Lomi Composter Turns Waste Into Soil FAST Without the Stink

This kitchen countertop composter by Pela turns food scraps into soil in as little as 3 hours.

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0:00 Lomi Composter Intro
1:29 Unboxing and Setup
4:18 Grow Mode
6:52 Eco-Express Mode
8:44 Lomi Approved Mode
10:36 Lomi Results

[allandamian]

Suggestion: I think you should do a video calculating how much energy this appliance consumes and then determine if using it is really carbon-neutral.

[TechGamesAU]

Lol they’re a joke of a company, just look at how they threatened the Thunderfoot channel with legal action over his perfectly valid criticisms.

[nitanice]

$500? With the most minimum amount of knowledge and money, you can do this for about $10. Worm bin.

[judaswrinkle]

This product is not green at all. This product is one of those "feel good" products, that really doesn't help the environment. Thunderfoot already disproved this on his youtube channel, look it up.

[SpikeTiger]

Great idea, though i'll probably stick to the green bin and not using the extra electricity, proprietary tablets, charcoal, etc

[anarky]

It's been debunked as just a dehydrator, please search on youtube.

[sootopossum]

We don't need home composters like this we need community composts in community gardens. Granted we need a much larger spread of community gardens as well.

[ujan]

Before bashing this, I think people should try to understand the cons of just throwing out your organic waste into the trash vs. doing something like this. Google "does organic waste decompose in landfill?" and you will find a lot of articles on why it's not the same... that banana peel that you threw out will probably take much much longer to decompose and will produce methane which is 25x worse than CO2 due to the lack of oxygen and moisture when it gets buried in a landfill. You also need to factor in all the other secondary effects associated with just throwing away organic waste (e.g., gas, extra weight to transport to landfill, landfill operations, trash bags, etc.). I'm not advocating for this device, but given each individuals patience and space/time constraints this might be a good alternative especially if you have access to renewable power sources (e.g., solar, wind). Just wanted to provide more context before people just bash this without all the info.

[Ryanstuff]

So glad everyone is mentioning the thunderfoot video / review of this product. CNET should do a bit more research before posting videos like this. I'm a huge fan of CNET and I suppose I expect more of them.

[QuitYourCryin]

I throw my banana peels into my backyard lol and it uses no electricity

[jahblessjah]

I've got a lomi at home it's called "all goes in bucket -> to my chickens out the front door "

[PirateOfTheNorth]

Saw an ad for this and couldn’t quite believe it worked. Sounded too good to be true. Great review!

[MrGelowe]

Watch thunderf00t explain why this is super dumb and CNET should not be promoting this garbage. And the garbage is the device, not that stuff that goes inside of it.

[sTLoUw]

But what do you with all that soil?
Throw it away? Then why bother with composting?

[txiatg]

I'd like to know more how the community could invest in a compost system like we do with garbage. Seems to me that would serve a better purpose for everyone.

[wyzemann]

I love the concept, but my 5+ person household would eventually overwhelm that teeny tiny thing. Therefore, I'd need at least a 30 gallon version, and I don't see one of those for the same price, at least not anytime soon.

[akaizn]

This is the "composting" equivalent of the Juicero. Shiny but prohibitively expensive for the little it does. It even has "packets" and subscriptions. C'mon!

[ChrisColella]

Don't waste your money. My Lomi is less than 2 years old. They won't offer any type of assistance as they said it's out of warranty and nothing they could do. I would be willing to by a replacement part (heating element stopped working), but after several hours hours of being on hold, sending videos, speaking to customer service they were of no help so basically wasted $500 on the product. Will definitely tell my friends, co-workers, etc. to steer clear of any products by Pela as overall experience has been incredibly frustrating and disappointing. Wish I could compost the device itself as it's a piece of crap and the company doesn't back it's product as their only suggestion/solution to the issue was to buy a new one!

[kaelakeluskar]

I love this because I live in an apartment and I obviously can't have a compost bin on my balcony. But I'm glad that I can use the dirt that I get from this in my house plants. This wouldn't be ideal for someone with a backyard, but it's great for people who live in small spaces without a yard

[leomtk]

I cannot imagine that is more environmentally beneficial traditional composting.