Permasteel Life

Once another company bought Aerogarden, who would have known that the seeds now sent for the Aerogarden (just labeled generally as "tomato" and "cucumber") would turn into giant monsters trying to take over my living space? Well, I am no professional gardener. After three plants sprouted up like rocket ships, clearly with no intention of stopping below the 2. 5' LED light I've been happily using for years for SMALL veggies and herbs, over a couple days I maniacally sweat my way through researching everything possible to ensure I keep these soon-to-be giant veggie plants alive and eventually shovel them into my face. Anything BUT a self-watering planter was not an option. Yes, to avoid root-rot, but more so because of my laziness. Generally, there seem to be so few out there! And many of those available are ridiculously overpriced. Enter: Permasteel, my first attempt at growing plants larger than 1. 5' tall. Everything you read about assembling it is real: You definitely need two (very patient) people, and neighbors who don't mind the occasional colorful expletive shouted at the top of your lungs because it is not the easiest to put together. There were a couple times where we had one piece upside-down though so maybe we are just idiots. Overall, it took us about 2. 5 hours to complete. Hey, great bonding time with a pal! Once complete and after transplanting the veggies into it though, it has thus far been FANTASTIC! I have read from some it "leaks" and shouldn't be kept inside. Well, it's still too cold to start hardening where I live so they are indoors under a grow light still. The only time it leaked for me is the one time I overfilled the reservoir because I wasn't paying attention. Other than my own brilliant error, not a drop. The gauge makes watering a breeze. Considering I JUST transplanted my plants a couple days ago, we'll see where the journey takes us. After placing the plants into the new soil, I had to fill the reservoir multiple times as this soil is meant to be very light and absorb a lot of moisture. I bought a 72" tall x 2' wide trellis for the cucumber plant, which fits perfectly in the planter and the plant is climbing and latching on already so they already appear to be best friends. I'm sure my window blinds will miss them. I staked the tomato plants and so far so good. The wheels are smooth and easy to lock when necessary. Assuming everything continues along as it has been thus far, I highly recommend the planter. Man, do I wish the standing version was self-watering as well. I would get that (or a couple) in a heartbeat. If things don't go perfectly, at least the planter looks cool.

When I first opened my patio cooler to assemble it, I discovered damage on one of the legs. I called customer service and they shipped a new leg immediately. I was not able to resume assembly for a couple of weeks, and did not discover a discoloration on the lid until I did. That too was likely caused by a shipping issue. When I re-contacted Permasteel’s customer service, their rep, Jonathan Wu, immediately had a replacement lid sent. I could not have been more impressed since these two issues were several weeks apart involving the same cooler. We really like our new cooler and are impressed by its quality Dave L.

Held up very well very heavy duty deff need to opt in for the divider it’s so worth it

very fast shipping wtf

Awesome cooler and great value!