Received my Hotbin last week. Set it up in the garden on a paving slab yesterday afternoon, and half filled it with a mixture of shredded nettles, elder tree leaves and branches, and a few other unwanted weeds and leaves. Checked it this morning. Lid thermometer showed a temperature of 40C. Opened the lid and I was hit by the warmth from the steaming mixture and the thermometer I had left inside showed a temperature of 60C! Very impressive. I look forward to the end results.

I have to say, sadly, that I am rather disappointed in this polystyrene box. Yes, it has reached 60º a couple of times, but even with the insulation, it only lasts a day and even with regular feeding as instructed, it generally stays between 12º and 25º. I'll be interested to see what compost I pull out after 90 days, but so far it seems lukewarm composting rather than hot composting.

I received the Hotbin Mk.2 for Christmas 2019, having researched many composting options. I had been frustrated that the council in our new area did not collect food waste or shredded paper so this seemed like the ideal solution.
I found the assembly and the start up instructions simple to follow, but had grossly overestimated our food waste amounts. After 3weeks we still hadn't filled the base layer, so I innovated and asked the neighbours if they would also like to contribute their vegetable waste and help reduce landfill.
3 months later, I receive regular buckets of peelings etc from 3 neighbours and so far, together, we have Hotbinned almost 50kg of food waste destined for landfill. We're aiming for 200kg this year.
The thermometer rarely goes below 50degrees nowadays, although I had a few issues initially which were resolved with the great online FAQs and Help pages.
A great product that keeps me enthralled. Looking forward to harvesting the first batch of compost soon.

As we are now grounded due to Covid 19 I decided to empty my compost bin last weekend. I was absolutely delighted with the quality of the compost. Tip - if you're putting T bags in don't. Empty the tea into the compost and throw the bag away as they don't compost down even after a year but it was no hard job just picking them out. I can't believe how much stuff you can put in it and I love this product

I bought the Hotbin mk2 in early January thinking it was a bit cold, but I'd give it a go. I have 4 other "dalek" compost bins and they slow down to a crawl or stop in the winter. I start off as th instructins said as I had a lot of dead leaves and tigs from autumn and a growing pile of kitchen waste. I also have a good paper/cardboard shredder and most of the Amazon type boxes etc. get shredded. Adding all this stuff in with a good mix of bulking agent filled the bin to about three quarters full. A week went by and the temperature had got up to around 25 degrees. A bit disappointing, but it was progress. I checked several times a day and after the second week we were hitting 60 degrees plus. Steadily adding more waste/cardboard/bulking mix keeps it at around 55 to 65 degrees and it's eating stuff pretty quickly. To save continually going out to check I bought a cheap remote temperature probe. The sending unit it stuck to the outside of the bin and the probe itself is pushed 2 to 4 inches into the steaming mass. I can now monitor the temperature in comfort and fill it when the alarm goes off when it drops below 50. No usable compost yet, but one quick peep tells me it's coming on nicely. Should get some good stuff in another month or so.

Bought my bin about 6 weeks ago. Delivery was speedy and arrived in perfect condition.

My bin is situated about 5m from my back door - no issues with flies, vermin odours etc.

I did buy one perhaps too big for what I produce, (I bought the larger one for a 2 person household) but I now have a deal with my local fruit and veg shop and collect waste off them weekly to put in .

Highly recommend this product, already on the way to getting good compost.

All my Household waste food, garden waste, lawn cuttings, hedge cuttings from my large organic garden are composted.

My Hot Bins are sited only 16m from my front door yet there is no smell or no vermin.

I am now producing the best compost,in the shortest time ever and I am therefore delighted in that I have now taken delivery of my 4th Hot bin.

Received my hotbin a few days ago. Fast and efficient delivery.

Disappointed to see the amount of non-recyclable plastic waste from a "green" company. Bin wrapped in heavy duty bubble wrap, and all contents wrapped in plastic.

Perhaps a cardboard box would be more environmentally friendly?

The contents inside the hotbin doens't really need plastic wrapping, the bin is waterproof by design.

Just filled it with waste, so will be interested to see how it performs. Looks good, and takes up minimal room.

I was a bit sceptical about paying £200 for a compost bin and I know it's going to take some time to recoup the cost but after two weeks all I can say is I'm stunned, due to the weather I've only got it half full, no grass as yet but it's been ticking over at 50C for most of the fortnight and smelling of cooked cabbage. I added a little compost accelerator and blood fish and bone to give it a head start then the partly composted top of the old slow heap and within two days it was up to temperature, loads of shredded paper and some bulking matter and it's doing exactly what's claimed, can't wait to sample my first batch at the beginning of August, this year I wont be buying mulch for my asparagus or rhubarb! And next year no grow bags.

This is my second bin I purchased it because it is cheaper. I think because it is so good the price should be reasonable so that more people will manage to afford it. I am a apermaculturist. Last year 2018 I managed to turn my daughter into a gardener. She hated the idea of growing things until she got a house and used soil in the garden to grow seeds I was there just in time to provide some compost from my hot bin to save the day her hanging baskets and pots were a feast for the eye.