mmmata wrote:Hey woot I got the sound effects for your deathstar!

it goes 'pew pew'

oh my god best post ever!!!!!!

I picked one up last time. I put it together solo and had no problems. Yes, it's time consuming as there are a lot of pieces but it's not difficult.
It seems to work - haven't been using it long enough to get compost but stuff seems to be breaking down nicely - and it rolls fine on the spider stand.

Okay, let me get this straight. You want me to pay a hundred bucks for a big plastic ball that will take me and a friend two hours to assemble? Check. What do I do then? Stuff it with garbage, you say? Check. Why is that? Because it'll make my garbage more, um, garbagey? Double check. Yep, this Woot makes perfect sense!

their website says not to compost oak leaves...I'm out

gwbaker wrote:Is this REALLY any better than saving your leaves and other yard debris and letting it rot in a pile. I just think it is product looking for a solution that does not actually exist.

There actually is a reason here - perhaps several (some may not apply)... 1. In Texas, we tend to have brush fire problems... and an untended, exposed compost pile is a fire waiting to happen. This may or may not apply in your state / climate zone (though a compost pile should be tended regardless of location).

2. If you have pets, particularly dogs, throwing out your compostable food may not work very well. Ours had a tendency to bring things back in that took a while to chew until we moved... still haven't set up a new one.

I am stunned and speechless.... I have never seen anything like this. Although this might be one of the most bizarre items i have ever seen, the idea is genious. Perhaps this was invented by a scientist that didn't want to go to the store to buy fertilzer.

Make your own smelly solution to feed the plants!

Botkin

suezb wrote:THE DEATHSTAR IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dude, how otterific would it be to have a deathstar in your own back yard?

I did not put o t t e r i f i c in my post. Woot, I don't put words in your mouth, don't put words in mine.

or in my new deathstar.

CarrotTop6z9 wrote:Didn't we just have this few months ago?

Be careful. As soon as we start complaining about woots being re-wooted after just a few months, they'll take us back to the days when we would see the same Uniden cordless phone wooted multiple times per month. =) (kidding. hehe)

suezb wrote:THE DEATHSTAR IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dude, how otterific would it be to have a deathstar in your own back yard?

http://www.tshirtbordello.com/images/friends-on-that-death-star-l1.gif

I wish I new how to just have the picture pop up instead of the link, it would be so much funnier

they didn't get the licensing from George Lucas as they would have hoped, other wise this would have been released as the Ecomposter "Death Star" with Spider Base. Of course it would've sold for 800 bucks and had a limited edition numbering. we could've only been so lucky.

I bought one last time they were offered. Yes, it did take a couple of hours to put together, but it wasn't difficult. All the different parts are in labeled bags and include spares in case something gets broken or lost.

The assembled ball will NOT fit through your average sliding door. Trust me.

It is not recommended for use as a pinata, dog toy (unless you have a very large dog), or kick ball.

mkentosh wrote:http://www.tshirtbordello.com/images/friends-on-that-death-star-l1.gif

I wish I new how to just have the picture pop up instead of the link, it would be so much funnier

When you're writing your post, look for the "formatting guide" link below the text field and click it.

I got this when it was last wooted. They likely have more because the new model has a ring base instead of the spider base.

It took me about an hour to put it together. The instructions were clear, and extra pins just in case you bent some pounding them in. (yeah, that's what she said).

It's pretty big, about 4 feet high on the base. It's easy to rotate now, but don't know if that will last if the base is left out in the rain (i.e. rust).

I'd woot it again if I didn't already have it. It's a little pricey, but very well made, and once it is together, it's maintenance free and very sturdy. I let the kids roll it around.

Just remember to put in equal parts "brown" (i.e. leaves, newspaper) as you do "green" (i.e. kitchen discards).

Yes there are other ways to compost. There's the free "throw it in a pile" method, but then again, I don't want to have my neighbors complain about an unsightly "pile" on my property or to have prospective buyers take off $10K because of it (I plan to sell, and it's a tough market in case you hadn't noticed). And the kids are more interested in composting than if I had a "pile".

Worms are another option, but then again, I haven't seen any of those on Woot!, so I got this one.

The price is a good price for this model.
Best price for the new model (it is also an ugly grey instead of green like this one) is $113 at Meijer

Version 2.0 is the deathstar

Per the manual!

Roll-On Optional Base - Not included
Roll-On Optional Base - Not included


Once it's 1/4 full it is nearly impossible to rotate

-this is not a 'Spider Base' it's an INSECT BASE. Six legs, duh!

This is last year's model. The new one is unchanged w/ the exception for a minor name change. Out with the "Spider Base" and in with the "Hexapus Base".

We have one from the last wooting for these in June - it went together fine and there is surprisingly little odor.

