ebertSankey Water Diverter Kit (Black, 0.5 Metres)

This is an excellent device. I have three water butts, and installed three different diverters over a few months (I bought the cheapest each time!). This was the easiest one to fit - it's always a bit fiddly getting the level right! - the best looking, and the only one that was entirely trouble-free.Now buying another to replace the cheapest one which has always leaked a little through a poorly moulded connection.Not the cheapest, but the best, and only a quid or two more. It can be adapted for square down pipes, but you'd do better to buy the square-looking one.

We bought this for our square downpipes to set up a water butt at our new home. We have instead used it to divert water off by a system of pipes from the conservatory downpipe to our garden pond. The pond had dried up because we have had such little rain this spring and up to now. The weather forecast said that rain was due that night, so we quickly cut the downpipe and inserted this into place. At first it looked like it only would fit a round pipe, but it does fit square pipes too. We attached the flexible hose to our pipes which ran at an angle and then along the back of the borders to the pond. We tested it with a watering can and was pleased that it worked. We didn't get as much rain as forecast that night, but for what rain we did get [not a lot], it diverted a good deal that came off the conservatory roof. I can see that this product will be useful for this and that we will probably buy another for the water butt[s].

The water diverter was a reasonable price, arrived within a few days of ordering and was easy to install. I ordered 2 and installed each of them for 2 barrels on separate downspouts. I used a small fine tooth saw to cut each of the downspout pipes, then drilled a hole in each barrel near the top with a cordless drill, inserted and tightened the plastic pipe adapter and attached the flex hose between the diverter and barrel. It rained the next day and both rain barrels were full...great!

This item works. It does simply fit onto the rainwater down-pipe and take water into the adjasent water barrel. I'd have prefered white but didn't locate the same item in white. I used the same product on a round pipe and now have this fitted equally successfully to a square one. The price is why I opted for this very simple device.

Have used Sankey products before, sure there are cheaper out there but you only get what you pay for, a bit of careful measuring as per instructions (Easy to follow) and the water just flows into the butt.Dont pay for mains water, use rain water; after all you pay for sewage disposal inc. rainwater in your rates already, use it or lose it!!

This is one of the better designed water diverters as it has a ring around the pipe that will allow dead leaves to be removed when necessary. Fitting is easy although the instructions could have been a bit clearer on the height where the down pipe needs to be cut.Good value for money as the various garden centers would gladly rip you off for the double price without battering an eyelid. 4.5 out of five really.

Fitting is just two 'snips', well saw cuts ! Instructions are clear and fitting can be done in five minutes flat. I put mine well above the barrel and let the water drip into the top. To me the sound is soothing.

Very smart, and does the job. By trial and error, we have decided that it needs to be installed so that the hose connecting diverter to water butt is horizontal, to avoid the butt overflowing.