Good quality nice and thick. Would buy again.

Has a plastic smell.. i use it for bulk cat food storage ... I put the food in two 50 gal trash bags to keep the plastic smell from getting in the food....works great i like it

We are using as a waterer for our chickens. No problems with the drum. No bacteria growth thus far. Will definately recommend for those looking to make a high capacity chicken waterer.

WoW! I wasn't expecting this drum to be commercial grade, but it is! The plastic is thick and the lid is very thick with an intergrated seal. The locking ring is heavy duty. These drums are definitely better than the flimsy 55gallon ones. I will consider buying another soon.

Pretty solid little drum. The lid flexes in quite a bit under full vacuum and I need to reinforce it a little moreUpdate: After replacing the filter on my rigid shop vacuum it worked a little too well and started to implode my drum. I will need to put a reinforcement rib in it somewhere.

The seal is air tight and the container is a 1.5 to 2 inch thickness. However the outside metal rusted when wet but it did not affect the seal.

SUPER!!! I use it in a sawdust collection system. Well made, top seals tight, and holds plenty for a home shop. Very happy with the purchase and I would purchase again.

just what I needed not too big not too small very thick and sturdy

Good quality , strong lid with metal latch so no liquid will leak

Perfect size good seal

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These are a great value! We are using to pump water for a remote garden! And another we turned into a rain barrel! They have a very strong sturdy seal mechanism that creates an very tight no-spill condition!

Works for what I needed it for

Excellent

To answer all the questions whether this drum/barrel is air tight. Yes it is. The lid has a silicone(?) gasket and the giant steel clamp wraps around the lid and barrel for a air/water tight seal. I'm using mine as a filter for my aquarium and it's water tight. So go ahead and do your DIY filters.

As described, thanks.

This Barrel is super strong and does a great job for my dust collection separator.

Very strong plastic.

I have a duck pond that's about 3000-4000 gallons. The ducks fertilize it all year round, so without a filter and aeration and plants consuming excess nitrogen, it gets dirty once the temperature of the water gets warmer. I've tried a few different approaches to filtering the pond over the past few seasons including poly filter media, top down gravity filters, and PVC pipes filled with gravel. The best so far was the PVC gravel, which does a nice job cleaning the water, but eventually got clogged. This barrel is basically a huge version of that, and should hopefully last all year without maintenance.I'm currently trying this barrel out as a closed/pressurized system where the incoming water is injected into the bottom of the container, and the outgoing water passes through several layers of sand and gravel. So far it seems to be working well, and the barrel is up to the task. The seal around the lid held with no problems at all. I just had to cut a couple of holes in the top of the container and install some bulkhead fittings run a PVC pipe to the bottom of the barrel and fill the barrel with media.You could easily use this to make a swirl filter, or even use it as a low-pressure accumulator if you threw some air-holding bladder or ball inside. I don't think it will hold a huge amount of pressure (the lid is probably the weak point), but I was pleased to see it could withstand at least the modest amount of pressure that my pond pump can produce.

It's strong