Other than the plastic fitting the rain barrel is a great design and size. 65 gallons is much larger than many which are 45 or 50 gallons. Mine filled with just 1/2 inch of rain. Shape and color are much more attractive than other rain barrels that we saw. Instruction did not make attachment of spigot clear. It just said to "wrap plumbers tape counter clockwise" and nothing else. My first attempt to attach the spigot leaked and since it is a plastic fitting and it was cross threaded, it could not be fixed. Replacement worked okay. Use a lot of the supplied plumbers tape and apply it counterclockwise. Apply spigot clockwise by hand. I put barrel on its back to make sure that it was square with the plastic fitting. If fitting was metal or more solid plastic it would be better but this is good value for the cost and Walmart replaced the defective unit quickly. What more could we ask?

The rain barrel is a good product and very easy to install. The biggest draw back was Wal-Mart sent a used one instead of a new one. I little frustrating, but it works just fine. The brass spigot is good quality. There isnt a drain plug for the planter, but there is a overflow that will drain out the excess. I think it gives a nice touch to my home.

Only recieved it yesterday. Your page said it would be here on Sept. 21 but it wasn't delivered til Monday, Sept. 28. I wish it set up a little bit higher, just a few inches. As it is it is to low to get a bucket under the spiget. We bought bricks to elevate it enough for bucket clearance. My son noticed that the hole for the spiget is drilled a little crooked, tilted to the side. It still works fine. Can't wait for rain to come so we can test how it works.

We bought this rain barrel urn because it was nice looking, we were able to plant some colorful flowers in the top and we could reuse the water and be environmentally conscious. This urn does all of these things and is a good buy for the money. That being said, we did notice a few design flaws. 1) The overflow valves in the back are flush against the siding of the house when the rain barrel is standing upright, so we actually had to move the rain barrel sideways and bring the overflow hose out the back around the corner. If the corner hadn't been there, we wouldn't have had a solution. They should have designed it such that the overflow came out the side or top somehow. 2) the plastic screen where the gutter drops the water does splash it around quite a bit, so after reader another raters suggestions, we cut up an old window screen, created a valley into the barrel with it and attached it with the provided screws. Then inserted the gutter downspout inside several inches. This solved the problem, no more splashing, but the screen still catches debris. But, these two design flaws excepted, the rain barrel is fantastic, we are very happy with it thus far.

First one I ordered came missing 4 parts. A replacement was sent, which had all the parts, so it was installed. Our one and only rain came, and we discovered that the rain barrel leaks under the plastic ring which covers the outlet. So until I can empty the barrel to try to fix the leak, it constantly loses water!

This is my second time buying this rain barrel -- I love the color because it matches my house perfectly. The spigot is pretty slow, but my father in law fixed it pretty easily and inexpensively with a new one from Home Depot. My last one cracked on the the bottom (there is an indented area) but we think it is because it wasn't properly supported when my husband built a platform for it to rest on. Without a platform (we just used brick pavers) the spigot is pretty low to the ground and can only be used with small buckets.

I looked at several rain barrels before deciding on this one. It is well built and as an additional feature, it can be disguised as a planter in your garden or patio area. I would definitely recommend this product. It will be wonderful to use rain water to water our gardens. Love this style!

Got this on April 7, had gutters installed May 10, rained enough May 13 to fill it 1/3 and there’s a pin-hole leak.

The strainer at the top should be lower into the rain barrel entrance to allow the rain gutter spout to fit inside. Presently the flow of water is higher than the the strainer allows causing water to spill over the top and out.

One of the handles of the spignot broke, does not effect use of urn though. Wal-Mart wanted me to send the entire urn back, so I am keeping with the broken spignot.