Rain Saver: Rain Spout Diverter Unit

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There is a huge amount of rain water that goes uncollected. By harvesting this water, you'll be able to then reuse it on your garden. By collecting rain water, you will not only be helping the environment, but additionally , you will be saving yourself some money as your water bill will decrease. This is especially true for all those individuals who live in waterless climates. Collecting the water is so incredibly easy to do. You in all probability already have a leader and gutter system set up on your roof. As an alternative to letting the water just run off, you just divert it to your recepticle for later use.

Check out the wide variety of rain barrels. They are available in all sorts of shapes and sizes. These devices are even being made to appear like they may be pots with plants in them. Sometimes people view these as unappealing additions to their garden. By having them look like planters, they give the impression of being better. At first glance, rain barrels and rain barrel diverters may appear to be fairly pricey. After all, they are just buckets to catch water in. But they pay for themselves with the water that you'll save.

Using rain barrels with a rain spout diverter to collect rain water is one of the easiest ways you can conserve water.  A rain barrel diverter in conjunction with rain barrels can have you saving water and money in no time.  Putting a rain barrel at the bottom of your downspout allows you to passively collect water as it rains.  It couldn’t be easier.  And you are collecting water that would normally runoff down your storm drain.  Your roofline consolidates the rainfall, it then flows through your gutters and downspout into the rain barrel.

While this is straightforward and efficient, there is one problem that you can have. What happens when the barrel is full?  If your rain barrel doesn’t have an overflow hose or spout, then you could wind up with the rain barrel overflowing, and if this is near your home, you could actually wind up with a bit of damage to your foundation.  This is easily remedied with the use of a rain spout diverter.

How Does a Rain Spout Diverter Work?

The Rain Saver Rain Spout Diverter Unit works by allowing rain water to fill up your rain barrel.  Once the barrel is full, the water saver reservoir fills up.  When this reservoir is full, the water pressure prevents water from flowing into the rain barrel, but instead it flows to the usual drainage system. There is a seven foot hose that comes with the system.  This allows for the rain barrel to be placed away from your home in a less conspicuous, or more spacious area.

The Rain Saver Rain Spout Diverter Unit works as advertised.  It comes in two sizes: three inches, or four inches.  These sizes correspond to your gutter size, so make sure to measure your downspout before you order.   As with most rain water diverters this unit has a bit of overflow in an extreme rain situation.  Otherwise it works well, and unlike other rain spout diverters, with the Rain Saver Rain Spout Diverter Unit, you don’t have to go out in the rain to manually adjust the diverter.

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Description

Collecting and using rain water makes environmental sence and economical cents. Not only do you save on your water bill the whole year through, you also save your garden plants and soil the trauma of chlorine and other unnatural chemicals. The Garden Water Saver diverts and collects rain water into a reservoir. Reservoir not included. Comes complete with instructions.

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Reviews

Works OK until it falls apart

by Owen S. from Maryland, USA on 2010-03-30
I owned two of these downspout diverters for two years. They worked OK, but they don't allow as much water to pass through the bottom end as they allowed to enter the top. When it rains heavily water will leak out the top of the diverter and run down the side of your house. I patched mine up with foam sealant, but it was annoying. After two years these units took a beating from the sun and basically fell apart. The plastic in mine wasn't very thick and seemed to break down after being outside for a while -- hopefully they've modified the design. I've been using the RainReserve diverter units for a couple of months now, and I'm very impressed. Better plastic, MUCH stronger, and they have a hatch that can be removed to clean out the entire unit. The hoses are bigger too (and you can hook up two barrels to one diverter to fill them in parallel). Best of all, they don't suffer from the capacity issue that plagues this one. The extra $10 is worth it. Your mileage may vary.

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Works

by K. Iverson from Central IL USA on 2009-07-09
Product works good as long as your not getting a extreme amount of rain, but I would still recommend this product.

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Works Great

by Wendy J. Gerdes from Edmond, OK United States on 2009-06-03
I have it installed and it works like it is supposed to. Very happy with product.

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Haven't used it yet

by Alan McClelland from Webster Groves, Missouri United States on 2009-06-10
The order information didn't let me choose between a unit that works with a 3" or a 4" downspout. The unit I received is for a 3" downspout and I need to buy a converter unit to get it to work with my downspout. I bought a second unit from another supplier where I was able to designate my downspout's size. It works fine.

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Rain Saver:Rain Spout Diverter unit

by MK from Dallas on 2010-04-14
I had this installed because my rain barrel was "around the Corner" from my downspout. So far, it works great.

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