I've ordered other pots from this brand multiple times I love how inexpensive they are and great quality! Its plastic but its thick sturdy and not shiny or tacky plastic. It has more of a matte finish, looks cute and easy to keep the white pot clean.
Being a plant hoarder, It's great if you need multiple pots and dont want to spend a ton of money but want it to be more stylish. I use the self watering pot for my semi hydro setup using leca it works perfectly for my needs! I havent used it for soil yet but I would assume it would be best for plant that like to stay constantly moist like calathea and ferns. I could see the design of this working well with soil. The white outer pot has a barely visible line inside to tell you where to fill the water which I appreciate but wish the line was more noticable.

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Maybe great as a regular planter with regular soil; not so great for hydroponics with coco coir.
Buyers should be prepared to play with different soil compositions to control wetness.
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As a self-watering planter, I think it's well built, simple, Amazing value, and looks nice.
For that, It should get 5 stars...

However, I have an issue with the design of is wicking speed.
I used these to plant green onions in coco coir, sub-irrigating using hydroponics nutrient solution.
I found that, compared to larger pots, the soil wicks up way too much water. Perhaps it is a function how small this pot is... maybe related to how high the soil is relative to the water in the reservoir... Anyway, the too-wet soil didn't end well.

I don't know how it handles regular soil, since I haven't tried.
Perhaps I could loaded the entire bottom with perlite instead of a homogenous mixture of 30% perlite, 70% coco coir. Perhaps I could have grown african violets, or something that loves wet soil...

I don't recall this product coming with soil, or, if it did, probably came with coco coir (which would have been wetter than my perlite-coco-coir mixture). This is in contrast to luxury, brand-name self-watering planters that come with soil included... If I were to guess what it should be loaded with, I would guess putting a a column of 80% perlite 20%-whatever into where the soil sits in the water reservoir.

Regardless, buyers should moderate their expectations to this being a "out the box" solution.
Therefore, 4 stars.

I needed some smaller plant pots for succulents and these are the perfect size. To use the self watering feature, you just pull out the inner liner, add water to the exterior pot, then replace the liner back in the pot. My only complaint is that they didn't come with water gauges so I have to lift out the liner to check.

Ver nice

I absolutely love these! They look great -- sleek and modern -- and the little water meter is genius.

How it works is that it's a little floating device with a little stick attached; as the water gets used up, the floating thingee will sink, and you can thus see the stick go lower and lower in the water gauge.

I bought two sets, and I am really delighted.

The one caveat is that the internal piece in the pots (the part that allows for the drainage, and also the corner section where the water meter goes) does make the interior of the pots smaller than expected (since the bottom is elevated to prevent root rot, and since the water meter itself takes up a corner of the pot). That is, I transplanted herbs I had purchased that were in 2" x 2" containers, and the net depth of the pot (since the bottom is elevated) is about 2", so while my herbs' roots now have more room to grow outwards, they can't really go any deeper.

So, if you really need all 5.5" of volume for your plant, consider getting something bigger. However, so far my little herbs seem to be loving these. I was initially a little hesitant due to the price (it came out to about $7 each, which felt steep), but now that I have them I am happy with my purchase.

I'm not sure why Amazon isn't letting me upload pictures to my reviews; if I can figure out how to do that, I'll upload a picture here so you can see how cute these are!