Is it worth buying a compost tumbler?

If you are determined to buy a tumbler there is one on the West Midlands groupon site!

I prefer Nellie's advice on compost making , much more entertaining than trying to turn those tumblers.

I don’t have a compost heap of any sort but I am full of admiration for serious gardeners who do ( all hail Monty Don whose compost looks superior to best roast coffee!)
However, nobody has mentioned the peeing in the compost thing yet have they?
Highly recommended on GQT on Radio 4.

I think that’s maybe a man thing maw.
I don’t think I could manage squatting atop my compost bin though the neighbours might well be amused by my attempts

I do exactly the same as jane and have exactly the same composter. Very successful. In fact I am going to take out a load from the bottom soon to mulch the roses, clematis and various shrubs.

Gunk goes into the top and black delicious smelling stuff comes from the bottom.

PS I don’t put in any grass clippings - therein lies the way to slime imo

As others have said don't waste your money beause they are heavy and difficult to turn and not very efficient.

Our gardener made a very simple compost bin with old pallets and string. He has three bays in a row now and the bottom halves of numbers 1 and 2 are ready to be used so he will fork out the non-composted stuff from the tops of those bays and heap that on top of bin number 3 and then we will leave all that to rot and start again in the spring with bin number 1. He likes the fact that all he has to do is undo the string holding the front and he can easily get at the contents. They are also easily moved to another site if needs be. I understand all the theory of what he is doing but lack the muscles he has.

As for accelerating the composting I have it on excellent authority that there is nothing quite like a lbottlearge of man waste no 1 to sprinkle over it all!

Absolutely everything goes in our compost and ALL the grass clippings together with ripped up cardboard and egg boxes and the contents of the paper shredder to avoid any slime. Slime indicates lack of heat and heat makes stuff compost. As I said I have been taught the theory!

I do not understand how the tumbler would work properly. I like the old way, easily works well for us.