Baril de pluie plat

I’m very excited to have purchase this rain barrel. It looks nice, was fairly easy to install. It has an area on the top where flowers, or some sort of decoration can be added. Now I just need it to rain. 

NOTE: the 85 gallon is NOT flatback. Maybe the other sizes are. This is fine. The terracotta looks cheap from up close, but very traditional from any distance. The urn came with a big dent, which was popped out by the weight of the water. This doesn't have a proper diverter cutoff or an overflow hole--we had to drill one. Instead, it has instructions about getting the diverter hose exactly level, which is slightly ridiculous and unlikely to work well over time. Definitely took some DIY-ing, but it took about 40 minutes total to install, not counting leveling the ground. We paid around 50% on sale--it's not worth full price. You do need a hacksaw to cut your downspout (all water barrels need this). The main thing to know is that you need a drill and overflow hose. Drill a second hole at the same level as the entry hole at the top, and run a hose from that to wherever you want extra water (the same splash block as the downspout, or down in the lawn). PROS: It works. I don't think it will split over time. It comes with a (mediocre) diverter setup. The drain hose and valve seem decent. CONS: Not worth full price. Really needs extra holes drilled. Without extra holes, install is finicky. Came with a big dent in the plastic. INFO: 85 gallon is not flatback, it's round. Requires a hacksaw to install. To really install properly, a drill and some DIY needed.

The terracotta urn I ordered turned out to have the subtle shade of a ripe pumpkin and has been relegated to the basement to hold excess rainwater from our other 4 rain barrels. I will not have this glaring orange object at the front corner of my house as originally intended. The color and texture look embarrassingly fake. As for size and function, okay. I would have sent it back but we were on vacation when it arrived, we opened it much later, hubs destroyed the box it came in and we missed the return window. I even considered painting it, it looks that bad. Oh, well!

Attractive and super easy installation.

This works GREAT and easy to access. No longer have to wait 24 hours for all the juck to evaporate from out tap water before watering plants. Does not look plastic from a short distance.