01 8:00 pm
Load it after dinner
Coffee grounds, apple cores, last night’s veg trimmings. The 2.6-pound drum swallows a full day of scraps for two — no chopping, no draining.
Loamwell One · Pre-orders open
Scraps tonight. Soil by morning.
The quiet countertop composter for apartments. Ships in March.
Reserve yours for a $39 deposit
Refundable · First run of 2,500 units · 1,847 reserved
How it works
One night, start to soil
Scroll through the night — the soil clock sweeps from 0 to 24 hours as the cycle runs.
0hscraps to soil
02 8:05 pm
Press start, go to bed
One button begins the 8–10 hour cycle: low heat, slow tumbling, carbon-filtered air. At 38 dB it’s quieter than the fridge hum you already sleep through.
03 7:00 am
Pour out soil by morning
Before the coffee finishes brewing, tip the bucket: a dry, earthy handful of soil amendment, ready for houseplants, a window box, or the community garden.
Specifications
Built for a small kitchen
Every number below comes from the beta units that ran nightly in 40 apartments for five months.
| Footprint | Fits a 12-inch cabinet — 11.8" W × 9.4" D × 14.1" H |
|---|---|
| Noise | 38 dB at one meter — softer than a library reading room |
| Energy | 0.8 kWh per cycle — roughly 10¢ on Portland PGE rates |
| Cycle time | 8–10 hours, overnight |
| Capacity | Up to 2.6 lb of scraps per cycle |
| Output | About one cup of dry soil amendment per full cycle |
| Odor control | Replaceable activated-carbon filter, ~3-month life |
| Weight | 12.4 lb |
| Power | Standard 120 V outlet |
The alternative
Loamwell One vs. the curbside bin
We love municipal compost. We also love not hauling a dripping pail to the curb in the rain.
Loamwell One
On your counter- When scraps leave the kitchen: Every night, from your counter
- Smell: Sealed drum plus carbon filter
- January: Runs identically at 68°F indoors
- Fruit flies: None — scraps never sit
- Space taken: One 12-inch cabinet shelf
- Where the output ends up: Back into your houseplants
Curbside green bin
Once a week- When scraps leave the kitchen: Once a week, on the curb
- Smell: An open pail that turns by Tuesday
- January: A lid frozen shut you have to pry open
- Fruit flies: August residents, on the house
- Space taken: A 13-gallon bin plus a counter pail
- Where the output ends up: An industrial site outside the city
From the beta
6,000 overnight cycles, 40 kitchens
Forty households ran Loamwell One nightly from August through December. These are their words, lightly trimmed for length.
“I load it after dinner and forget it exists. By coffee time there’s a handful of soil waiting for my windowsill herbs. My kitchen trash was half as full within a week.”
Marta · Portland, OR Beta unit #034 “I checked the 38 dB claim with a sound meter, fully expecting marketing math. It’s real. It runs behind the pantry wall all night and I have never once heard it.”
Devon · Seattle, WA Beta unit #058 “Our building has no curbside compost, so the under-sink pail used to be a weekly smell event. That era of our marriage is officially over.”
Priya · Oakland, CA Beta unit #071 “Four hundred square feet, no balcony, no brown bin. This fits under the cabinet next to the dishwasher and quietly does the job of a backyard pile.”
Jonah · Brooklyn, NY Beta unit #012 “My curbside lid froze shut half the winter. Loamwell ran at the same temp every January night, and the output went straight into my spring tomato pots.”
Alison · Chicago, IL Beta unit #049 “0.8 kWh sounded scary until I did the math — it’s about sixty cents a week for us. Cheaper than the bag of coffee I brew while standing next to it.”
Tomás · Austin, TX Beta unit #066 FAQ
Questions, answered
What can go in the Loamwell One?
Fruit and vegetable trimmings, coffee grounds and filters, eggshells, tea leaves, and small amounts of bread or grains. Skip large bones, cooking oil, and standing liquids — the drum works best with the everyday scraps a kitchen actually makes.
Does it smell?
No. The drum is sealed during the cycle and all exhaust passes through a replaceable activated-carbon filter. Beta testers in 40 apartments reported zero kitchen odor across 6,000+ cycles; the finished output smells faintly of dry earth.
How quiet is 38 dB, really?
A library reading room sits around 40 dB and a modern fridge hums at roughly the same level. Behind a closed bedroom door, most beta testers could not tell the cycle was running.
What does a cycle cost to run?
0.8 kWh per cycle — about 10¢ on Portland PGE rates, or 60–70¢ a week for a household that runs it nightly.
When does it ship?
The first production run of 2,500 units ships from our Portland warehouse in March 2027, in deposit order. Reservations placed after the first run fills join the second run in June 2027.
How does the $39 deposit work?
It holds your place in the first run. About two weeks before your unit ships, we email you to collect the remaining $210 of the $249 price. The deposit is fully refundable any time before shipment — one click, no questions.
What do I do with the soil?
Mix it into houseplants, window boxes, or community-garden beds — it’s a dry, stable soil amendment, not a fertilizer, and it stores indefinitely in a jar. A full cycle reduces scraps by roughly 90% by volume.
Warranty and filters?
Every unit carries a one-year warranty and a 30-day return window. Replacement carbon filters ship in four-packs for $24, about a year of nightly use.
First run · Ships March 2027
Reserve your Loamwell One
$249 total. A $39 refundable deposit holds your place in the first run of 2,500 units; we email you for the remaining $210 about two weeks before your unit ships from Portland.
First-run units reserved 1,847 / 2,500
Deposits are filled in order. When the first run closes, new reservations join the June 2027 run.
- Deposit is fully refundable any time before your unit ships.
- No balance charged until we email you that your unit has passed final testing.
- One-year warranty, 30-day returns, free shipping within the lower 48.
Hold your place
Fields marked * are required. We’ll email you a secure link to pay your $39 refundable deposit. The remaining $210 is due about two weeks before your unit ships.
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