Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I actually purchased this item in 2012 had it stored in a hot garage until last night. We were expecting to get flooding and possible loss of power as we are on the 'dirty' side of the storm not in the direct path of the hurricane. My neighbors informed us as the last minute that if the power grid goes down like it did for hurricane Ike that our water station will go down. It was down for a week with Ike. The heavy rain was not due in out area until Saturday. Friday evening 8pm, with a light drizzle outside,the power suddenly went out. The storm is forcast to rain for another 3-5 days and panic set it. Remembered that we had the water Bob in the garage and decided to give it try. It's been stored in high Texas heat so the worry was that the plastic wouldn't be sturdy enough to hold water anymore. We thought of just filling the tub, which would have been plan B but with a toddler at home, open water is not preferable, also the water would be subject to dust,etc. Pics below are from filling it in the dark with just a cell phone flashlight. Very easy, 1 person job, was able to do most of it 1 handed. Few tips though. We placed it in the rounded garden tub which made it difficult to fill due to backflow And next time will place it in a standard tub. Also due to the back flow, the fill tube would back up once the bob started filling and causing a bend in the tube- causing mild spillage. Thought about cutting the tube but decided against it just in case we had the opportunity to top it off later. I would suggest making a cuff as shown in pics as the bob fills. It's now morning and no leaks found. Would definitely buy again. **Edit** we purchased another one and filled it right before the freeze. Thought I was being dramatic, just an inch of snow was expected but something told me to fill it. As any hurricane prone area family we had some bottled water and a few gallons always as a just in case. This thing literally saved us. We could have never imagined not having water for 2 weeks and not having anywhere to buy/refill from. We used all 100 gallons of it. My only complaint was once it got low it was very hard to siphon. Also the tube was a little short which made it hard to siphon out once the water was too low. We used the same garden tub in the pics which is very deep. Next time for real, we will use the regular sized tub.