Water Butts Direct Reviews

Name: Water Butts Direct
Address: 54 Wilbury Way, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Rating: 4.56

4.6 Rating 2,188 Reviews

90 %

of reviewers recommend Water Butts Direct

4.6

Based on 2,188 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 93%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	96%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Under An Hour
Customer Service	4.6 out of 5

About Water Butts Direct:

We are the UK's Largest Range of Water Butts, Rain Barrels & Rainwater Harvesting Products. Leading manufacturer & distributor of gardening, recycling & water conservation equipment. Highly Accredited. Fast Delivery. Leaders In Conservation. GM8 Group Ltd Brand. Excellent Service.

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Phone:

0800 688 9823

Email:

cs@gm8group.com

Location:

54 Wilbury Way,
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
SG4 0TP

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Water Butts Direct 5 star review on 5th September 2025

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Water Butts Direct 5 star review on 4th September 2025

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Delivered relatively quickly. Looks good quality but missing the connection I’d paid for to connect to the drainpipe & no paperwork or fitting instructions. Instructions are online if you search, and after a telephone call, Im promised the drainpipe connection will follow. So short of perfect.”

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“Not very well wrapped only had thin plastic wrapped round it several scuffs and sratches. Should have been better wrapped for transporting for the money it costs.”

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Hi Michelle, if you could send photos and details of your order number ect to our Customer Service team at cs@gm8group.com we will try and resolve this issue for you. Mandy

“A water butt is a simple product and what you present is pretty good EXCEPT for the failure to provide either a reasonable length of flexible hose or a simple way to obtain additional hose to fit. Strangely it has proved difficult to find a reasonably priced length of hose on the general market. It detracts from your butt appeal (you know what I mean😁)”

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Hi Johan, we sell a range of different sizes of hose pipe on the website: https://www.waterbuttsdirect.co.uk/search/?q=hose. If you are still having issues, please contact us and we will try and assist further. Mandy

“Nice water but, the planter section is a good idea and the shape is nice. However there were problems with delivery, arrived late and damaged. The packaging was not sufficient and it went backwards and forwards with Parcel Force, so on and off then van a few times. It got quite badly scratched.”

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“The water diverter with filter is poor and not worth the money, although not tested by rain as yet I would not buy again.”

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“The water butt looks fine, not fitted yet as the delivery took a little longer than the 3 to 5 days advised, so did not arrive in time for shed repair man to fix up. We look forward to seeing how it works when fitted and it has rained! We did phone to chase order and were advised it was out of stock but should be delivered at end of last week beginning of next, it arrived last Friday so all good. Tracking on my account never got past being 'processed' so delivery totally unexpected, delivery man very helpful . Would have been 4 stars if butt had been delivered within 5 days.”

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“One of the water butts delivered to the wrong address. The products are fine but the courier service is not.”

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“You need to rethink your couriers. This butt was delivered to incorrect address 3 doors down. Did not knock as householder would gave pointed out error. It had just been left at end of his garden. Husband located it but had to go outside in dark and cold. Delivery very poor.”

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“Why do you use Evri they ignore any instructions. I asked them to put the butt behind a side gate but they left it on the front door step. DPD or post office much better”

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“I had problems with the delivery from the supplier. It was sorted out eventually and I am very pleased with the item itself.”

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“Item turned up a day earlier than had been arranged, despite confirmation that a note would be left on the order not to dispatch until Thursday. It arrived at my home on the said Thursday and subsequently spent all day outside the front of my home. Luckily, it was still there when I got in from work that day. You probably need to have a word with your dispatch team.”

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“Although the hose is as long as in your details say, t is barely long enough to reach the bottom of the butt, let alone a convenient drain (which I don't have.) I'll have to cobble something together”

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“Reasonably priced and as described. It was a couple of weeks before the company dispatched the water butt, and took two emails to Customer Services to get a response with an update. The water butt itself arrived dented, but otherwise in tact and seems fine at the moment.”

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“I don't think the water butt stand was suitable for the smaller water butt I choose, even though it came as a package. It was just too big.”

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“A good water butt, however the 3 piece stand does not suit or fit in with the butt, not a good design & very flimsy. A bit disappointed, to be honest.”

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“I like the slimness of the water butt, I have two, but there are two things which I find very annoying. Firstly the tap provided is not suitable for filling watering cans as water splays everywhere but not in the can, - the tap is too short to fill a can because of the bulging pattern which prevent the can sitting correctly at the front so the tap really needs to be longer. Secondly you cannot get the water from below the tap. I have read your solutions about a hose or pump but you never suggested how to connect the hose of which pump.”

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“Water butt ok but the tap pointed the wrong way up when screwed in. Pointing it the right way meant it leaked. Called up support and they suggested i just tape up the leak, which i did and it stopped. However this isnt the point....it should have been correct from the start. Looks like its a recurring fault and so the manufacturer should sort it.”

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“The threads in water butt itself were no good so had to go and buy a new tap with a nut on the inside to stop it leaking because the tap supplied wouldn't tighten up at a cost of £10 , I have emailed you about it and got no reply.so we won't be using you again thanks.”

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“I ordered a water butt on the 8th May , it did not arrive. I had to enquire with you to find out what had happened to it- no explanation for the delay. Eventually received a message it was out of stock. Now received delivery on 30th of May. Alan Shakespeare.”

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“The water butt and base are fine and after some alertation works ok and is now collectng rain but but delivery was so slow it took a month from placing the oder to arrival”

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Water Butts Direct is rated 4.6 based on 2,188 reviews