RTS Home Accents Rain Barrel Link Kit

I really like this rain barrel. However, I wish that instead of the overflow in front, there was a port on the side near the top to re-connect back into my downspout so I can direct the water away from the house like I had it prior to installation. It doesn’t take much rain to fill the barrel, then flood out my flower bed and leave water standing next to my slab until it can drain. It isn’t unusual to get rain several days in a row in Spring time here. The ground is saturated and I am a little worried that it will drown my seedlings.

This is the third rainbarrel I've bought, all of them the same. 50 gallon, flat back, oak finish, brass spigot. Each barrel holds enough water to do the planer boxes on ots side of the house through the entire summer. I highly recommend this product. Get the stand for it too. You won't regret it.

Bought the 2-pack of 50 gallon rain barrels. Easy installation and the hose kit that joins the two to catch overflow was easy to install. You will need a drill and a 1” spade drill bit if you want to want to install a hose to join the two barrels if you have the 50 gallon barrels.

We have 2 rain barrels and use them often. We decided to get two more but that manufacturer no longer makes them. We found these rain barrels and ordered them. We like the look of them but wish they had lids that you could take off to clean the inside when we store them during the winter.

We have gutters, but for some reason when it rains it runs over the gutter on one area on our lanai. This would cause excess rain water in an area of the lanai that water should not run to. I bought the rain barrel hoping that this would help our problem. It does a great job of collecting the rain. It is not rainy season yet here in Florida. I may have to hook up a hose to the rain barrel to drain the amount of rain we get into the pool. As long as my covered part of the lanai doesn't get all the excess rain I will be a very happy customer.

I loved my first RTS barrel I bought several years ago and needed more capacity. Bought a new one but the height on the stand is a little taller making ir difficult to link. Also, the link kit only seems to have come with one hose barb when it seems you need two if you are linking barrels. Not sure how I'm expected to connect to the existing barrel but I guess I need to figure it out.

Set up was relatively easy and the flat back makes the rain barrel easy to position. Sadly, the description on Wayfair did not seem to indicate that the kit needed to connect two rain barrels together was not included so that was disappointing. More a reflection on Wayfair than the rain barrels themselves.

Good product. Didn't expect the back to be flat from online advertising. We also ordered the rain barrel stand. Tip: I turned the stand upside down and filled the stand with concrete to stabilize and provide more support for the weight of the rain barrel with water.

Well made barrel. Recommend propping it up off the ground (using a wood pallet or bricks, etc) before you start catching water so it is easier to attach your hose on the bottom spigot. Also wish I would have gotten a removeable top so I could scoop water out from the top and the bottom (using the hose). Overall though a solid product.

The rain barrel construction was fine. But just observing my first rainfall and it leaks around the spigot flange, not the spigot itself. I'll have to apply some sealant around the flange. Others have complained about the same problem. Maybe a different adhesion technique should be used at the factory or a small tube of sealant be provided with rain barrel.