Update after 3+ months: The charcoal filter has required replacing the pellets much more often than the info from Vitamix said to expect. We’ve had to replace ours at least every month. The $25 for each replacement means an annual cost of $300, which makes this device ineffective in terms of cost, though it does help with managing food waste. We’ve also found that it always requires ten or eleven hours to complete a cycle, which is longer than the Vitamix description indicated. It does work and is a good idea, but because of the total cost, I don’t think I’d buy it again. A real plus is that it is usually almost silent. A few times it has emitted loud groans and odd noises; the sounds caused us to laugh though, rather than cover our ears. Be sure to clean the filter in the lid often; The light, fluffy “compost” can make a little mess when the lid is opened. We vacuum and rinse around the lid when need be. I can’t say yet what effect the processed dehydrated food will have when added to garden soil as we are waiting for warmer weather before using it.
I recently read that coffee grounds are not actually good for compost as caffeine stunts the growth of many plants. We are keeping the coffee grounds and filters separate from the other food waste and processing it once every week or two. Maybe we should try the recycled coffee as a weed suppressant? The manual that came with the one we received in Nov., ‘23 was not up to date; it seemed to be for the first model; it should also be more clearly written.
Got this six weeks ago, have used it a lot, and so far it works very well. Two times the compost wasn’t completely dry, so I restarted and let it run again.
The past week I’ve been adding fading holiday greenery from the mantelpiece—small holly and magnolia leaves and twigs—to the usual things such as coffee filters and grounds, fruit cores and peels, vegetable trimmings. The faded greenery and twigs were so good for the compost mixture that I’ll be adding other plant prunings. The compost came out very much like loose peat moss, light and fluffy!
Before buying, I read different opinions about the ecological impact, decided against getting this, then decided to try it. I am concerned about recycling the recycler when it quits working. If Vitamix would recycle old machines, it would be a responsible thing to do. My hope is that the food cycler is one stage on the way to more effective solutions.
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