I purchased three for our new home, several of my neighbors saw them and bought them too. Theirs have long since been removed. Here's what is happening to mine. I did not keep a heavy clay pot on top... it just dried out and cracked. It's too late to run the downspout under the pavers without an expense I do not wish to have. I want to purchase another, in fact I would prefer the same unit. My other two did not do this. Perhaps this one was defective?

I had the same problem as another customer did with one of the drain holes in the top leaking to the inside. I noticed this after I already had it set up with a pond pump to water mu plants so I wasn't going to go to the hassle of returning it. I just put a screw in the tubing so it doesn't leak. The holes in the cover where the water drains in were way to small to let the water run in. Half of it would run off on the ground. I just took a piece of screen and made my own cover. Works much better. I got mine ar Sam's for $49 so it was a good real regardless of the two problems I had. I have seen this same barrel online for twice that.

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It's decent enough for the price, but I'm not sure how it'll hold up. The plastic used seems like fairly standard ABS type. Hopefully, it's UV resistant enough to hold 65 gallons of water. Also, mine didn't come with hose bib. The description doesn't mention any hose bib, but there's one in the picture. I don't know if I was supposed to get one or not. Bigger concern of mine is that the threading for the hose bib(3/4 size btw) is plastic, and I doubt it can withstand the pressure long term. It really could use another outlet higher up for bucket filling. I thought about tapping one, but I think the wall is too thin. I think they should have used finer screen for the top opening also, and it wasn't sitting flush either. I just replaced the screen to keep mosquitos out. I plugged 2 drain holes on top with screws to make sure I wasn't installing mosquito hatchery. I'm not quite sure about this purchase. The quality isn't bad, and I like the size. On the other hand, I can see it failing in a few seasons, and it does have pretty obvious plastic look. It might be a better idea to invest in a higher quality model.

Good quality rain barrels, we got two but we have not put them together yet.

It was the wrong color, very disappointed. I ordered brown and got a nasty orange!

I have had rain barrels before. I could put a hose on them and had great pressure. This one is absolutely none. Wss suppose to have brass fittings, they are all plastic. I would not recommend this at all.

Barrel is gorgeous for outdoor decor however, it arrived 2 months after ordering without the spicket as shown in picture. Plastic fitting just glued in so I do not see this lasting long at all. Will be returning. Not a good product for the price.

Came ahead of schedule. Easy to setup. Looks like it will work for a long time.

Hasn’t rained yet but the vessel is made of tough construction