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)

I guess I’m lucky, but this system has been plug-n-play since 7/23.Pump has been good, but noise is a lot,The air pump been fine.I’ve been growing nonstop 5 months 24/7

The media could not be loaded.  This product so far looks great, no leaks and easy to install. Everything is running perfectly as described. will post an update in about 6 months with the results... This thing paid for itself ten fold. Results in! 1.5pounds in a 2.5' tent. Only used 2 of the four pots. Great set up!

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.

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

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.