The Mantis ComposT-Twin: Decompose in Style
by Jacob Gordon, Nashville, TN on 09.11.06
When you finally get your act together and you’ve built that modern green Platinum prefab, got the décor and eco furniture all dialed in, your Prius Touring Edition perched in the driveway, and you eat that first organic victory apple, you’ll be tossing the core where? Composting, like the rest of the mod green life, should be done in style, folks. And you have options: indoor/outdoor, analog/digital (see the TH roundup). I stumbled on the Mantis ComposT-Twin on Amazon and thought it deserved a place in our arsenal. This may, in fact, be the best looking off the shelf composter I’ve yet seen (despite Mantis’ admirable efforts to sabotage it with infomercial-esq marketing). Elevated on a frame for easy loading and easy rotation, the ComposT-Twin has two chambers, one for maturing compost and one for the freshly added stuff. Not satisfied with your ComposT-Twin in the first year you own it? Send it back for a full refund! Pricing in at over $400, this is not the dumpster diver’s bin, but if you’ve got the dough, the love of detritus, or want a nice free composter for a year (I didn’t say that), enter the Mantis. :: Mantis via Amazon
But will it bite my head off before transforming my carrot peelings into dirt?
Yes. Then, it will make sweet love to you.
i suggest this might not be difficult to make at home with a 50-gal drum (or more, if you need bigger) and some basic handyman skills.
Jacob Gordon: That's a great idea. How would you feel about working up a designer imposter? I'm sure we could offer a prize for a great one.
You mean someone actually "designed" that creepy-looking thing?
Well, it ought to be just the thing, in case we ever have another polio epidemic:
http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/collections/archives/agalleries/Polio/Acc9_lg.jpg
What a great idea, a competition to build a cheaper version, you could post the winner on Instructables:
http://www.instructables.com/home
Hey would could start a trend of recycle, re-use and rebuild, BRILL!
here's a homemade version (not mine) on instructables:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Compost-Tumbler