Easy to Use Rolling Compost Sifter aka Hand Trommel Review

[@growingyourgreens]

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[@TheMlamjav]

Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens Check out this a new, simple, efficient, time and effort saving soil dirt sifting tool called, SWIFT SIFTER. If you like my product please like on the video and leave a comment on my video. Thank you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJWbf2eVoqxris0

[@TheMlamjav]

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[@maddenkarter3534]

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[@aronmarcel8140]

@Madden Karter yea, have been using kaldrostream for months myself :D

[@johngeib]

I built a sifter on a diagonal frame (sifter is basically like yours with 1/4" hardware cloth). I can shovel the compost onto the top end of the sifter and it mostly sifts itself as it slides to the bottom of the frame. The wheel barrow sits under the frame to catch the sifted compost. Can run about 3/4 of a large wheel barrow load in the 2:30 seconds it took to do 5 gallons.

[@ronnihatcher295]

I don't care how long your videos are and some complain about it, but there is always so much to learn from your vids. I get so many ideas and come up with my own based off what I see in your videos even if I have to watch sometimes in increments. This is your garden journal! How can you expect him to always make them short. Not realistic short videos for good range of quality info on experience. Thanks for always sharing.👍👍👍🙌

[@johnmulloy80]

John, My wife and I really enjoy your videos and your advice for living a healthy lifestyle. You are very inspirational. Thanks for all your hard work.

[@middle-agedmacdonald2965]

I've had this idea, and it's probably been done before, but it's both the sifter and compost tumbler turned into one thing. It would be cool if the sides of say John's compost tumblers had screens on the sides that could be covered with removable panels when used for composting, or removed when wanting to sift. Place the wheel barrow under the tumbler, and you've eliminated a whole bunch of labor/time with less space/effort.

[@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy]

Looks almost like the one Gary made and did his video on, called, DIY Woodchip Tools Sifting Trommel Wheelbarrow Mulching. Nice to see they are available for those that do not want to make their own. Great Video, thanks

[@earthkeepinggreen7763]

Robbie and Gary Thank you Mr Gary. Composting is the heartbeat of organic gardening!

[@littlenugs9942]

After watching the video from the inventor. The original pvc frame is supposed to slide on from the front of the wheel barrel. She says it doesn't snap in.

[@earthkeepinggreen7763]

Thank you!

[@littlenugs9942]

@@earthkeepinggreen7763 np young fella

[@punkyroo]

I was just thinking about building a rolling sifter for my homestead! This video came at a great time. Thank you! :)

[@judyofthewoods]

The mesh of the finer screens could be made into permanent drums, slightly smaller to fit inside the sifter. With one of them slightly smaller again so both can be stored inside (nested) when not in use. No need to fiddle with the ties each time.

[@justdale8115]

I'm a diy guy too. This is a good idea and cheap compared to most other similar sifters. The materials are cheap to buy if you want to make one yourself. But once you factor in the time to go out and buy all the stuff, measure, cut everything and assemble, buying seems like a pretty good option. It's all about what your time is worth. I would recommend gluing the base together.

[@earthkeepinggreen7763]

Please be advised sifter needs to slide on from front of wheelbarrow! The wheelbarrow cannot be against wall. Can be seen on how to make rolling sifter! My eBay site will give reviews on how well it works!!! I was very excited when John was interested in my sifter and thought it was amazing so I mailed out to quickly. High cost for sifter getting there quickly!Sorry about no instruction. But knowing john watched both videos i would think he didn't need them. Cheryl Smyth Composting is the heartbeat of organic gardening.

[@julvwildcat190]

Earthkeeping Hi Cheryl I was excited to see John reviewing the product because it looked like less work than the one I made. With that being said if you are a business owner and creator of a product it is on you to make sure you include instuctions on how to use the product properly in order for people to get the proper experience with the product. Like with what happened here you may not like what the reviewer said but don't take it personally just use it as a learning experience and imrpove the product and or other aspects that are lacking, for example high cost of shipping.

[@living6a916]

Keep your head in the game. Don't give up. Thank you.

[@earthkeepinggreen7763]

I did not send instruction. My mistake and i have learned the hard way. John had seen it used properly on one of my videos posted: garden rolling sifter but does not show how to put on wheelbarrow. I am very grateful john thought enough of sifter to review. And encourage people to buy one or make themselves. Also on my how to build one yourself which my father and John encouraged me to do shows how to put on wheelbarrow correctly. Which john seen before posting his. Yes i am a little disappointed cant say i am not. But all is well!! Composting is the heartbeat of organic gardening!

