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product_id: 314308312
title: "FCMP Outdoor - The Essential Living Composter, 2-Tray Worm Vermicomposter Bin (HF-LC4000v2-GRY) Grey"
brand: "fcmp outdoor"
price: "$505.95"
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reviews_count: 10
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# Moisture Control Channel 8 Gallon Capacity 360° Aeration Support FCMP Outdoor - The Essential Living Composter, 2-Tray Worm Vermicomposter Bin (HF-LC4000v2-GRY) Grey

**Brand:** fcmp outdoor
**Price:** $505.95
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🌱 Turn scraps into soil magic — compost like a pro, indoors and odor-free!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** FCMP Outdoor - The Essential Living Composter, 2-Tray Worm Vermicomposter Bin (HF-LC4000v2-GRY) Grey by fcmp outdoor
- **How much does it cost?** $505.95 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- fcmp outdoor enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted fcmp outdoor brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Seamless Worm Migration:** 52 angled tunnels let your worm workforce expand naturally between trays for continuous composting.
- • **Smart Moisture Management:** Innovative water retention channel prevents drying, ensuring your worms stay happy and productive.
- • **Premium Eco-Friendly Build:** Durable, BPA-free recycled polypropylene designed to last and resist UV damage—sustainability meets style.
- • **Liquid Gold Fertilizer On Demand:** Collect and dilute ‘worm tea’ from the base reservoir to boost your plants with a natural growth elixir.
- • **Effortless Year-Round Indoor Composting:** Keep your kitchen scraps turning into nutrient gold without any odor or mess, all year long.

## Overview

The 2-Tray Worm Composter is a compact, 8-gallon vermicomposting system designed for year-round indoor use. Featuring a moisture control water retention channel, 52 angled migration tunnels, and 360-degree aeration support, it creates an optimal environment for worms to efficiently convert food scraps into nutrient-rich compost. Made from BPA-free, UV-inhibited recycled polypropylene, this durable grey composter also collects ‘worm tea’—a potent liquid fertilizer—making it a sustainable, odor-minimizing solution for eco-conscious urban gardeners.

## Description

Building on the tremendous success of the original “Classic” Living Composter, the Essential Living Composter offers all the same design features at a budget friendly price. 1) A moisture control water retention channel runs around the outside of each tray. Instead of allowing the liquids to fall directly through the tray this channel gathers moisture to prevent the bedding from drying out along the edges. 2) When it’s time to expand your living composter a collection of 52 angled tunnels extend down from the base of each tray directly into the bedding of the tray below. This provides ample opportunity for worms to migrate between trays. 3) Aeration is important for happy worms and good compost. A series of support points are molded into the lower edge of the trays. This raises the trays slightly allowing 360 degrees of airflow across the bedding. In addition to our proprietary features both models of the Living Composter have all the features traditionally found in top end vermicomposters. 1) The liquid collected in the reservoir base is known as worm tea. Mix 1 part tea with 1 part water to create an excellent fertilizer for plants. 2) The speed and efficiency of the vermicomposting process keeps typical composing odor to a minimum and allows the unit to be kept inside and used year-round. 3) Constructed from BPA free, UV inhibited, recycled polypropylene the plastic is contact safe and will not degrade if outside under direct sunlight. (2-Tray Version) ***Does not come with worms.***

Review: Perfect starter bin and good price!!!! - This is my first time vermicomposting, so I don’t have a lot of experience but I thought this bin was perfect. Very easy to set up, comes with starter bedding and coconut coir to get you started. It also looks very nice, absolutely no one would know that I have 1000+ worms in my apartment. I’ve had this bin for about 3 months and my worms are thriving, I’m getting compost, and no smell! For context I live in a 2 person apartment so no leaves or yard scraps being added to the bin. Just weekly cooking scraps and some small garden trimmings.
Review: Love this system! - This was extremely easy to setup and get going. It's pretty sturdy and built well. It was easy to get the bedding going, as you can see in the photo. I lucked out with finding a neighbor who was moving and needed to rehome his worms. I took them in and they're doing really well. It doesn't smell at all, and I've had no problems with escaping worms or mites. I'd just say that it does attract fruit flies, so we moved the unit into a shaded part of our backyard for now and have only brought it in when there have been bad storms. The spout is great for collecting the worm tea, though the filter can get clogged easily so keep an eye on it. But, the tea didn't even smell (I've heard that can be an issue for some people with vermicomposters.) This is so much easier than taking everything to our big compost pile and waiting months to use it on our garden. Overall, seriously happy with this investment and just need to figure out how to buy another tray or two to add in!

