It looks nice and seems well made. But I don't need a rain barrel where I live even though I'm in an area in an extreme drought. That's because during the rainy season I never water the yard and the rest of the year it never rains.  So it would only collect 50 gallons per year of usable water.  I'm using it to temporarily hold the output of the washing machine instead.  The washer runs year round. The tap is always open to a hose that's moved around the yard. The problem I've encountered is that the screen on top is too fine, and clogged on the first washing.  And when I removed the entire screen, the tap clogged after a few washings.  The problem is that the diameter of the tap's hole for water is quite small.  I think that I've solved the problem by cutting out the screen in the top and replacing it with a huge net that hangs into the barrel.  That should allow the collection of a large amount of lint before clogging.  It hasn't clogged yet, but it's only been a few weeks.