VINGLI50 Gallon Collapsible Rain Barrel, Portable Water Storage Tank, Rainwater Collection System Downspout, Water Catcher Container with Filter Spigot Overflow Kit

I've bought one of these before, about 2 years ago and the new one is better. A ring has been added to the top. The older I nes, still have my older one, and the top would collapse inward when very lower of water. This mad it difficult for new water to enter the top. They would also collapse with only a few gallons in the bottom as the became top heavy. I intended to elevate to new barrel so that excess water cab drain from the over flow into the old barrel. It hasn't rain and my barrel ran dry.

UPDATE - I'm raising my rating from 4 stars to 5. We used this multiple times over the summer and it fit the need perfectly. It has shown no signs of failure and that is with the understanding that it is moved constantly - taken up and reset for each camping location.ORIGINAL - I am not using this product in its intended use, but still using it as a water retention device. For my use, it is doing a great job. Here's the deal...I love to camp. I love dispersed camping in my home state of West Virginia. I have a small, popup camper.Where I live we have a LOT of rivers, streams and creeks. I hate lugging around jugs of water, so after watching a few Australian youtubes, I decided to copy them, but I wanted to have a collapsible water tank. This does the trick. Here is how this works...I have an old, 12v water pump. I drop an intake line, that only uses a screen filter, into the flowing water. There are no farms or industries upstream from where I camp. The pump then pulls from the water source and first pushes it through a 1 micron whole house filter. That then moves into this collapsible tank by way of a 100' garden hose.I make a setup location that is level for the tank. I fill it to about the 25 to 30 gallon mark. I then drop in the required amount of chlorine bleach, as determined by the EPA, CDC and NIH, and mix thoroughly to purify from bacteria. It sits for an hour. I test the pH and chlorine amount using a chemical test strip. If all numbers are fine, then I pump it out of the tank and into my 5 gallon water tanks.This water is not for drinking, but used for showers, cooking and washing. This system will NOT remove toxins or chemicals, but does make the water safe for consumption. So, this tank is an important part of the system, it folds up easily, it stands perfectly and does its job as a intermediate holding tank for water purification in the wild. Now, I only bring along a single 5 gallon prefilled water jug, plus bottled water for drinking and 3 collapsible 5 gallon jugs for my river water.

I use this to collect and gold water for my animals. WorksGood. Thick plastic. Issue is that the legs bowed out in the heat and over time so hard to get them to remain at full height. Had to get pvc pipe of same thickness to replace the bowed legs and I needed marine jab weld because of a leak at the nozzle connector. Other than that I still use these. Would get the blue 55 gallon barrels next time, but not a bad buy. They do the job but you may need to address those two things.

I was very excited to get this large capacity collapsible rain barrel but all it took was the first real rain to ruin my enthusiasm. It filled quickly then toppled over despite being on flat ground and all supports intact, spilling 100 gallons all over the place and causing damage to the fence it landed against. I set it up again with some chairs placed around it in hopes I could capture more rain and that work as the storm had passed and we were down to a drizzle. I was able to collect maybe 25 gallons. About 6 weeks went by with no rain (I live in Texas and it's summer). This past weekend, it pour due to storms created by a hurricane that hit the Texas coast. Despite chairs and other supports, once it got full it just collapse, crashed over and knocked everything down. 100 gallons of water is extremely heavy and I am aware of that, but with the continued flow of water from the roof adding to the full barrel it could not handle it so something had to give...and again I lost 100 gallons of precious rainwater (needed for my orchids) and in the end got maybe 5 gallons once we got it set back up. The storm had passed and not enough rain came after to fill the barrel. I feel like throwing it on a fire or tossing it in the trash but not until a new, proper rain barrel that is sturdy and not collapsible arrives. Collapsing is the number one talent of this barrel and it will do it consistently unless you build an edifice around it that can withstand the incredible pressure that builds up as it fills during torrential downpours. Do not buy this barrel. Repeat, do not buy this barrel. Spend the money on a solid, story barrel and forget about the convenience of a lightweight, collapsible option unless you live somewhere that has gentle rains and can build a framework to keep it protected.