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Your cart is empty.Transform how you care for your garden while reducing your environmental footprint with the FCMP Outdoor Raincatcher 4000 Rain Plastic Barrel. With over 375,000 plastic barrels sold across North America, this 50-gallon rainwater collection system is trusted for its durability, ease of use, and conservation-focused design. Constructed from recycled, BPA free, and UV-inhibited polyethylene, the Raincatcher 4000 is a rain catchment system built to withstand the toughest outdoor conditions. It measures 24 inches in diameter, 24 inches in width, and 32 inches in height. This rainwater collection barrel captures chlorine-free rainwater, ideal for sustainable gardening, while lessening the strain on local water resources and reducing your water bill. The 50-gallon capacity ensures that this rain collector has ample water storage for your lawn, plants, and garden beds. The modern flat-back design of this rain collection system barrel makes installation a breeze, allowing it to sit flush against your home and connect directly to your downspout. For added safety, the spoke and wheel pattern on top of this water collection barrel keeps children and pets safe, while the aluminum mesh debris screen filters out leaves and dirt, maintaining clean water for your garden. Maximize your rainwater storage by linking multiple Raincatcher rain harvesting barrels in series with the side spigots, giving you the flexibility to expand your water collection system as needed. An overflow connection directs excess water away from your home’s foundation, preventing potential damage during heavy rainfall. The complete rain barrel kit includes a garden hose with a shut-off thumb valve, hanging hose clip, overflow hose, debris screen, and a linking kit, making setup quick and easy. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or new to water conservation, the FCMP Outdoor RC4000 50-Gallon Rain Barrels to collect rainwater deliver a practical, sustainable solution for your outdoor needs.
Amanda Dye
2025-08-30 10:34:51
It was quite easy to get all set up. Seems to be of a sturdy material. We got rain here a couple days after I got it together, and it seems sealed up good, as I have not seen any leaks and it is retaining water. The wide opening at the top makes it so much easier to catch rain! Works well, and I can not wait for spring!! It shipped within 24 hours as well!!
Groovy Bluebird
2025-08-23 15:18:01
I like the wide opening on top. I don't have a gutter so it just fills off the roof valley runoff. I Live in a drought area. I should have bought this years ago and will buy several more. Very basic, functional. Sturdy. I put a brick on the edge of the screen because I'm not sure if the wind will blow it off. It hasn't gone anywhere.
John W. Adams
2025-08-12 14:34:44
This barrel relies on hose clamps to secure the outlet hose and the overflow pipe. There are no threaded connections. Connections were easy to make and have not leaked. The overflow is handled by a flat vinyl tube. I substituted a longer vinyl tube and I also used a quality hose clamp instead of the plastic tie supplied with the barrel. My experience with other rain barrels all involved different styles of threaded fittings. These fittings were inadequate and leaked. This barrel has a large, removable debris screen on top. This is a very good feature which helps in lining up with the gutter downspout. Also makes cleaning easier.
Iona
2025-06-28 13:10:46
I set the rain barrel up this morning on a beautiful, sunny day, so, I will try & remember to update this review after we have had some rain. Setting up, attaching the hose and overflow pipe of the barrel was very simple. I placed the barrel on an old, upside-down planter to raise it off the ground, this might prove not to be a sturdy enough stand for it, time will tell. I purchased a downspout diverter, also from Amazon, which I installed today - I was undecided on whether to cut a hole in the wire mesh on the lid of the barrel to feed the hose into, but ultimately decided that was the more reliable way of keeping the hose in place, rather than just laying the hose on top of the screen. So, fingers crossed that once we get some rain this barrel will fill up and help reduce my water bill. The overflow hose arrives flat, and there isn't really a way of coaxing it into being round or *open* so it's hard to tell if overflow water will actually be able to drain out of it. I'm not too concerned at this point as the downspout diverter I purchased can be set to bypass the barrel, and in addition my yard slopes down and away from the hose anyway, so hopefully water will not pool at the foundation. There were a lot of reviews that mentioned leaks in the rain barrel, again, time will tell as all my outside hoses are still turned off for the winter, so I have no way of testing the water tightness of the barrel. Keeping my fingers crossed! This barrel is fairly esthetically pleasing, not an eyesore in comparison to some. I have placed this in the back of my house, by my vegetable garden and compost tumbler, so how it looks is not too important, but, I do plan to buy more and put them at the front of my house & think these will look just fine.
ian Shopper
2025-06-25 09:32:48
Got mine right before we had a heavy rainfall Easy to hook up. The main hose connects with a metal screw clamp. The rear flat overflow hose connects with just a plastic pull tie. You could hook any 1.5" hose up to it using a plastic tie or a clamp. It also includes another 1 foot flat hose to connect to a second rain barrel, if you wanted to connect two barrels together.The water from the front hose flows best when the barrel is 50% or more full of water, but if you use it simply to irrigate water from the barrel to some other area through a hose, water will freely flow out of the hose if the hose is lying flat on the ground. If you lift the barrel by placing it on a box or stand or even just some bricks, it'll give you even more pressure. The water pressure is based on the volume of water in the barrel and gravity. They sell a stand for this model, but you can use anything like wood, bricks, a crate or even a wide footstool to raise it higher if you want to.It looks a lot bigger in person than it does in the pictures. It's strong plastic and will definitely last. The top screen is attached to a circular ring of plastic and just sits on top of a plastic crossbar opening at the top of the barrell. I drilled two holes on top and put screws through it, just to hold it more firmly in place, but I don't think it'll come off that easily on it's own. A really strong wind gust might lift it off, but I doubt it'll be an issue. I'm just paranoid so I put a couple screws in it.I recommend this barrel over the others for one big reason - it has the largest top opening of all the ones I've seen. The other barrels have a narrow or small opening at the top, which are meant for closer or direct gutter connections. This one is great for me because I don't have a gutter to connect to it and I can catch free-dripping water coming down from about 15 feet off a corner roof.I have this barrel positioned under a corner roof that doesn't have a gutter connection because of the angle of the corner there. This barrel picks up most of the water dripping down from about 15 feet up and keeps the water off the ground and away from my home's foundation. I also attached a standard hose to the included connector switch and ran it 15' out to a veggie garden where I attached a 50' soaker hose which I have wound around the bottom of the plants. So now, not only do I have a barrel to collect the rainwater coming off my roof to protect my home's foundation, I am also keeping the soil in my veggie garden damp without using my water company water.Easily one of the best products out there for simple-irrigation of rainwater and saving a couple bucks on your water bill.
Bo
2025-06-21 17:38:33
I use it as a mixing station reservoir for my Reef Aquarium as it looks nicer and more affordable than equivalent capacity containers. Delivered fast.
val berreth
2025-06-18 12:47:07
I really like the design and the excellent quality. The barrel was easy to set up and I really like having a hose on the barrel. The barrel was delivered in a speedy manner. There were no problems with the order from start to finish. I am looking forward to years of catching rain in this barrel.
Linda M
2025-05-04 18:04:40
This product is great and I am very happy with them!! They look very good and I love the hose.
Thomas Wagner
2025-03-05 15:51:08
Does the job. Easy to set up. But the overflow needs work. I plumbed it with a pipe, the flat overflow hose is basically a joke. As well the parts for the kit were in the barrel and a real challenge to get them out.
Thomas Blair
2025-01-21 13:06:03
So cool I had to order a second one
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