Good Ideas Impressions Bark 50 Gallon Rain Saver - Sandstone

Great rain barrel. Unlike other more utility style barrels this one looks great next to my front porch. I added petunias for color and it blends with the hanging flower pots. It arrived at the time promised and the packaging intact with hardware stored safely inside barrel. Thinking of buying a couple more!

I was quite impressed with the speed of delivery and the design/quality of this product. Classy looking enough to keep on the deck or patio. Love the thoughtful idea of being able to plant flowers or simply put potted plants on the top. All in all great product!

I got this for my daughter-in-law for her birthday. She loves it. Quality construction, easy to set up and start using. The only problem is that in Michigan, it needs to be emptied and put away for the winter...but not a product defect - Mother Nature's fault! It is a great savings for watering gardens!!

I love the way this looks next to the house. I will be buying a pump to get more pressure for a hose hookup but works like a charm and use the collected water every day. If you are concerned about mosquitoes use the planter on top of the barrel for mosquito repellent plants (such as lemongrass or geraniums)

Great product. 2 things however: the color on the site does not match the product. And the drain hole in the 'planter' section is not low enough within the well. Water does not completely drain out of this area, creating a potential breeding ground for mosquitoes

This is a nice design for a house that can't use an iconic old fashioned ""barrel"" design but isn't so bland as to be an uninteresting addition to your landscape. It arrived as stated on the day it was supposed to. I gave it four stars only because the edges of the ""wood bark"" design looked a little worn and maybe that the repackaged spigots indicated it was a return. But since it's an outside item, I'll overlook the wear since it will probably get some wear-use eventually and wasn't worth trying to re-ship and exchange the item. I think once I get a plant on the top it will be very nice.

We love them but you can't plant in the top like the picture shows. The top fills up with water not sure why it wasn't designed to drain into the bottom. If you want plants they will have to be in a planter. Purchased the terracotta and the green, not crazy about the green but will be purchasing 2 more in different colors.

I would have rated this rain barrel with 5 stars if only the rain actually all went into the barrel. Most of it splashes into the overflow area and into the area designed for a plant. Luckily, the plant I placed into that space, I left in the pot it came in so all that over-run doesn't completely drown the plant. Nice thought but the design needs re-engineering. Was not difficult to set up. Most of the set-up was sawing off the rain gutter down-spout. Easy to level. It's just all the water splashing everywhere. We get really heavy rain at times. This huge amount gushing down will make this rain barrel ineffective and for sure, drown the plant. If it had been designed to have a diverter, it would work so much better. Unfortunately, I couldn't find that type that didn't look so awful so I opted for this style. Not a good choice!

When this arrived it was NOT the color as shown online in this picture. It was a light gray. I started the return process but then my neighbor ended up buying it from me and I have ordered a new one in dark brown. Hopefully it will be better.

Sadly the item arrived broken and apparently there is no way to get a replacement part for the spigot. No real options to solve the issue so it's now useless. I would also say that watching the rain barrel ""in action"" I will report that the opening for the water is too small, so water spills on to the top and over the barrel. So the design isn't great. Unfortunately can't give this a good rating.