I purchased these for additional emergency water storage that would fit neatly in my garage space. I received these a few days after ordering and the kit came exactly as described and in perfect shape. All of the small kit items such as the lids, spigot, water treatment drops, strap wrench and instructions were nicely packaged in a zip loc bag. The four 5 gallon jugs appear to be very sturdy and durable, but I only give 4 stars for now. I can update these after an Arizona summer. The lids were all anti-tamper allowing you to tell if the lids were opened at a later time. The strap wrench made it easy to tighten the lids for storage. The kit also came with an additional lid for the spigot. NOTE: You will need to drill out the lid for the spigot. After reading through the instructions provided with the kit, I washed and sanitized the four 5 gallon jugs and allowed them to dry. Once filled I used the treatment drops as directed, tightened the lids and stacked them in the garage. Very easy product to set up and the moving is pretty easy with the integrated handle. Just remember full with water these things weigh approx 40 lbs. NOTE: The air vents on the jugs are NOT drilled out. I left mine this way to keep the jugs a little more air tight. When you are ready to use the jugs you will need to puncture the air vent to allow the jugs to drain easily. All in all I recommend the 20 gallon emergency water kit.

If you are reading this, you know what these are for - medium to long term emergency storage for water. These seem quite sturdy and have everything you want - They are sturdy, apparently made of food safe plastic, stackable, and it includes a spout that can be used with the container on its side. By the way 5 gallons of water is pretty heavy, unless it's a stationary application you don't want anything bigger - Just stack up what you need. It even comes with a strap type lid wrench that you need to close and open the fill opening.

On the slightly negative side, if you want to use the drain vent with the spout you have to have drilled out a hole through the vent (under the lid for the vent). I found a 3/8 inch drill bit is about right. Also, if you want to use the spout, which works fine, you have to drill a hole in the center of the one lid that you screw the spout to. I used 1/2 inch drill bit for that but first I drilled a 3/8 inch pilot hole (it's tough and thick plastic and it would be hard to drill through with just one drilling.)

Like another reviewer recommended, first I drilled out all the vent holes under the little vent screw under the vent cover. Turn the storage container turned on its side, not from the top so the shavings fall on the floor and not into the storage container. I also drilled one storage lid to be able to use the included spout. Then I washed each container with a 1/2 gallon or so of water and ONE single drop of Dawn dishwashing detergent (too much and you will be rinsing almost forever). Then I rinsed repeatedly with a similar amount of clean water until there was no hint of foam. Then I used 1 teaspoon of ordinary (not thickened or perfumed) laundry type chlorine bleach in a similar amount of water, sloshed it around inside and emptied it. And finally I added 1 teaspoon of the chlorine bleach and filled the container and tightly closed the lids.

Note I strongly recommend storing these sitting straight up, not on their sides so there is no chance of leakage at all. The lids seem fairly leak tight if you tightly close the lids (main and vent), but no need to run the risk of a slow leak by storing the container on its side.

These are excellent water storage containers!!! This is my second order of the containers, after my first purchase I liked them so much that I ordered more. They come with a purification kit so all you have to do is disinfect the inside of the container with some dish soap and then some bleach then fill it with water and add the purification liquid screw the cap on tight and store it in a safe place. These containers are very sturdy and I expect them to last a long time. The caps make a nice tight seal also so the water should last a solid 5 years before needing replacing. If you are looking for good water storage containers then these containers are perfect. Plus they are only 5 gallons so you can still move them in case you need to leave your house. Anything over 5 gallons starts to get too heavy to move so 5 gallons is about the perfect amount. I highly recommend these if you are looking for water storage containers.

Officially, I rate them at 4 1/2 stars.
Finally got them cleaned out, prepped and filled with water. They feel like they are sturdy and will have a long life
I followed the suggestion of another reviewer in using very little dish soap to cleanse them and then adding bleach with the water instead of the included chemicals.
I guess its due to the number of containers one buys whether or not the strap wrench to tighten down the caps in included. I got the 4 pack and the wrench was included; so potential buyers need to keep that in mind.
Only thing I did not like is that in drilling out the vent holes, removing the caps broke the seal on them. I hope I tightened the caps back down sufficiently once I was done. Either they should have that pre-drilled out or have the vent caps packaged separately like the main lids. And that is what made me give them a less than perfect score.
I will keep a close eye on them for the next few days to insure that there is no defect that can cause leakage- they are standing upright and will continue to be that way once I'm sure they won't leak and can be properly store them in a quiet corner of the house.

Seems great. I like that they come a tool to tighten the caps.