This has been functioning most of the summer and overall we are very pleased.  It has a very nice look to it and goes well with our dark wicker deck furniture and black iron tablechairs.  The brass spigots are well made.  The higher one is perfect for watering cans.  There is a second lower one at the base to which I will be attaching a hose for it to drain into my garden over the winter.  What was not made clear in the description (allow a few others mentioned draining to the back in their reviews) was the overflow from the planter part.  I do not intend to plant anything in it as the barrel is on my deck catching rain water from our deck cover and do not wish the dirt mess on my deck.  As you will see from the 2nd pic there are 2 exit holes on the outside of the backside of the barrel (last pic is of drain hole inside the planter area).  I intend to plug these and drill holes in the base of the planter so that all the water goes into the barrel.