FCMP Outdoor 45 Gallon Heavy Duty Rain Water Catcher Barrel Container with Hose and Debris Screen for Outdoor Plants, Garden, and Landscapes (RC45-BLK) Black

My barrel had a small leak. The company responded to me right away and took care of me quickly. I deal with a lot of after-sale support issues in my own job, so I really appreciated their responsiveness. I would definitely buy from this company again.

I bought during drought months in preparation for the rainy season so I can't say completely how well this works yet. It was easy to assemble. While its light weight & easy for me to assemble & move into place, the material is sturdy. I like the fact that the barrel is one complete piece & not two halves that have to be screwed together so I won't have to worry about leakage around the seams. The grated lid was hard to open to get the parts out for assembly but it was easy to put back on, so no worries. I am now better prepared for next year's drought!

The hose connection and nozzle are flimsy, but it gets the job done. Performance is solid.

I recently had gutters installed and ordered the rain barrel in advance so the downspout could be placed properly. It was easy to put together, really all you need to do is attach the hose, clamp it on well and then the hose hooks to a clip. You could add a longer hose as well. Seems to be pretty durable, but we will see how it holds up in the Arizona heat.

I love this rain barrel. We have another that is older, smaller, and lacks the off/on feature. I much prefer this one. It has been great. My only complaint so far is that the little latch where you store the end of the hose is tough to get it back into. It just fits very tightly, which is probably good in the long-term.

Other reviews mentioned leaks. Mine arrived on time and was full to nearly overflowing less than a week later thanks to a heavy rain. I did notice the back of the barrel (flat side) had a slight bulge to it but there were no leaks. The top has a removable grate which I felt had large enough holes to allow mosquitos to pass through. To prevent the possibility of mosquito breeding (I hate mosquitos) I put a piece of fiberglass screen beneath the grate and another (probably overkill) on the top of the barrel held in place with a few rocks. This comes with a valve on the end of the hose that can accommodate a garden hose. So far I only used the water to fill a garden pitcher. With the flow rate, it did not take long to fill the 2 gallon pitcher.

Leaking where the bottom area is - Make sure as soon as you receive this product you fill it and to check for leaks! Cracked / pin hole around the bottom area.

I purchased these a year ago, and initially loved the way they looked and how easy the setup was. After a year two of them have cracked bottoms. Store these inside for the winter. They were empty, but the freeze/thaw was not good for these.

We bought two, and they're doing their job nicely. After properly tightening the hose clamps, I haven't noticed any leaks.I've even drilled a couple of extra holes and added extra fittings to adapt them to our rain collection system, and I've connected the barrels so they fill from a single downspout. So far so good.In our rainwater collection system we also have a couple of other barrels and an IBC tote. At almost $200 CAD each, we found these FCMP Outdoor barrels expensive compared to our other containers, and in fact we almost returned them as we were setting the system up, but then we discovered that with their slim profile they fit perfectly where we needed to put them, and they look half decent too.

No hay necesidad de armar nada es el tamaño que quería y se ve bien en el jardín

The price was really good and this rain barrel is great. It has a nice big opening to catch a lot of water and it also has a grate to catch debris. The connected hose is also nice to have to fill watering cans and it is also well built. I would definitely recommend this product to others.

Good size. One issue was that make sure when draining that the hos is lower than the output. Unfortunately, the plastic screen on the top got broken by a recent hail storm.

Very happy with it.