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The FoodCycler FC-50 is a compact food recycler that reduces food waste and eliminates food scrap odors, making it ideal for indoor use. The new carbon filter lid reduces odors, so you can store your scraps until the bucket is full without worrying about offensive smells. And quieter cycles mean you can run it multiple times a day, year round.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Okay, this is one heck of a good product
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love This
I haven’t had this really long. Now my husband and I are empty nesters, when I throw scraps in the garbage, they sit there longer than when our kids lived here. Didn’t want to spend $400 but when it went on sale 1/2 price, I bought it.There’s a bucket to hold the scraps and while you’re collecting them, there is an odor stopping lid to put on the bucket. You use a different lid to do the composting.I’ve composted maybe 6 buckets. It takes awhile to do this but it’s fine with me. You just press the start button and it does the rest. It dehydrates, then grinds, then cools. I think the bucket holds about 4 cups, but the end result is maybe 1/3 cup. I just throw this into my veggie garden.In the past I would use veggie scraps for broth, but I cannot use that much broth as I don’t cook as much as when the kids lived at home.Highly recommend.Update: 11/25/2024I've now had this for about 3 months and still love it. I love it even more. I juice lots of organic celery with my son and husband (nearly 2 cases) at a time to help me manage Type 2 diabetes. Because it's so much celery, we use a centrifugal juicer for the celery, as this does it much faster than a masticating juicer. However, there is greater waste with the pulp. My son runs the pulp through the juicer afterwards to get us more juice.When I cut the heads off each bunch, I usually toss. Normal composting takes too long. And there was a season, I replanted these heads, but it was so much work to grow them into bunches of celery. But with the Vitamix, I cut the heads into smaller pieces and put these in the bucket. It takes about 5 buckets and 2 days to do all the composting for 50 bunches. It's really quite fascinating to me to have the bucket filled to the line and when it's all done, just this little bit of compost.I've also composted fruit that's gone bad, or lemons from our tree that don't make it into the juicer, or leaves from my houseplants that have fallen off. Once I composted the bones of chicken wings, but normally it's vegetable scraps and leaves, periodically fruit stuff.Even the Black Friday deal on this isn't as good as the deal I got a few months ago at half price.The bucket is really easy to clean. I do this by hand. I have yet to replace the filter, but it should tell me when I need to do this. Depending on what you compost, this could take quite a few hours. The wetter your ingredients in the bucket, the longer it will take.If you have LOTS of scraps, I would suggest getting a bigger composter, but that could be a pretty penny. I'm really loving this Food Recycler and I still highly recommend.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Product!
An amazing item. Works fantastically well. Not sure what I like best: the great peat-like compost that it creates or the fact that most of the stuff that used to cause the kitchen garbage to get smelly goes into it, keeping the garbage much more smell-free. Like it so much we got a second one for our weekend place.
This Makes My Life Sooooooo Easier
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Great appliance
We've had this nice little appliance for 6 weeks and can now, confidently, say that it's well worth it. I got it on sale for $299 which made it much more attractive than the more expensive "other brand". I also prefer the cubic shape because it slides into spaces nicely.The inner bucket is 2L. I worried that it would be too small but I think that I like that because I really wouldn't want moist, organic waste sitting around very long. That said, there are days when I do have to run it twice. Outside of those days, every other day is the norm. Extra bucket, would be nice but not for $100. I just use a bowl until I can get the bucket back.Suitable foods - we put veg and fruit scraps, rice, breads, egg shells. The odd bit of cheese ends up in there too. I will rough chop banana peels and avocado seeds. Fibrous things tend to get stuck between the paddles and inner bucket wall. Onion peels do not seem to break down so I will use scissors to cut them up going forward.It is a fairly long cycle, so we try to keep to off peak hours or weekends.With regards to smell, there can be a bit of an earthy/funky smell but it's not smelly like bad food. If the weather is not bad, I will put it out in the gazebo. On bad weather days, I put it on top of the stove with the rangehood fan on.It is easy to use - fill the bucket, line up the arrow on the bucket with the arrow on the unit, tuck the handle down, put the lid on, lock it and press the button.Output - after 6 weeks, we have about 3L of output and our green bin is about 1/3 full by garbage day which comes around every week. It's mostly cat litter and meat bones.
