My trusty rain barrel finally cracked after 8 summers

Noticed a slow leak last week after that big thunderstorm, looked underneath and the whole bottom was spiderwebbed. Patching it with flex seal for now but has anyone switched to those collapsible fabric ones and do they hold up better in freezing temps?

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riverp375h ago

Stick with the plastic ones. Those collapsible fabric barrels are garbage in cold weather. They're basically thick bags - freeze once and the seams pop like cheap zippers. Had a neighbor lose two of them last winter, water everywhere, turned into a ice rink. Flex seal that crack right, you'll get another couple years easy.