Set this up the other day under our downspout next to our front porch.  Doesn't leak from the spouts.  Very excited to collect water for my flowers in dry Colorado.  Haven't hooked a hose up to it yet.  Will need to get a small extension for our downspout or rig something up to close the gap between the downspout and the barrel because of the two "arms" that stick out the back top, it is not able to sit right up against our porch.  This causes a gap between the end of the downspout and top of the barrel causing water to run behind unless we are having a downpour and the water is rushing quickly out of the downspout into the barrel.