Rainwater Urn, 65 Gallon

Comments about : Rainwater Urn, 65 Gallon:

I've invested a lot in the landscaping in my home's curb appeal and landscaping and wanted a rain barrel that wouldn't detract from that--this is the one! I got it in brown and it looks great. It is pretty easy to put together but you need to be extra careful installing the spigot or it will leak a little. One decent rain filled the barrel and it's easy to use the small hose to fill buckets or a watering can. For the overflow hose, the best fit seems to be a 1.5 inch sump pump discharge hose--you can get them online or in home centers and the kit comes with the right-sized clamp so it is super easy to put together. I didn't bother putting a plant in the top but the depression in the top is a great place to stash hand tools when you're working nearby. I liked this rain barrel so much that I've ordered another one to use in my backyard.

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It looks great and holds plenty of water but make sure it's empty before the winter freeze.

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I replaced my old wooden rain barrel with this one when the wooden one broke from exposure to the elements. I generally avoid plastics, but this seemed a good alternative for a rain barrel. It looks nice and functions perfectly. It was super easy to hook up, and I like having a place for a plant on top. (I always place a flowering plant atop my barrel.) I use the barrel for watering flower pots in the yard, mostly. I'm glad I made the investment.

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Easy to use & convienent.

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Collect rain water

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Use this to water my raised garden beds (also from gardeners.com which I LOVE)

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We live in California where the drought and mandatory water conservation has killed several trees and threatened to kill many of our established plants. We bought one urn and liked it so much we bought another.
It was extremely easy to install and is so efficient that it fills with less than an inch of rainfall. We set the second urn up 100' away and can easily fill it using a garden hose attached to the spigot of the original urn.
These urns are very attractive and seem to be very sturdy. We also attached a flexible hose to the overflow port. We use this water to irrigate plants that sit 20" away from the house.

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This urn solves a couple problems for us. It collects water for a small garden nearby. It greatly reduces a drainage problem near our house. It looks great. The only work involved is monitoring rains and the water level inside so it doesn't overflow, and because of our cold climate in central Illinois we plan to store the urn in a shed over winter. We also had to adjust the height of the urn. After it filled with water it sunk into the grown slightly, affecting the ability to empty the tank using the bottom hose. We had to empty the urn and raise the blocks underneath so that gravity would work again. problem solved!

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I am a retired lady who was able to hook the whole thing up myself with no problem. Once hooked up, an inch of rain running through my single story house's gutter more than filled this rain barrel. I am very with pleased. I would encourage you to add a runoff hose and clamp. Without it, I had to make a run to my closest hardware store, which easily had the clamp but not the run off hose. Why not include it? I was disappointed everything was not included in the package to hook it all up.
Excluding the lack of run of hose and clamp, I would haved definitely given it a five star rating. It is beautiful and looks durable too.

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I use these rain barrels to harvest rain water, so that I water my gardens during the summer drought. The two I purchased years ago got me started....now I've added 2 more. The only real problem I've encountered is that the overflow spout has begun to crack, probably due to the weight of the hose I had to attach. Still it shouldn't crack - the hose is necessary. I'm sure I can fix it though.