RDWC Top Feed Drip Hydroponics Systems, Recirculating Deep Water Culture Hydroponic Bucket System, 5 Gallon Hydroponics Growing System Kit with Water Pump, Air Pump(4 Bucket + Reservoir + Drip Kit)

Works perfectlyAssembly was simple

So far I've used this system to grow strawberries and raspberries and kale and this system is great. The pump did stop working only after I cycled it on and off to keep the stems from rotting and causing diseases. But the system can be used outdoors which is where I'm using it and it's doing great.

This is a real Rube-Goldberg setup:There is no way to make a neat setup. There are tubes running everywhere and once you install it is difficult to make any changes.It is difficult to assemble and even worse to dissemble. Once it is running is is not easy to keep the water level as you want it. The whole thing is poorly thought out and does not work that well.

Ordered and set up the bucket system without any issue and no leaks, within 2 weeks the pump went out, luckily I was within the return period and was able to get a replacement and send back the other one. However, the replacement has now gone out and it has been less than 2 months and past the return period. I am annoyed because you NEED the pump to always work and always work properly and this pump does not work properly. I read other reviews where they talk about a bad pump also. What a bummer! The kit itself tho is great and easy to use

Instructions were pretty useless, so look for videos for assembly. I recommend laying out the buckets where you plan them to be before sizing tubes. The reservoir bucket's white valve had a small drip leak just as most other people's did; I wrapped the leak with pipe thread and e-tape which held it back until water residue healed it. Still not confident in the valve, but it's been dry since. It's not the cheapest RDWC kit, but it works and the all-black plastic keeps out light, where as the cheaper kits have translucent plastic that allow light leaks leading to problems. Set-up took a couple hours.Biggest CON: No dump valve to empty/change the water. There was an extra valve included, but not a hole drilled... Didn't realize this was a problem until after it was running. Not a game changer though.Biggest PRO: It worked as it should. It's plastic buckets and hoses, not rocket science.