RTS Home Accents 50-Gallon Rain Barrel with Brass Spigot, Flat Back Rain Wate...

Great barrels. They do require a solid support to be stable as they are very heavy when full. They do not leak and were easy to assemble. Purchase a diverter for your downspout so you have the option to turn water on/off to the barrel! You won't be sorry!! My only other suggestion would be if you purchase multiple barrels don't assume they are the same height. We made that mistake when drilling holes to connect them and as you can see in the picture one barrel was significantly shorter. Overall, very happy with this setup!

Watch for leaking around the spigot, easy fix though!! Bought this during a drought and it didn't fail us!!! Waters my garden and fills bird baths! Don't buy the base...just set it on large bricks!!!

We got three of these. Great price for the amount of water they hold and they look really good. Visually super nice. We got the dark brown ones. The flow from the spigot is slow, but works pretty much as we suspected, still a very usable, gentle stream of water. One fairly decent rain and they are filled, so expect that. We use them to water plants and the plants LOVE the rain water. In the hottest part of the summer (we live on the Texas Gulf Coast) there is not enough rainfall to keep the high use ones filled so we fill it with municipal water a couple of times during the summer, which gives the tap water time to off-gas most of the chlorine before we use the water. We have found we need to secure the top screen debris traps because we lost one in a heavy rain, never to be found again. I wish there were made to be fastened down a little tighter so we didin't have to jerryrig a solution, but we figured it out with only one screen loss. One of the three seems to have a slow leak, although we cannot identify where it is. I suspect it was something in the shipping. It still works and it is such a slow leak it doesn't really affect how it holds water. For the most part they work great, look very good, and are an easy and reliable way to gather rain water at a reasonable cost.

IT IS GREAT. NOTE : USE A REGULAR HOSE ON IT, not the shrinky kind.

This rain barrel is nicely built and was easy to assemble. The cost is decent as I chose this one over others that were a pricier yet looked similar in look / size. One storm passed and the rain barrel was full! I use this to water my plants and it works great. I haven't used a hose with this (likely would use on the lower spigot) so that is something I need to try.

very sturdy, have 2 of these especially like the brass spigot - with a stand underneath its perfect for filling watering cans bought a third for a gift

We love the way the barrel looks. We had five days of rain immediately after buying this and it worked perfectly. We have it positioned flat side against the house with the gutter down spout stopping just above it. Some things I'd like to mention though; take care screwing in the brass spigot. Best to lay the barrel on its back and make sure the spigot is straight as you screw in. It took me about 4 tries getting it straight in, and it would drip. Be careful because the brass will start to strip the plastic. But once I got it perfectly straight, no leak/drip. The instructions also say hand tighten, but it leaked, so I did use a wrench to turn it one complete turn after I couldn't hand turn it, and that solved the leak, but go easy. The one negative is the spigot is really low on the bottom, no room to attach a hose as is, so set in on top of something. Either buy the stand accessory made to go with it, or we used paver bricks that matched our pavers to set it on to raise it up enough to attach a hose. Overall, would recommend.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: This was replacing one that cracked because we forgot to empty it last winter. I have two and didn’t realize I needed to pay attention to the thickness of the material used on the barrel. The barrel lost its shape when it was full and this caused my (wooden) stand’s legs to bow. Disappointed since this wasn’t cheap. Also, I liked that we could lift the screen on top but didn’t like that it didn’t fit. So, I gave it a 3 because it’s still functional.

These are great so far, they're easy to install and look good. We like the way they nicely tuck in beside the house and they seem to be good quality. We built a stand for ours for ease of water flow. We'll see how they last over time, but would recommend trying these for sure.

Better than some store ones I've seen. Very sturdy. Well worth the money.

I like the look of this rain barrel. I did buy the stand too after I set this up. Otherwise it’s hard to get flow from the spigot. The screen is a good idea, just wish the opening were bigger so I could stick the watering can or pump (for emptying) inside.

I was concerned when I purchased my first rain barrel because of the handful of complaints here in the reviews but I went ahead with the purchase anyhow. After it arrived I set it up and put it under a downspout that I modified. This was the most difficult part of the shole exercise. The barrel held water after the first rain and then after subsequent rains, it filled and excess water came out of the overflow. There were no leaks because I followed the instructions during set-up. In the end, I purchased two more and have been watering my garden for the past several months using the stored rainwater. I have come to the conclusion that the complaints were from people who cross threaded the spigot or did something else wrong because the barrels I got were all well constructed and easy to assemble.

Love the design. Fits flat against our home near gateways. Great quality and super easy to set up. Pleased with addition spigot and screen design. Easy to clean and store.