[@julvwildcat190]

Earthkeeping you should post a link to your video of you using the sifter. I watched the video by clicking on your profile, I also watched the one of how to build your own which I think is great. Some people may not be inclined to go to all that trouble of searching for themselves but if there's a link and the work is done for them they may watch it when they other wise would not have. It would not hurt to give it a shot.

[@Mulberrysmile]

Cheryl I like your sifter and I think John was unnecessarily harsh and rudely dismissive. From what I see it stays in one place (unlike others), rolls very easily, does exactly what it is supposed to do, and includes the options for the varied screen sizes. I like it is a single unit that can be changed because it saves storage space. For most people, that is a good thing and worth the few minutes it took to modify the unit. I like that it sits on the catch container and does not need to roll on the ground. I think you made an awesome product! I don't think the price is that high when one considers the costs of all the materials plus the labor of making it, and some fair amount of profit for you. John unfairly compared to his home made screen sifter because he did not include his own labor cost. His would still be less expensive, but not really by so much. As to his functionality complaints: meh. 1. The shake screen may be his preference, but it is definitely more work to use and it takes longer as he admits in the video. That shaking motion is also very hard on the back, for those of us with back issues, which he does not address. 2. His desire to manipulate the compost is just his choice, not an actual problem. In my experience, rubbing the pieces on the screen actually damages the screen...why do that if you don't have to? 3. His point about tumbling out the big pieces with the end open was also a personal preference, not a functional issue. The big pieces remaining in allows them to help the process by knocking against each other and the screen to actually get more fines out. This was demonstrated when he opened the lid...nothing small was left inside! He made more work for himself by doing that: it added a step and another container to move around that was shown to be totally unnecessary. I think he did have a valid point about the length of the pipes: I suggest you should offer maybe three sizes. Base the sizes on the most common garden carts and wheelbarrows. Go around all the shops that sell them and measure that outside length. I don't think your slide on method would have mattered had John done it because his wheelbarrow is definitely not the width you designed for. His point on shipping costs was valid...take his advice on getting that down. You have a good product and, in my opinion, John was mostly rude and unfair.

[@ahmedelshafey7602]

Hello John, I am a big fan of your videos for years, the first time I stumbled with them was the aquaponicone, you cannot imagine how thrilled and happy I was, as I have tendency to go back to nature just like yourself. for the sifter, I honestly don't think it will do the job as there is no space between the 1/2 inch and the 1/4 inch screens, If I only want to separate cast only, I would have used only 1/4 or 1/8 inch screen! I'd rather space the 1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 (with smaller diameters for te 1/2 < 1/4 < 1/8 inches) to give a chance to separate: !- worms and twigs 2- cucoons 3- cast, respectively. But thanks alot for you anyway :)

[@charlesingram5818]

Didn't fit my wheelbarrow crossways either, but put my thinking cap on and re arranged the tubes to run lengthwise and on an angle and sit inside the barrow. That way bigger pieces fall out the shallow end into a tub. Works like a champ.

[@m.a.8425]

Good idea. Need one similar to spread peat moss on my grass.

[@thefaeryman]

how about a harbor freight concrete mixer with a lid, then it is really easy

[@sherridipietro2200]

I purchased one of these on ebay a couple months ago. I had no problems at all with it when I watched her instructional youtube video. And as for shipping, I was given a very reasonable shipping price, and was not forced to pay for priority mail, and still received it very quickly. I think this review seems to be bashing it a little just to seem like he is authentic and "on the consumer's side", but its a little overboard for no reason from what I experienced with my purchase of this item.

[@JustGG1956]

It is meant to slide onto the wheelbarrow starting in the front, the wheelbarrow slides into the pvc frame. Watch her video.. You have it sitting on top of the wheelbarrow.

[@countrylemoncream]

just what i needed to know idea drill hole in each end for the pcv to go through to make a push handle. now you have a compost spreader. ya baby ya

[@elishataylor693]

I love that rolling sifter

[@jimrenderer6627]

Hey john, what about adding a rotisserie motor to the sifter, One way to motorize making great compost. I've seen those motors used on wood lathes to slowly turn a wood turning when a thick Finnish is applied(such as an epoxy finnish)

[@gthree0239]

I really like the idea of this. Gonna have to buy one for my worm castings.

[@jiminutez]

If you make the one end higher and tilt the drum the big stuff falls out without manually doing it. With the old screen system just use a shovel instead of shaking it

[@servantofthecreator3997]

Hey John. What’s your opinion on the kitchen composter that makes compost in 24 -48 hours?

[@ronyerke9250]

You don't have to shake that wood framed sifter at all if you don't want to. I just take the brush end off a roof coating spreading broom and use that to sweep across my screen when I get tired.

[@earthkeepinggreen7763]

PVC material is made ultra-strong, that is UV-resistant furniture grade. Non-toxic and safe does not contain heavy metal or phthalates. Composting is the heartbeat of organic gardening!

