Product is perfect for us collecting rain water. I like the flex hose, brass fittings, screen provided. I thought it was on the hind end of reasonably priced.

It is nice when you get something and it doesn't come with any problems/issues/surprises

This barrel works well. Some people commented on a sticky substance inside. I think it's oil residue from the olives but it didn't bother me or seem to get in the water. I like the greek writing on the outside of the barrel and I like reusing. I needed a new lid for the barrel and wrote to the company twice asking about it but they didn't respond either time. Zero stars for customer service.

Got the barrel and added to my gutter. Also added a water transfer pump to use a garden hose attached to it (second photo). Overall this is great. I only gave 4/5 stars because as others have said, the 1inch garden hose overflow is NOT sufficient. Water overflows so fast. I had to make it a 2 inch hole and added a rubber Fernco overflow with a black hose. It works great now.

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.