Good Ideas Impressions Bark 50 Gallon Rain Saver - Terra Cotta

Great rain barrel. Unlike other more utility style barrels this one looks great next to my front porch. I added petunias for color and it blends with the hanging flower pots. It arrived at the time promised and the packaging intact with hardware stored safely inside barrel. Thinking of buying a couple more!

I bought this product because it was one of the most attractive & affordable rain barrels, plus it comes in a variety of colors. I bought it in terra cotta. The problem is how to link the barrels. My contractor says you cannot & the customer service rep at Good Ideas says you can. I think the contractor is probably right, however, when I received the product in the mail, they were POORLY PACKAGED! When I tried to drop them off today at FEDEX, they would not take them in the original packaging. FedEx wanted $34 per each rain barrel to send it off. IT SIMPLY IS NOT WORTH the TROUBLE!!! I will try to do it myself with You Tube as Good Idea has not been able to provide me with sufficient information. They really need to design a 100 gallon rain barrel as in Los Angeles (which is a very big city with lots of construction that is on-going) there is a requirement for rain barrels in multiples of 100. It would save space to have fewer barrels and to not have to link them. I had wanted one not made of plastic, but wood rots and ceramic is too heavy and comes in smaller units. Next time, when I work on the house, I will put in a pond (an alternative to a rain barrel).

This rain barrel couldn't be easier to 'assemble' - which is simply attaching a screen and two spigots. It looks really nice in our yard, and is a great size to collect rain from our garage roof. The hardest part about getting this set up is sawing through the gutter if you need to shorten it to match up with the top of the barrel. I love that this includes a planter, we are putting marigolds and citronella in the planter to repel mosquitoes from the water source (the screen will help with this too!) I will say, the images online make this barrel look like it has a flat back to it, but in reality it is a fully round barrel. A flat back would make less space to hold water, but it would be able to snug up to the house a little better if there was a flat spot. Either way, I'm happy with this purchase and would buy again!

We love them but you can't plant in the top like the picture shows. The top fills up with water not sure why it wasn't designed to drain into the bottom. If you want plants they will have to be in a planter. Purchased the terracotta and the green, not crazy about the green but will be purchasing 2 more in different colors.

I got this for my daughter-in-law for her birthday. She loves it. Quality construction, easy to set up and start using. The only problem is that in Michigan, it needs to be emptied and put away for the winter...but not a product defect - Mother Nature's fault! It is a great savings for watering gardens!!