[@Gargamel19]

love this video! I actually use a wire trash can i found at dollar tree so sift things through! i dont have the time or money to make that fabulous sifter you have there but if anyone else needs a smaller one, just buy the black, stiff, mesh waste baskets they have at doller tree, and then you can use that to get really finely sifted soil! = )

[@BigWesLawns]

Good idea. Balcony growers need small sized tools like that. Store bought compost needs to sifted for plastics, and crap too, so that would help for that too.

[@jayanddenissejones6648]

Thanks John. Appreciate the demo of the new compost sifter but I think I like your original design for me. Plain and simple plus I can make it! Again...thanks! Great video

[@3flwrtpssweets286]

Hi john, I watch your KZbin.com garden videos sometimes often and sometimes from time to time, and they are not only a big help for me a novice gardener but also a interesting because of the different types of plants and garden topics you review. Today, I saw the compost sifter and your t-shirt I like the slogan on your t-shirt, but I need to know how much it costs. As for the sifter, I think it would be more convenient to use if it had a turning handle on the outside and if it snapped in so I could turn it without having to hold it in place. Thank you.

[@jiminutez]

The covers I bought a Homedepot for 8 bucks each. I didn’t know it screws apart 3/25/24

[@HuntertheVegan]

Congrats on half a million subscribers!!!!🤩🎉 500,000!!

[@buffy2529]

Hi John! Just curious.......do you think turning a compost 3 times a day will speed up the process? Thanks!

[@NICKYM26]

okay John I LOVE all your video's but I checked the link below and can't find the shirt's, I really want a couple, tell me where to go to get them, also I love the rolling compost sifter, but way too expensive for me, I think I will use your method. I did get 2 of the micro shredder's, and the lifetime compost 80 gallon, which I am waiting for, should be here July 3rd, will be my first composting, other than the piled up grass and leaves which are way too hard for me to toss. Keep the video's coming, I don't mind you being long winded. You are the best. BTW I had a fish pond with coi's in it, but took it down, and used it for a raised bed, but my question is can I use the coi food for compost????

[@audreybarnes6527]

Shame there isn't a design that combined the two actions. A secondary screen/drum inside the compost bin John open compost bin. When the compost is ready, open the door facing the floor and rotate a handle connected to the internal screen/drum and refill and repeat.

[@earthkeepinggreen7763]

Audrey Barnes There is by : mantis original compostumbler. But only 1/2 openings.

[@freethinker8047]

John, fabulous review. Thanks for your effort and insight :)

[@Leo413623]

I don't think it's necessary to be able to get you're hands in there and push and force stuff through. I think it would save time in the long run if you just run the sifter for a while and dump it out because it'll all make it's way into the com post anyway so there's no reason to stress about the big clumps now. They will break up in time. Great video. I loved the demo.

[@SherrickDuncan]

Why not just use a push compost spreader? Works just like this but has handles. You push and it distributes screened sifted compost on the ground were you would have placed and spread it in the end anyways.

[@RoboTekno]

Wow, I love how blunt John is, haha. I'd recommend laying the blow a little softer next time. Great video though. Keep them coming :-)

[@ale347baker]

I like the bluntness. It makes me trust him.

[@datghettoazn127]

Hey John, Can you compost rice?

[@robs9574]

I loved this honest review. Excellent content.

[@brycecarswell892]

The 1/8 inch mesh is flimsy, but if you take a 1/4 or 1/2 inch and fold it over itself it halves the size of the mesh and stiffens up the sifter. Thats the way I would do it for my worm castings. Two % gal buckets w/lids cut down and chicken wire minus the two years thinking about it and minus the $60 shipping!

[@saffrondishong7056]

Great review

[@فاروقسعدمحمود]

Excellent

[@BigWesLawns]

I put 2 legs on my sifter, they fold, and it can sit like a painter easle, or it xan be flat, and when you shake it, you wont have to hold it up, just hold your end and shake, and the legs hold up the other end of the frame(for folks who arent upper body strong) Makes a yuge difference. I have a frame like yours too, and I dont mind bending and shaking my moneymaker, the neighbours need something to stare at, and talk about. 😂

[@Wissassin]

Took the person 2 years to figure that out ? Its locking lids for 5 gal buckets zipties fencing and some pvc. Good vid.

[@killuminatepeacefulness3948]

Can u build one of those???

[@growingyourgreens]

Yes, See: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2S3nmturpWsaqc to Make Your own.

[@killuminatepeacefulness3948]

Thanks!

[@hypersapien]

There's a guy named Mike who has a schematics and a parts list online that is pretty popular, I just built one myself. You can search either google or youtube for "mike's trommel" and you'll find a ton of hits.

