Overall I am happy with this rain barrel. I am discharging my sump pump into it and I connected a rain barrel soaker hose to the spigot which waters my garden. A couple cons... The lower spigot is not quite at the bottom of the barrel; meaning you will always have a couple inches of water in the barrel. The only way to completely empty it is to flip it upside down. The drainage hole for the planter is on the back of the barrel, so water just pours out the back when overflowing. I am not using the planter feature, so I just drilled a couple small holes on the bottom of the planter section so that rain water drains into the barrel instead of remaining stagnant in the planter. Also, the manufacturer left the cut-out piece of plastic that they cut for the opening on top inside the barrel, along with a lot of plastic shavings.