Cuts down on food scraps in your garbage can
This process takes longer than I had hoped, but is far quicker than composting.I had recently moved and a garden is in my plans. Everytime I was tossing food that could be compost I was feeling guilty. Yet living in a new neighboruhood and uncertain of the vermin I wasn't sure I wanted to start a composter with winter at our back door. So I bought this to make the most of my food scraps and also to eliminate the food odors from my garbage can.I really wish the government offered some incentive to run the machine as I'm still nervous what this might do to my hydro bill.I have run four cycles at this point and they take roughly a little over 5 hours per cycle. That's with me varying what I placed into the cycles. Btw, I strongly suggest you follow their advice and don't process too many sweet foods such as banana peels. Banana peels in particular didn't break down as far as some other foods. The stickiness and the moistness affect the speed of the processing ( according to their guide ) and the cleanup. Sticky sweet foods cake on and make clean up more difficult. My first cycle had nothing sweet in in and the contents just dumped out and a wipe with a damp cloth was all it needed to clean. Banana peels on the other hand make you have to soak the bucket.I love the concept of being able to just add this into my garden, although many of the benefits of compost are cooked out. It still can be safely added to my garden though. Of course some foods are not recommended if using in your garden. Things such as chicken bones if processed will not benefit the garden.I've been keeping all the processed food items in a container with a tight fighting lid. There is very little odor to it when I open the lid, yes I took a deep whiff to check. Overall I'm happy with the concept of the product. A part of me wishes the bucket would hold a bit more as I'm a bit of a foodie and make lots of food waste. I'm also a lite anxious to see what my hydro bill will be. But hey I'll run it during cheap hours and be super happy to keep stuff out of the landfill. Also since using my foodcycler I haven't had the same issues with the local rodents trying to get into my garbage can.
This is a game changer
I am a third floor walk up apt. Am sick to death of double bag garbage to prevent leaking. This machine is uber quiet. Dosent make soil grade compost but does a stand up job of major reduction of food waste. I just took leftover turkey soup bones and other leftovers and made less than a handfull of mulch. As for the cleaning just give it a wipe or a plasic utensil scrape while warm and start to reuse...job done! I love it. I have a very small kitchen so the housing is stored under the sink and is heavy to pull out and put back..i keep the container pot separate for filling. No complaints for this product.
Quick, quite better performance then ever expected
I have been eyeing a different brand for awhile now. Feeling guilty about all the food waste I throw away. Living in the city I can’t compost. I was on the fence regarding, ordering. After research I found the Vita mix food recycler!!! No waiting months and I have complete confidence in vita mix brand owning a vita mix machine for over 21 years & never had a problem. With also the confidence I have in Bolo I jumped in. Order with next day delivery. I couldn’t wait to use this machine. That night my bucket was full and off I went to push that button. Like a kid in a candy store. I was so excited to open the lid after the cycle finished. This machine IS AMAZING. I am telling everyone about it in Canada and the USA. Where has she been all my life! I want to point out, this thing is so quite I had to keep going to the machine to make sure it was working. I am not sure why peeps would say it’s noisy lol. But it’s NOT! It does a great job and now I can blend the fertilizer into my gardens. Almost everything but bones, nuts and pits will go into it. I would not hesitate in buying this, Go for it! You will never feel guilty again for throwing away your veggie scraps. Either for yourself or a gift you need this in your life. So stoked I jumped in to buy this vitamix food recycler I named her “Cler” and she is a member of our family now. Thank you so much for developing this machine. Thank you to Bolo fir your continued excellent service!!
