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I've had this worm bin for 3 years and have found that it just doesn't work all that well and is NOT worth the price. In fact, I quit using it. The bottom of each stacking bin must touch the material in the bin below or the worms have no way to climb to the newest 'food'. This bin has little brackets that prevent any upper tray from coming into contact with a lower tray unless each tray is absolutely full. But the point of the lower trays is that the material is being broken down -- thus composted -- and it takes less and less space so it no longer touches the tray above and then the worms cannot migrate upward. Also, the spigot was always clogged and had to be repeatedly cleaned out. Although the worms are SUPPOSED to migrate upward, I found most of my worms in the very bottom trays where it stays very wet. The trays that were supposed to have the fewest worms always had the most. The compost created by the worms is very wet and messy and nothing like what they advertise. That's ok, I just don't appreciate being mislead. And, unless you have massive -- and I mean massive -- numbers of worms, the composting doesn't go as fast as they claim. A 5 pound bucket of worms won't compost even 2 or 3 stacked bins as fast as they claim. I have since started my own very inexpensive home-made bins and I don't bother with the half bin stuff. I use inexpensive Sterlite bins with some air holes and drain holes poked through or drilled. Sometimes I do kinda layer my bin by merely putting down a screen of hardware cloth and adding new material to be eaten by the worms on top of the screen. When the bottom part is composted - and that may take several months -- I just lift out the hardware cloth and the material on it, and put it in the bottom of a fresh bin. Then I put another hardware cloth on top and start adding new worm food. The compost in the bottom of the 1st bin still has many many many worms and it's very wet! So I lay out a plastic tarp and start sorting and looking for worms. They are often found in clumps so it's not too hard to get 'em out. Then I add them to the other bin. I have drain holes in the bottom of the bin which sits on concrete blocks at each end with space in the middle for a bucket that catches the compost tea. It's easy to dump the bucket whenever I feel like it onto the garden or use it for watering house plants. I never use the Worm Factory anymore. Mine is sitting unused in the garage ! ============ ADDED Aug 2011 Why do some of you think you have to bash a review submitted by someone who doesn't like a product and says so? Those who give negative reviews have the right to their opinions just like you have the right to give a good review based on your opinion. I don't slam the positive reviews just for having a different opinion. So -- if you don't agree with my opinion, please KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. You won't change my experience or my opinion -- It should be crystal clear to everybody that, of course, not all people are the same and everybody's experience -- even of the exact same event or product -- will be different. If you like the product, great! But I DON'T.