Good Ideas Rain Wizard Urn 65 Gallon Rain Barrel - Black

This is exactly as advertised. Great size and light weight when empty for easy installation. To create more head pressure for watering, I recommend installing on a few stacked patio blocks or something strong enough to support the weight of 65 gallons of water (~543 pounds) to elevate the spigot.

Product arrived quickly and in perfect condition. Bought a separate Rain Wizard pipe kit to install it without cutting the gutter in half. Now once barrel is full, the water just runs down the water. Easy to install barrel and separate pipe. Filled quickly due to hard rain. Great for watering plants etc. This is my second one and I will get more. It is really good looking too instead of some plain blue barrel.

I have a hip roof with one joint run-off. This barrel was sturdy enough to take the force of the run-off but retained standing water in the set for ornamental plant growth. To avoid mosquito farming, I drilled four 1/4" holes in the outer edge rim of this area. Problem solved. I now have readily available water for the plants already there.

Rain barrel has attractive appearance with large capacity. The back of the barrel is flat for placement against a wall. It came with 2 brass faucets and gaskets for both but 1 predrilled faucet hole. There was a leak on the backside where I assume the plastic was injected into the barrel mold> I repaired it with flexseal. I positioned the rain barrel in my driveway against the house on a brick platform so I can fill buckets & watering cans.

Appearance is great, a plus too any home. The planter area on top is a great feature. BUT, there is a serious design flaw. It comes with a very nice brass hose bib that you have to thread directly into... plastic. Pretty much impossible not to cross thread and strip some plastic, and generate a leak. (Should have a bulkhead type valve instead.) Seriously; don't assume you will have better results, I'm good at that stuff and careful, and still have a slow drip.

This barrel is the same style as the one I replaced. I had to drill relief holes and plug others that were already made so excess water would flow away from my house. The material is lighter than the first one which lasted five years before it cracked. I wonder if this one will last that long.

The rain barrel is nice looking. I do not know if this was a defect with just ours, but does not have an overflow hole! It was a shock and a mess after the first hard rain. It only has one spigot.

We bought this rain barrel but then realized it only had one slicker mounted low in the front. The manufacturer does not make a stand for this model that is in the same color oak that we bought. My wife also learned that a normal hose will not work due to lack of pressure so it does not fit our needs at all

I bought 2 of these last year to try out and they are great. These are not as heavy duty and the area where the faucets go leak. Since they are outside, the leaking is tolerable but not preferable.

The rain barrel looks nice and I do like the screen to prevent it becoming a mosquito farm. I did not expect the spigot to flow like a household spigot but it is just above a trickle. It takes forever to fill up a watering can.