Good Ideas Rain Wizard 50 Gallon Rain Barrel Water Collector with Diverter Kit

The rain barrel was easy to install. I love the diverter feature. The excess water goes down the drain instead of back out the top of the barrel like the last rain barrel I had.

total price included the diverter, which by itself, is a $40 purchase. This was the best deal and it was in stock.

The barrel and diverter kit was simple to install. Works great and filled the barrel very quickly.

We did not get the diverter that was advertised with the product. One that was sent wants use to cut into our downspout. Not something we wanted to do. We would have bought just the barrel and bought the diverter we wanted somewhere else had we known this. We love the barrel though.

Great barrel, but . . . never could get a good flow from spigot. Removed from barrel & realized the opening was very very small, which allowed very little water out, thereby not allowing enough pressure for the garden hose. Will have to purchase new spigot from hardware store to correct this problem

I love the idea but there is not enough pressure to push water through a hose. I have to figure out a way to put it up on a stand so hopefully the gravity will let me use a hose to water my plants!

Iuse this not to collect water but to divert it. One of my gutter down spouts empties out into my driveway so I connect a garden hose to the spout and run the hose across my driveway so the water dumps into my yard instead of puddling up in the driveway. Worked great while it was warm out. One winter and the whole side split open. Keep in mind that I always leave the spout open so the water drains. I'm not sure how that much water could have froze inside to blow out the side completely. Guess it's not as durable as they say. Very disappointed

Advertised as 50 gallon. It is a 40 gallon. Spigot slowly discharges water.

I bought two of these rain barrels and since then have learned that they have three serious design flaws: 1. There is no easy way to filter debris from the water coming from the roof. 2. Although it looks like a lid, the top is part of the molded barrel and cannot be lifted. As a result, you cannot dunk a bucket in to fill it. You can only use the faucet. 3. The water just dribbles out of the faucet. Way too slow to be practical. After considerable expense for the purchase and installation of these wine barrels, I consider them to be practically useless.

Both the picture and the item description fail to reveal that the rain barrel is not the standard model. It has been over a week since I called Hayneedle Customer Service to inquire why the barrel I received is different from the standard one sold every where else and why the instructions with the barrel refer to a different model than what I got. Despite Customer Service promising to follow up on this and call me back, over a week has passed and no phone call. Good Ideas HAS replied to my inquiry to them to explain that they redesigned this particular barrel to work with the overflow valve to turn off when the barrel is full. In keeping with truth in advertising, I would have liked Hayneedle's picture and description to have revealed that the model is different from the norm and why. In addition to fully describing the item, Hayneedle should do better in the Customer Service Department.