FCMP Outdoor 45 Gallon Heavy Duty Rain Water Catcher Barrel Container with Hose and Debris Screen for Outdoor Plants, Garden, and Landscapes (RC45-BLK) Black

This is a great water solution. Fills readily even with a lighter rain. The short hose that you mount to it is attached with a p-clamp, which feels janky but seems to work fine. I prefer that to a spigot for filling watering cans, because I didn't have to lift the barrel with a stand. I can just tip the hose into a watering can to fill them, rather than having to keep the barrel high enough to fill a watering can. The end of the hose has a male hose attachment, so you can use a regular garden hose to water with as well. Pressure seems great as long as the barrel is at least partly full. Next year I will be attaching this to a garden irrigation system, so all I have to do it turn the valve, to water the garden.

I Ordered 2 rain barrels. One had a product defect and leaked. I contacted the company directly and they shipped a replacement immediately. The product works exactly as advertised and is an improvement on the earlier version. I particularly like the new placement of the outlet. The older version had it a couple of inches from the bottom so it was hard to get all the water out.

Holds a lot of water! Comes fully assembled. Only issues I have with it are that the hose is not long enough and it’s coming out of the back..

I think this product is 100%what it clams to be. Looks cool, holds alot of water and the hose although difficult to use when under half a barrel it works.

Other reviews mentioned leaks. Mine arrived on time and was full to nearly overflowing less than a week later thanks to a heavy rain. I did notice the back of the barrel (flat side) had a slight bulge to it but there were no leaks. The top has a removable grate which I felt had large enough holes to allow mosquitos to pass through. To prevent the possibility of mosquito breeding (I hate mosquitos) I put a piece of fiberglass screen beneath the grate and another (probably overkill) on the top of the barrel held in place with a few rocks. This comes with a valve on the end of the hose that can accommodate a garden hose. So far I only used the water to fill a garden pitcher. With the flow rate, it did not take long to fill the 2 gallon pitcher.

Quality material, sturdy and lightweight. Perfect size. Works perfect!!!! My wife loves it for filling up her watering cans.

What is the only thing a barrel needs to do? Not leak. Well, after having my fill of shoddy, off-shore manufactured rain barrels, I thought this one from Canada might be better quality. Set it up, started filling it from rain collection buckets, and when it was 1/2 full I noticed a significant leak! Darn it! Now the thing is too heavy to move without draining the precious rainwater (we are in California) from it. Too much hassle to return, so I'm going to try to patch the leak from the inside. But - NO QUALITY CONTROL - so do not, repeat, do not buy these! Update 1/18/26 - For any of you who have this problem (imagine trying to return one of these!), there is an easy fix for small holes. Sand the area near the hole and liberally apply silicone sealant. Screw in an oversized (relative to the hole) screw ("sheet metal" type) and it will form a good pressure seal. It worked well. Photos added. Note that I did not bother getting black silicone sealant... :)

Bottom spigot arrived damaged, had to get a different type clamp to hold the hose on. It’s too big of a hassle to return/exchange something this size. However, it works well, does what I intended it to do.

No hay necesidad de armar nada es el tamaño que quería y se ve bien en el jardín

This barrel was exactly what we needed during an unexpected water shortage this summer. It was easy to set up. Good design and easy to use. Good quality barrel.

We bought two, and they're doing their job nicely. After properly tightening the hose clamps, I haven't noticed any leaks. I've even drilled a couple of extra holes and added extra fittings to adapt them to our rain collection system, and I've connected the barrels so they fill from a single downspout. So far so good. In our rainwater collection system we also have a couple of other barrels and an IBC tote. At almost $200 CAD each, we found these FCMP Outdoor barrels expensive compared to our other containers, and in fact we almost returned them as we were setting the system up, but then we discovered that with their slim profile they fit perfectly where we needed to put them, and they look half decent too.

The cheap plastic piece that holds the hose to the top of the barrel snapped when I put it on, hose just hangs out on the ground now. Otherwise the barrel itself does what it's supposed to do.

The price was really good and this rain barrel is great. It has a nice big opening to catch a lot of water and it also has a grate to catch debris. The connected hose is also nice to have to fill watering cans and it is also well built. I would definitely recommend this product to others.