Rain Barrel, DIY Kit, Made from Previously Used Food Grade Barrel, Upcycled, Recycled, 58 Gallon Size

I'm very pleased with this rain barrel!> The supplied brass spigot is of good quality and most importantly, I love that they thought to use one that is mounted with 2 screws on the outside (unlike my other rain barrels) thus eliminating the need to try to reach down inside to deal with washer and nut situation. Great idea!> A previous reviewer mentioned food residue/bugs. I'm pretty sure this was originally on olive barrel. I thought about rinsing it out but decided it didn't seem to need it - at least not in January in Virginia. There doesn't seem to be any residue inside or outside of it.> Instead of using the brass fitting that was included to fit a garden hose for the overflow, I chose to drill a 2" hole and use 2" tubing (corrugated-looking) that I had leftover from another project. It's available by the foot at Lowes. If I'd already had a 1 7/8" hole saw it might have been better to use that. The 2' tubing provides for sufficient overflow. I drilled the hole 3" from the top, down along the curve - realizing that that would limit the capacity, not being able to get full to the top before overflowing. Using a 4" overflow pipe would decrease capacity even more - just something to consider.> The 'walls' of the barrel are 3/8" thick! Very nice and sturdy! I have a similar one (olive barrel-type) that has lasted 14 years, so far, unlike 3 of thinner material that have cracked like eggs when frozen. I do plan to at least partially drain in super cold weather, but I've never drained the other olive-barrel one all these years.> All necessary fittings were included and were of high quality, along with an instruction pamphlet with extra handy ideas.I couldn't be more pleased with it and I highly recommend this rain barrel.

Excellent product and has fared quite well in New England winters outdoors for the last five years. I would definitely buy another one.

I'm a bit miffed because this was very dirty, it had dirt, writing and scratches on the outside, a nasty black gummy area where there was apparently a label and actual dirt inside. Had to clean the outside with krudcutter, and could not get all the adhesive residue or writing off it. Cleaned the inside with water, got the dirt out but it still smells. The advertising says these are cleaned, this one wasn't.Then, I had to order a 1" drill bit to be able to install the overflow valve. Then I visited their website to buy a stand, because this really needs to be off the ground, and find out I could have saved $50 buying the stand and barrel together with some mosquito dunks from their website instead of on Amazon. And I ordered a better diverter, the one they sent looks cheap. So I will end up spending over $300 on this smelly used rainbarrel, and I hate the color, should have got an oak one. Mad at myself. Not my day, LOL.

Bought this because it was the sturdiest rain barrel available, at least on amazon. Received the product a few days ago and was very pleased. It is indeed recycled and up cycled as the advertising states. Looks to be an old Greek olive oil container that was repurposed into my rain barrel - nice!. Easy to put together and has everything you need included. Have read other comments about the overflow being too small but will wait and see. Mesh over the entrance hole is a bit large in gauge so i may put something smaller on it to keep out mosquitos. Overall, an excellent product.

It's been a PAIN IN THE ASS to....... Cut the gutter, find the right size of vinyl flexible elbow to put onto said gutter, level the ground, find, haul, & position the cinder blocks {as a heightened "base" for the barrel}, & then to locate the correct size for the hoses needed to attach one barrel to another, {"they" don't ever tell anybody any of THOSE things, but I WILL} but........... NOW we're in business, & "good to go". Praise Jesus!***Also! Remember to put a "mosquito dunk" into each barrel periodically!!!! VERY important! {ANOTHER thing "they" won't bother to tell you, but that I WILL.}

The media could not be loaded. We live in the Northwest and it rains a lot. We started using it early January. As of Feb 26, the barrel is full. We meant to reserve it for summer watering when it is dry. Since it fills up so quickly, we decide to get 2 second once. We followed the instruction, nailed the net on the top, added some rocks to prevent mosquito. Glad to know we are part of the eco friendly process.