We LOVE this fountain! The water makes just enough noise to be soothing and acts as white noise on our patio (we live in a neighborhood where the houses are close together). It was sagging a little bit between the 2nd and bottom buckets once we filled it with water, but it came with this metal bar, I stuck it under the 2nd bucket for support and voila, it worked... maybe it was meant for that, but it wasn't mentioned in the instructions, so if your shipment comes with a metal bar, don't throw it out! We added a water lily, not sure it will grow or not, but we're trying it, along with glass floats, and surrounded it with some flowers. We love it!!! This has really made our patio so much more enjoyable.