Did you hear the one about the worm that parked his car in a no parking zone? The police had his car nematode.

anyone know if this would fit a, i don't know, how about 185 lbs of say human body?? just out of pure curiousity. but if i had too?? could i? you never know might be a deal breaker if it couldn't. i'm just sayin

Based on the picture, it looks like this would take way more than 2 hours to put together! It looks wicked cool though

It would be fun to get one of these just to put in some colored lights that pulsate slowly, along with a subwoofer inside with a continuous droning sound off a hard drive. My neighbors would freak!

sixdolla wrote:anyone know if this would fit a, i don't know, how about 185 lbs of say human body?? just out of pure curiousity. but if i had too?? could i? you never know might be a deal breaker if it couldn't. i'm just sayin

Not easily, unless you have a chain saw.

Oh No!

Damn BORG will come poppin out this thing as soon as I get it!

I want to woot it but I can build one out of a 40 gallon drum for about $15. Now thats recycling!

showcaller wrote:It would be fun to get one of these just to put in some colored lights that pulsate slowly, along with a subwoofer inside with a continuous droning sound off a hard drive. My neighbors would freak!

Dig a crater and singe the edges with a propane torch.

Guaranteed freak city for some neighbors

showcaller wrote:It would be fun to get one of these just to put in some colored lights that pulsate slowly, along with a subwoofer inside with a continuous droning sound off a hard drive. My neighbors would freak!

Quality post!

showcaller wrote:It would be fun to get one of these just to put in some colored lights that pulsate slowly, along with a subwoofer inside with a continuous droning sound off a hard drive. My neighbors would freak!

dude just run up and down the street yelling frantically covered in a mysterious mammals blood. hahaha that might freak the neighbors out too. i'm just sayin

Wow... it's not often Woot stumps me, but when I saw this I can say I had no idea what it was.

Even after reading the comments, I have no idea what compost is nor what it is for.

Since I am surrounded by concrete sidewalks and have only three plants that I know to water when the leaves wilt, I suspect I would not ever need such a contraption.

Or are we supposed to freeze compost and eat it like an MRE (meal ready to eat)?

So thanks Woot for saving me money. Besides, I just got my Energizer Energi to Go and also my Remington headband LED spotlight contraptions.

I can relate to those new "Woot toys" far better than some thing that turns rotting whatever into rotting pile of something else.

-- Seems to me this would sell better as a Star Wars Death Star model.

-- Or put a safe combination on the lid and market it as Darth Vader's safe, as seen in the Star Wars movies. (It wasn't, just lie about that fact.)

-- Or maybe it could be the coolest looking litter box on the planet.

Sidenote: I have to question if the reason Woot has these is because consumers did not look at the product as all that useful.

But that's coming from someone who likes that concrete is his front lawn. So maybe these are a hot item and I just don't know it.

megaxcrb wrote:Just bedazzle it and BAM, disco ball...

and then when you are not partying you can shove your dead leaves in it..


OR

imagine it is the death star and reenact the space battle with some x-wing and tie figurines

Win Win
Quality post

Hard to rotate, period.

And it leaks. Imagine the smell.

Those air tubes would need Tylenol soon.

Same designer did iPhone's antenna.

fstopdigital wrote:oh jesus not this The Strangers (2008)again. this was posted like a month or two ago. I remember crappy reviews like:

Difficult to impossible to assemble (with two people it takes three hours. every single fastener must be put in by hand; something like 500 fasteners and 8 connecting plates)

hard to rotate on spider stand

works no better or faster to compost than a big garbage bin

save your cash folks

How hard is this for raccoons and like to break into?

uh-maze-ing. bought one last time it was on woot for my husband's father's day present. not only does it not stink (pun intended), the soil it makes is great! definite must-have for any composter!

jshoop231 wrote:I want to woot it but I can build one out of a 40 gallon drum for about $15. Now thats recycling!

That's a good idea but it doesn't actually qualify as recycling...or re-purposing, even....

celim wrote:How hard is this for raccoons and like to break into?

Even skunks stay away from this thing.

OK - I bought one last time. It's quite a fun construction project if you are missing your youth of Lego, Erector-set/Meccano. However I have to say that while I find flat-pack Swedish furniture a breeze; this thing took a while. Mating the two halves of the dome took two days - because I had to wait for a warm day to make the plastic flexible. And I live in California. And it was the summer...
Once made, it looks quite impressive, but it leaks what is probably good fertilizer juice, and every time I open it a swarm of micro flys come out. Not really put enough in to comment on the output, but if I'm honest, I would not buy again.

1. agreed, about an hour. Medium frustration
2. Hard to rotate, even on the stand. I no longer use the stand and just push it around the yard for exercise
3. Thing seems to compost like a champ, though
4. I wonder about it's durability. Heat and 50-100 lbs of dirt in the making can put a strain on things. So far, though, it's holding up

I'm holding out for a refurb model

PoorOldEdgarDerby wrote:That's no spider. That's a joke thousands of people are going to make before the day is through.

uh, but a spider has 8 legs

alleson wrote:That's a good idea but it doesn't actually qualify as recycling...or re-purposing, even....

...which makes it a good idea, alleson?