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Vitamix FC-50 - Convenient Home Food Processor and Recycler - Kitchen Countertop Compost Bin Alternative - Electric Waste Disposer - Odorless Garbage Disposal - 2.5L Capacity
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Description:
The FoodCycler FC-50 is a compact food recycler that reduces food waste and eliminates food scrap odors, making it ideal for indoor use. The new carbon filter lid reduces odors, so you can store your scraps until the bucket is full without worrying about offensive smells. And quieter cycles mean you can run it multiple times a day, year round.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Okay, this is one heck of a good product
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love This
I haven’t had this really long. Now my husband and I are empty nesters, when I throw scraps in the garbage, they sit there longer than when our kids lived here. Didn’t want to spend $400 but when it went on sale 1/2 price, I bought it.There’s a bucket to hold the scraps and while you’re collecting them, there is an odor stopping lid to put on the bucket. You use a different lid to do the composting.I’ve composted maybe 6 buckets. It takes awhile to do this but it’s fine with me. You just press the start button and it does the rest. It dehydrates, then grinds, then cools. I think the bucket holds about 4 cups, but the end result is maybe 1/3 cup. I just throw this into my veggie garden.In the past I would use veggie scraps for broth, but I cannot use that much broth as I don’t cook as much as when the kids lived at home.Highly recommend.Update: 11/25/2024I've now had this for about 3 months and still love it. I love it even more. I juice lots of organic celery with my son and husband (nearly 2 cases) at a time to help me manage Type 2 diabetes. Because it's so much celery, we use a centrifugal juicer for the celery, as this does it much faster than a masticating juicer. However, there is greater waste with the pulp. My son runs the pulp through the juicer afterwards to get us more juice.When I cut the heads off each bunch, I usually toss. Normal composting takes too long. And there was a season, I replanted these heads, but it was so much work to grow them into bunches of celery. But with the Vitamix, I cut the heads into smaller pieces and put these in the bucket. It takes about 5 buckets and 2 days to do all the composting for 50 bunches. It's really quite fascinating to me to have the bucket filled to the line and when it's all done, just this little bit of compost.I've also composted fruit that's gone bad, or lemons from our tree that don't make it into the juicer, or leaves from my houseplants that have fallen off. Once I composted the bones of chicken wings, but normally it's vegetable scraps and leaves, periodically fruit stuff.Even the Black Friday deal on this isn't as good as the deal I got a few months ago at half price.The bucket is really easy to clean. I do this by hand. I have yet to replace the filter, but it should tell me when I need to do this. Depending on what you compost, this could take quite a few hours. The wetter your ingredients in the bucket, the longer it will take.If you have LOTS of scraps, I would suggest getting a bigger composter, but that could be a pretty penny. I'm really loving this Food Recycler and I still highly recommend.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Product!
An amazing item. Works fantastically well. Not sure what I like best: the great peat-like compost that it creates or the fact that most of the stuff that used to cause the kitchen garbage to get smelly goes into it, keeping the garbage much more smell-free. Like it so much we got a second one for our weekend place.
This Makes My Life Sooooooo Easier
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Great appliance
We've had this nice little appliance for 6 weeks and can now, confidently, say that it's well worth it. I got it on sale for $299 which made it much more attractive than the more expensive "other brand". I also prefer the cubic shape because it slides into spaces nicely.The inner bucket is 2L. I worried that it would be too small but I think that I like that because I really wouldn't want moist, organic waste sitting around very long. That said, there are days when I do have to run it twice. Outside of those days, every other day is the norm. Extra bucket, would be nice but not for $100. I just use a bowl until I can get the bucket back.Suitable foods - we put veg and fruit scraps, rice, breads, egg shells. The odd bit of cheese ends up in there too. I will rough chop banana peels and avocado seeds. Fibrous things tend to get stuck between the paddles and inner bucket wall. Onion peels do not seem to break down so I will use scissors to cut them up going forward.It is a fairly long cycle, so we try to keep to off peak hours or weekends.With regards to smell, there can be a bit of an earthy/funky smell but it's not smelly like bad food. If the weather is not bad, I will put it out in the gazebo. On bad weather days, I put it on top of the stove with the rangehood fan on.It is easy to use - fill the bucket, line up the arrow on the bucket with the arrow on the unit, tuck the handle down, put the lid on, lock it and press the button.Output - after 6 weeks, we have about 3L of output and our green bin is about 1/3 full by garbage day which comes around every week. It's mostly cat litter and meat bones.
