FCMP Outdoor Raincatcher 4000 Rain Barrel, Flat-Back Rainwater Catcher with Spigots, 50 Gallon, Brown - Portable Water Storage Container Tank for Home, Garden, and Backyard

Got mine right before we had a heavy rainfall Easy to hook up. The main hose connects with a metal screw clamp. The rear flat overflow hose connects with just a plastic pull tie. You could hook any 1.5" hose up to it using a plastic tie or a clamp. It also includes another 1 foot flat hose to connect to a second rain barrel, if you wanted to connect two barrels together. The water from the front hose flows best when the barrel is 50% or more full of water, but if you use it simply to irrigate water from the barrel to some other area through a hose, water will freely flow out of the hose if the hose is lying flat on the ground. If you lift the barrel by placing it on a box or stand or even just some bricks, it'll give you even more pressure. The water pressure is based on the volume of water in the barrel and gravity. They sell a stand for this model, but you can use anything like wood, bricks, a crate or even a wide footstool to raise it higher if you want to. It looks a lot bigger in person than it does in the pictures. It's strong plastic and will definitely last. The top screen is attached to a circular ring of plastic and just sits on top of a plastic crossbar opening at the top of the barrell. I drilled two holes on top and put screws through it, just to hold it more firmly in place, but I don't think it'll come off that easily on it's own. A really strong wind gust might lift it off, but I doubt it'll be an issue. I'm just paranoid so I put a couple screws in it. I recommend this barrel over the others for one big reason - it has the largest top opening of all the ones I've seen. The other barrels have a narrow or small opening at the top, which are meant for closer or direct gutter connections. This one is great for me because I don't have a gutter to connect to it and I can catch free-dripping water coming down from about 15 feet off a corner roof. I have this barrel positioned under a corner roof that doesn't have a gutter connection because of the angle of the corner there. This barrel picks up most of the water dripping down from about 15 feet up and keeps the water off the ground and away from my home's foundation. I also attached a standard hose to the included connector switch and ran it 15' out to a veggie garden where I attached a 50' soaker hose which I have wound around the bottom of the plants. So now, not only do I have a barrel to collect the rainwater coming off my roof to protect my home's foundation, I am also keeping the soil in my veggie garden damp without using my water company water. Easily one of the best products out there for simple-irrigation of rainwater and saving a couple bucks on your water bill.

It was quite easy to get all set up. Seems to be of a sturdy material. We got rain here a couple days after I got it together, and it seems sealed up good, as I have not seen any leaks and it is retaining water. The wide opening at the top makes it so much easier to catch rain! Works well, and I can not wait for spring!! It shipped within 24 hours as well!!

Overall this rain barrel is pretty good and does the job. This is my first rain barrel and was shocked at how fast it filled up off of one of my house’s 4 downspouts. I'd buy it again. It’s not perfect though. Positives: -It looks pretty nice -It does the job well -The hose works great to fill watering cans, etc. -It was easy to install -Price seems pretty reasonable to me Negatives: -As others have mentioned the overflow hose is inadequate. I ended up plumbing in a better solution with black ABS pipe. Before my modification, with anything more than a drizzle of rain the overflow hose maxed out and the excess splashed out of the barrel and down the foundation of the house. -Mine had a minor leak at one of the seems on one of the ports that’s made for connecting to other rain barrels. I had to seal mine off with some rubber hose. It was an easy fix but should have been caught before it was shipped

I set the rain barrel up this morning on a beautiful, sunny day, so, I will try & remember to update this review after we have had some rain. Setting up, attaching the hose and overflow pipe of the barrel was very simple. I placed the barrel on an old, upside-down planter to raise it off the ground, this might prove not to be a sturdy enough stand for it, time will tell. I purchased a downspout diverter, also from Amazon, which I installed today - I was undecided on whether to cut a hole in the wire mesh on the lid of the barrel to feed the hose into, but ultimately decided that was the more reliable way of keeping the hose in place, rather than just laying the hose on top of the screen. So, fingers crossed that once we get some rain this barrel will fill up and help reduce my water bill. The overflow hose arrives flat, and there isn't really a way of coaxing it into being round or *open* so it's hard to tell if overflow water will actually be able to drain out of it. I'm not too concerned at this point as the downspout diverter I purchased can be set to bypass the barrel, and in addition my yard slopes down and away from the house anyway, so hopefully water will not pool at the foundation. There were a lot of reviews that mentioned leaks in the rain barrel, again, time will tell as all my outside hoses are still turned off for the winter, so I have no way of testing the water tightness of the barrel. Keeping my fingers crossed! This barrel is fairly esthetically pleasing, not an eyesore in comparison to some. I have placed this in the back of my house, by my vegetable garden and compost tumbler, so how it looks is not too important, but, I do plan to buy more and put them at the front of my house & think these will look just fine.

I use it as a mixing station reservoir for my Reef Aquarium as it looks nicer and more affordable than equivalent capacity containers. Delivered fast.

I really like the design and the excellent quality. The barrel was easy to set up and I really like having a hose on the barrel. The barrel was delivered in a speedy manner. There were no problems with the order from start to finish. I am looking forward to years of catching rain in this barrel.

This product is great and I am very happy with them!! They look very good and I love the hose.

Does the job. Easy to set up. But the overflow needs work. I plumbed it with a pipe, the flat overflow hose is basically a joke. As well the parts for the kit were in the barrel and a real challenge to get them out.

So cool I had to order a second one