2370 Hydropickers Compact 24” x 20” Footprint – Mobility Provided by Casters Non-Electric Hydroponics Grow Box, Cobalt Blue

This is one of those times where you really want to read the reviews sorted by "Most Recent First". Actually, you should do that for EVERY product on Amazon.I use this planter in the exact way the manufacturer recommends. Unfortunately, after about 70 days, my unit also fell victim to the 'broken feet' syndrome. One day, all is well. The next day, two broken feet.Obviously(?) the design of this unit needs work. More specifically, they need to change the polymer that they are using for the lower assembly. Changing the polymer and/or the design of the pegged wheels.When the top basket is filled with the prescribed amount of dirt AND water, it gets heavy! Water weighs approximately 8.35 lbs/gallon. And that basket can hold quite a few gallons, especially if the dirt is saturated, which for the most part, it usually is if you are filling it regularly.I had two small lettuce plants and the two pepper plants still remaining. That's not exactly "large plants" by any means. So it's not like it was also carrying the weight of a big beefsteak tomato plant or something.While it was nice to be able to roll it around (more or less), it mostly remained stationary. And for that purpose, all you really need is the top basket. For next season, I'll likely just build my own basic wooden frame and place the basket by itself on top.I really do like the design of the basket, especially how it wicks up water from the base. Using the fill tube is exceptionally easy and the soil is always moist when I check it.So, the basket design gets 5 stars, but the base gets 1 star. That averages out to 2.5-3 stars from me.

This is structurally NOT SOUND. Once you load it up with dirt and put water in it, the top can get pretty heavy. The base collapsed under its own weight. I'm big enough to handle it, but if it had been one of my children, they would have been injured. I have included some photos to show you what I mean.

I’ve been trying to grow tomatoes in central Florida (zone 9) for years without any success. My soil is very sandy and even my patio tomatoes grown in potting mix have been failures. This year I decided to go a different route and tried growing in a City Pickers box. I expected another failure, so I only invested in a single box to start.I planted 2 tomato plants (heirloom on the left, better boy on the right) on February 11. By March 11, they were 4 feet tall, so I went out and purchased 2 more boxes and immediately planted a couple sweet pepper plants and an “early girl” tomato plant. At the 2 month mark, my original 2 tomato plants are over 6 feet tall and have dozens of tomatoes growing. I couldn’t be more pleased.

So I haven't used these for growing anything yet as I bought these for the upcoming 2023 growing season.In my research, I found that many of the 1-star reviews point to a weakness in the molding around the casters. In order to avoid that fate I added a few enhancements. The first is  corner braces  at each caster, mounted with 8-32 machine screws to stiffen the corners. Second I replace the stock casters with larger  2 inch casters  which should reduce rolling resistance and have a longer stem.I figure the added cost still places these well below a leading brand of self-watering planters.They went together easily, except for my enhancements which required marking, and drilling. If the corner braces are overkill then using just the larger casters would be a simple substitution at a modest cost. (The casters do take some force to install but they do fit.)I'll (hopefully) revisit this review in the fall with an update. corner braces2 inch casters

I just bought my 5th rolling bed. Here in Fl we are subject to hurricanes and the wheels allow me to move my tomato's and herbs from the porch to the screen porch when needed. I've been doing this every night with two units of cherry tomato's since the bunnies discovered them. Here's where the problem lies. The legs connect with a steel pin into pre formed holes in the grow box and base. Two of my legs on two different units have pierced the plastic on top and bottom allowing the leg to disengage. The pin falls out the bottom and the unit falls over. The issue could be the pin is to long and diameter to small. I'm left with four useless legs which I've wrapped in tape to try to keep in place. This is a QA department issue of the manufacturer which needs to be resolved.