ilovereggae
Well-Known Member
Unfortunately I am in an apartment with limited work space. Probably could find room for the boat paddle but I definitely don't have anywhere to stick a 30 gal trash can inside at the moment, and leaving it outdoors would get gross.I would not recommend a machine. To me it would be akin to shopping for an "ass wiping machine." There's simply no need to complicate the process with a poorly manufactured electronic device to solve a problem that doesn't exist. Put your big boy pants on, get a $26 30 gallon Brute trash can from home depot, get 2 oars from amazon for $14.99, get the same 2 taps I got from amazon for $8.99, and work those forearms like you got some balls sir
All kidding aside I almost bought one until I realized what a waste of money it is. They really just spin the wad of material back and forth and are manufactured to about the poorest standards imaginable. Then when the machine breaks what do you do? Order another $70-$100 machine. The agitation process is really not a big deal and produces a higher yield than any of those machines will produce, because the boat paddle provides more agitation. Also, working the material from inside a 30 gallon trash can gives you considerable leverage to really work the material. To each their own though. Nothing in my system is really breakable other than the mesh bubble bags. I'll counter my opinion with a buddy of mine's preference. He has a grow about twice the size of mine and uses the machines exclusively, because he's a lazy prick But he does like them.
I definitely was not gonna get one of the "bubble machine" style ones with moving parts. The washer I linked to is an old school hand crank style for $58 shipped that just seemed like it would be a little more compact and get the same effect for what it would cost me to buy that other stuff. Maybe could stick a racquetball or something in with the bubblebag to get some more agitation. I wound up finding 4 or 5 posts last night where people had the same idea but no one followed up to say if it worked or not.