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.

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.

Upon initial inspection, they looked fine. But then we found a piece of tubing that we didn't know what it belonged to so we started looking at it more carefully. The product had a indentation on top for the placement of a plant with built in weep holes for drainage out the backside. The weepholes were formed incorrectly and if we had used it, would have let dirty water weep into the clean water area. When we saw the weepholes, they looked like an animal had gnawed the tubes, which is kind of impossible since they are inside the units, but what's probably the problem is the plastic molding process didn't work correctly. Then when we went to return them last night, it took the store and 5 different managers and employees to get us our refund. Not happy right now, at all. And this is the 2nd attempt to get these.

Easily configured my new rain barrel to the gutter system and on 1st rain storm it was full! Plenty of water for all out potted plants. The color closely matches our brick color so it blends well. I especially like the top surface that holds a potted plant. Will definitely order another soon!

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.

OVERALL this has been what I was looking for. We live in a HOA so I wanted something to not look like a rain barrel. In reading other reviews, we knew that cross threading when attaching the faucet was an issue. So with that knowledge we were extra careful but, it still happened,so off to the store to get a connection to attach the faucet. Other than that it has performed satisfactorily .

Overall we're pleased with this rain barrel, but there are a few things that could improve it. First - as others have pointed out they didn't clean out the barrel after cutting the hole for rain to enter which could cause the faucet to clog later on in use (plastic debris). Second - they cut a round hole for rain to enter but most downspouts are square. First thing I did was remove the screen, use my Dremel with a cutting wheel to cut out a square hole and then vacuum out the debris (theirs and mine). The design could be improved by recessing the area where rain enters (so its less likely to overflow) and adding a large drain plug in the back for winter cleanout/storage.

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?

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.

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.