We have one. Used it a while ago. Stopped after we got a worm farm. The key is to ensure the scraps are compressed properly. It 'smells' but not as shocking as I thought it would be & it's actually very well contained in the container (the smell).
Jackrose: love your mum's system! I'm taking notes. ;-)
We had one for years when we were renting. We still have it, but we're dedicated composters now.
We got by with one. Just. Two is for rotational purposes, so that when one is full you can rest it for a week or so to further ferment the contents.
It doesn't smell if you drain it off daily, mash it well, and keep the lid sealed. If you don't do all these things, it won't work anyway, so there's no point.
The bag of stuff we bought three times. The bin was an engagement gift, so 2007-2011 we used it, about a kilo a year? Probly less.
Nowadays, we keep a bowl on the kitchen bench for food scraps, and it gets taken out at the end of every day to the compost. Our bin is a drawer into which we put no liner, so there is just nowhere else for messy stuff to go. No temptation. That's what makes composting work for us. (but we also don't eat meat or dairy, so there's none of that stuff to worry about)
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