TUMBLEWEED Compost aerator tool

Should have bought this sooner

It does what it should. Got to the bottom of my compost bin so I could mix it all up.

Very awkward design

The spiral part digs into the compost, and you can lift it up, so in a sense it does what it's supposed to do, but the poor design makes it unnecessarily difficult to use. - Instead of holding the top still and rotating the middle, you have to hold the middle and rotate the top, which is much more awkward. - There's no handle for the middle part where you have to hold it still. - The handle at the top isn't free spinning, and it has sharp bits of plastic sticking out, so it's constantly scra...

I would recommend this tool.

This tool makes the aeration much easier. It is simple but effective.

If you bought it for compost, it works great

Does exactly what I wanted to do

Even better than I hoped for

Finally ordered this after months of dawdling due to the price tag. The reviews indicated it would be the best solution available for me. I have a very deep, enclosed compost bin (city yard waste bin) that NEEDS turning due to the closed structure, but a pitch fork would never work. The bin had never been turned in close to a year, and was full to the brim. This tool worked extremely well. Obviously I could not get to the bottom of my bin, but you can drill down all the way up to the bend b...

Shipping Damage

Arrived with the shaft bent.

The one thing you should know. . ....

Just used it for the first time,in a compost bin with 2 and a half feet of compost. Worked a charm, except that strings on tea bags, (i drink a lot of tea) spiraled around the aerator. From now on, I shall cut the strings off before throwing 'em into the bin!