I bought this because my new lake home is on city water when I had well water.  Rain water is a gift from God and I have many happy flowers.  I had to put a bigger faucet on, as the original one was too small to accommodate my soaker hose.  I put the barrel on 4 patio pavers to keep it steady.  It is of durable construction and gravity takes care of water pressure.  The only problem I've had was when so much rain fell, it overflowed.  I really like the screen that keeps seeds and flying pollen out of the barrel.  The improvement I would make would be an upper lid to dip water out.  As it is, one never knows how full it is.