## Features

- Harness The Power of the Worm – Worm composters (vermicomposters) are an easy and efficient way to quickly compost a variety of food and other scraps found around the home. The resulting worm castings create a nutrient rich compost to use as a powerful soil additive. *** Worms are NOT included with the unit ***
- Year-Round Indoor Use – The speed and efficiency of the vermicomposting process keeps typical composing odor to a minimum and allows the unit to be kept inside and used year-round.
- Happy Worms Are Productive Worms - 1) The MOISTURE CONTROL WATER RETENTION CHANNEL running around the outside of each tray collects water to prevent the bedding from drying out along the edges. 2) A collection of 52 angled MIGRATION TUNNELS extend down from the base of each tray providing ample opportunity for worms to migrate between trays. 3) AERATION SUPPORT POINTS molded into the side of the trays allow excellent 360-degree airflow.
- Worm Tea – The liquid collected in the reservoir base is known as “Worm Tea.” Mix 1 part “tea” with 1 part water to create an excellent fertilizer for plants.
- Durable Construction – BPA free, UV-inhibited recycled polypropylene
- Made in Canada

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0913GP19G |
| Best Sellers Rank | #89,156 in Patio, Lawn & Garden ( See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden ) #52 in Outdoor Composting Bins |
| Brand | FCMP Outdoor |
| Capacity | 8 Gallons |
| Color | Gray |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (669) |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 9.68 pounds |
| Item model number | HF-LC4000v2-GRY |
| Manufacturer | Forest City Models and Patterns |
| Material | Polypropylene |
| Product Dimensions | 15"L x 15"W x 22"H |
| Shape | Square |
| UPC | 628344140109 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** FCMP Outdoor
- **Capacity:** 8 Gallons
- **Color:** Gray
- **Item Weight:** 4.4 Kilograms
- **Manufacturer:** Forest City Models and Patterns
- **Material:** Polypropylene
- **Product Dimensions:** 15"L x 15"W x 22"H
- **Shape:** Square
- **UPC:** 628344140109

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Color** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect starter bin and good price!!!!
*by E***A on November 13, 2024*

This is my first time vermicomposting, so I don’t have a lot of experience but I thought this bin was perfect. Very easy to set up, comes with starter bedding and coconut coir to get you started. It also looks very nice, absolutely no one would know that I have 1000+ worms in my apartment. I’ve had this bin for about 3 months and my worms are thriving, I’m getting compost, and no smell! For context I live in a 2 person apartment so no leaves or yard scraps being added to the bin. Just weekly cooking scraps and some small garden trimmings.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love this system!
*by F***E on August 27, 2021*

This was extremely easy to setup and get going. It's pretty sturdy and built well. It was easy to get the bedding going, as you can see in the photo. I lucked out with finding a neighbor who was moving and needed to rehome his worms. I took them in and they're doing really well. It doesn't smell at all, and I've had no problems with escaping worms or mites. I'd just say that it does attract fruit flies, so we moved the unit into a shaded part of our backyard for now and have only brought it in when there have been bad storms. The spout is great for collecting the worm tea, though the filter can get clogged easily so keep an eye on it. But, the tea didn't even smell (I've heard that can be an issue for some people with vermicomposters.) This is so much easier than taking everything to our big compost pile and waiting months to use it on our garden. Overall, seriously happy with this investment and just need to figure out how to buy another tray or two to add in!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10 months going strong
*by M***O on September 3, 2022*

Love this worm bin. I got this for my daughter’s 5th birthday — only “per” we could handle in our apartment right now, good lessons in sustainability, life science, but especially worm multiplication. It doesn’t compost too many scraps — we eat a lot of produce — but at least some. We’ve also observed the different ways different scraps break down, the molds that grow. Many mango pits were sprouting, so we planted one and have a mango seedling now. There is no smell at all outside the bin (and only the smell of fresh castings inside). We haven’t had any vermin or insects. The internal environment of the bin is pretty stable. I was worried when we left to travel during winter, when our apartment is overheated and dry, but the worms did fine. It looks elegant, like a piece of furniture. Some worms do make their way down to the empty bottom tray and die, but very few. Most are happy in their tray. We only now filled the second tray and are preparing to harvest the first (could’ve done it months ago, but life’s been busy). Can’t wait to repot my plants with this beautiful fertilizer. I’ve had a DIY outdoor worm bin before, and this one is so much easier to manage. Totally worth the purchase. Like others have said, starts slow, don’t over-feed, have plenty of worms, keep your dry and wet materials in balance (I do like to splurge on a worm blanket once on a while — cardboard does the trick, but I love a good worm blanket). Happy worm-raising!

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*Last updated: 2026-02-20*