Cuts down on food scraps in your garbage can
This process takes longer than I had hoped, but is far quicker than composting.I had recently moved and a garden is in my plans. Everytime I was tossing food that could be compost I was feeling guilty. Yet living in a new neighboruhood and uncertain of the vermin I wasn't sure I wanted to start a composter with winter at our back door. So I bought this to make the most of my food scraps and also to eliminate the food odors from my garbage can.I really wish the government offered some incentive to run the machine as I'm still nervous what this might do to my hydro bill.I have run four cycles at this point and they take roughly a little over 5 hours per cycle. That's with me varying what I placed into the cycles. Btw, I strongly suggest you follow their advice and don't process too many sweet foods such as banana peels. Banana peels in particular didn't break down as far as some other foods. The stickiness and the moistness affect the speed of the processing ( according to their guide ) and the cleanup. Sticky sweet foods cake on and make clean up more difficult. My first cycle had nothing sweet in in and the contents just dumped out and a wipe with a damp cloth was all it needed to clean. Banana peels on the other hand make you have to soak the bucket.I love the concept of being able to just add this into my garden, although many of the benefits of compost are cooked out. It still can be safely added to my garden though. Of course some foods are not recommended if using in your garden. Things such as chicken bones if processed will not benefit the garden.I've been keeping all the processed food items in a container with a tight fighting lid. There is very little odor to it when I open the lid, yes I took a deep whiff to check. Overall I'm happy with the concept of the product. A part of me wishes the bucket would hold a bit more as I'm a bit of a foodie and make lots of food waste. I'm also a lite anxious to see what my hydro bill will be. But hey I'll run it during cheap hours and be super happy to keep stuff out of the landfill. Also since using my foodcycler I haven't had the same issues with the local rodents trying to get into my garbage can.
This is a game changer
I am a third floor walk up apt. Am sick to death of double bag garbage to prevent leaking. This machine is uber quiet. Dosent make soil grade compost but does a stand up job of major reduction of food waste. I just took leftover turkey soup bones and other leftovers and made less than a handfull of mulch. As for the cleaning just give it a wipe or a plasic utensil scrape while warm and start to reuse...job done! I love it. I have a very small kitchen so the housing is stored under the sink and is heavy to pull out and put back..i keep the container pot separate for filling. No complaints for this product.
Quick, quite better performance then ever expected
I have been eyeing a different brand for awhile now. Feeling guilty about all the food waste I throw away. Living in the city I can’t compost. I was on the fence regarding, ordering. After research I found the Vita mix food recycler!!! No waiting months and I have complete confidence in vita mix brand owning a vita mix machine for over 21 years & never had a problem. With also the confidence I have in Bolo I jumped in. Order with next day delivery. I couldn’t wait to use this machine. That night my bucket was full and off I went to push that button. Like a kid in a candy store. I was so excited to open the lid after the cycle finished. This machine IS AMAZING. I am telling everyone about it in Canada and the USA. Where has she been all my life! I want to point out, this thing is so quite I had to keep going to the machine to make sure it was working. I am not sure why peeps would say it’s noisy lol. But it’s NOT! It does a great job and now I can blend the fertilizer into my gardens. Almost everything but bones, nuts and pits will go into it. I would not hesitate in buying this, Go for it! You will never feel guilty again for throwing away your veggie scraps. Either for yourself or a gift you need this in your life. So stoked I jumped in to buy this vitamix food recycler I named her “Cler” and she is a member of our family now. Thank you so much for developing this machine. Thank you to Bolo fir your continued excellent service!!
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