[@lakeabrinson728]

This looks great. I saw it on ebay.

[@MeandYouHello]

i was just looking for a video to watch 👍

[@sandyralston5814]

What is the shreaking, screeching background noise? Yours are usually quite and none distracting.

[@badvibesnosleep975]

Congrats on hitting 500K subs, we are close behind you at 500 (no k) lmao

[@unboxingreviews2293]

Good luck guys haha

[@anarchisttutor7423]

There's a man who attached a metal mesh trash can to a cement mixer for an ingenious sifter.

[@OnBetamax]

Hope someone realize that if you place it in front and push it back, it would fit perfectly. The lower side of the C part is meant to be under the edge.

[@heatherviteo7128]

You could have put the legs on the opposite ends instead of cutting more pvc

[@earthkeepinggreen7763]

heather viteo Yes. Wheelbarrow should not be against wall. Also

[@earthkeepinggreen7763]

Also needs to slide on from front of wheelbarrow.

[@dennishedrick5308]

Looks cool need to add a motor

[@doubledeckers]

Sorry to be critical but the automatic level/audio compression on that microphone was horrible and made listening hard work.

[@peppermadness4159]

Awesome tshirt....

[@rockgardner]

nice simple idea. could use a handle to turn though. also, pvc is very eco-unfriendly, a wooden frame would be much better.

[@flyer737sw]

Am I the only one who was a lol’ing when John was struggling with the PVC?

[@HeirloomReviews]

yea i sift compost some times but i explain all that in the super soil video i just made!! check it out : )

[@felipeguerrero1218]

Nice shirt!!

[@earthkeepinggreen7763]

Please watch garden rolling sifter. Will show used correctly. Sifter needs yo be slide on from front of wheelbarrow!

[@keansalzer8364]

Moneymaker?

[@grounded7362]

It was designed to fit a contractors wheelbarrow.

[@Rosalinda626]

Make a t-shirt that looks more like a blouse/feminine. I’m older and I don’t wear t-shirts. Would love to buy one and help out 💛💛💛💛

[@gigsunlimited1594]

Integrity intact .... As always ..

[@earthkeepinggreen7763]

This is a link to rolling sifter in use: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpSrlHimqpKYibc Composting is the heartbeat of organic gardening!

[@EvanCooper_b_prepared]

Who's Meme-i-work? j/k :) I bought a shirt and built a sifter like yours! Thanks for the informative videos! I also bought the boogie blue plus pack :D

[@repurposedart9897]

I guess you didn’t like her products. Why even do a review. She seems to be a small business not some large manufacturers company. Like your video but not this one

[@Anythingforfreedom]

Honest review on an overpriced price of junk. John you're awesome.

[@robertschmidt9296]

The reason there was no instructions is because you got the men's model. If you're a man who actually wants instructions, get the women's model. lol

[@thatguythatdoesstuff7448]

That took two years to develop? That's two bucket lids, chicken wire and PVC from Home Depot. $90 plus shipping for $10 (if even) in material. I'll pass.

[@Freeknickers24]

I was just sitting on the edge of my bed thinking about making one of these to separate lithic mulch from dirt and weeds, then I turn on youtube and you are using one for compost. Weird.

[@cjgarner07]

Neat device,but holy crap she's charging waaaay too much money, compared to just making one ourselves. I mean it's totally simple. Hope she can improve on it to make it better and worth the cost. I wish her luck, and love the videos as always. Peace.

[@earthkeepinggreen7763]

Everwoke please watch rolling sifter by earthkeeping. You need to slide from front end of wheelbarrow. It fits snug. I promise.

[@movingon.............6850]

He meant 8th of an inch and not 8 inch

[@AlvinMcManus]

A Gama lid, no duh! This is an easy diy and not need to purchase unless you don't do diy.

[@2xeverything]

you should have just flipped the bottom things around, to make it wider, like this: _|-__-----|-_- instead of |_---_|

[@tongvang724]

Not feeling that tool, seems too hectic to use.

[@christianhansen3292]

duct tape! or electric tape! :D

[@regolith199]

are you suuuuuuure you're not canadian?

[@duanem3658]

No

[@MrVoiceFactor]

you could be more cool & not talk about shipping cost on video.. give the girl a BREAK!

[@williamsmith5581]

pvc su,,,,,,,,,,k

[@Exiledk]

Anybody else hate the way the americans pronounce it "com-post"...?

[@billmcallister1404]

Sorry you talk to much

[@garden4life622]

Why are there rocks in your compost? That contraption looks awful...I don't sift my compost and it is just fine. But I do not have rocks in it. Just veggie and fruit scraps, leaves, egg shells, would never buy it...