've been putting coffee grinds in it more often, I think that's been resolved. I think mainly it was just struggling to keep up with the moisture levels of some of the fruit parts I was putting in. Once I started emptying it more often, we've not had that issue as much.We don't put anything in it other than egg shells that have any contact with animals. I probably could do some of that but doing so makes me anxious. Anyway, solidly built, no complaints.