I'm used to receiving products with one-pager pictograph instructions, but wow this one was bad. The instructions were essentially useless and it took a lot of puzzling, swearing, and re-puzzling to put this together. However, when it finally was assembled, it was sturdy and rotated easily when we tested it. We haven't been able to finish a full batch of compost yet, but it is promising and we haven't seen any rodent activity inside the drums, which is a relief. I really like that there are two independent drums so we can have two batches in different stages.