This has been amazing! We garden and this makes a great nutrient rich mix that we can throw in the beds! We feel much less guilt with left overs that don't get finished because we know they are immediately going into our families future!
My husband and I would avoid buying healthier foods like fresh fruits, veggies, and leafy greens because we'd feel guilty if we never finished them all and had to throw them away. We live in an apartment that had no composting resources readily available in an area with bears so the trash was the only option we'd ever have energy for. Now we're able to alleviate that guilt of throwing food out by knowing they're going towards making compost instead of the trash.
Like all Vitamix awesome machine very well built. Currently I run cycles 3-4 times a week with leftover banana peels, apple cores, variety of vegetables, some pet food, tea bags, and so much more. Trash has reduced a good bit and garden is loving it. I had tried composting but was failing really bad at it. I mix this in old stuff and it works awesome.
No odor outside the bin; running at very low sound level; easy open and close; the food scrapes become nearly like powder after the cycle, I just spread it over my garden bed.
After our Lomi died, we took a hard look at our options. We decided on the Vitamix mostly due to bucket size and the lack of a removable lid on the machine itself, but also the good reputation of the Vitamix brand. We have run at least 50 cycles so far and we couldn't be happier. Easy to start, easy to empty, and the result is always a consistent powder. We are very happy with our purchase!