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Harvest more rainwater, without the mess

Move your water butts completely out of sight and draw all your free water from one central pod.

Rainwater harvesting, made simple

The smart way to harvest rainwater

Every time it rains, hundreds of litres run off your roof and straight down the drain. RAINPOD™ catches that rainwater at the downpipe and sends it to water butts or tanks anywhere in your garden, so you can store huge amounts of free rainwater and use it wherever you need it — with no pump, no electricity and no plumbing know-how.

✕Without RAINPOD Without RAINPODThe same house and garden without RAINPOD: two water butts squeezed onto the patio by the back door, one propped on bricks and one leaning and overflowing onto the patio and down the drain. 1 2 3
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    Ugly butts by the back doorAn eyesore right outside your house. Nobody wants to look at that every day.
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    Hardly any water savedOnly room for one or two butts. Once they're full, the rest of the rain goes down the drain.
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    Trips to the butt, every timeCrouch at the butt tap by the house, then carry heavy cans down the garden.
✓With RAINPOD With RAINPODRAINPOD on the downpipe catches the rain. A hose runs along the ground by the fence to five water butts hidden beside the shed, and to a RAINTAP by the greenhouse. The patio is clear. 1 4 3 2
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    RAINPOD on your downpipeCatches the rain and fills every butt. Take water straight from the pod's own taps.
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    Store far more waterLink as many butts or tanks as you like, out of sight. They all fill together and never overflow.
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    RAINTAP where you need itRainwater on tap at the greenhouse or veg patch. No trips to the butts.
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    Your patio backNo eyesores by the house, just a neat pod on the downpipe.

How it works

Rain in, water butts full, no electricity

RAINPOD™ uses nature's own way of levelling out a body of water. As the pod fills, so do all your connected water butts, at the same time — wherever they sit in the garden.

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Will it work in my garden? Almost certainly. RAINPOD is gravity-fed, so it depends on relative height, not distance. It works on flat, sloped and uneven gardens, with no strict limit on how far your butts sit from the pod, and suits water butts or tanks up to 1250mm tall. Step-by-step guides for your setup:

The transformation

See the difference RAINPOD makes

Drag the slider — same setup, before and after connecting RAINPOD to the water butt.

Wide view: RAINPOD installed on the wall next to the storage shed
Close-up: the RAINPOD unit connected to the water butt

What's inside

Everything you need to know about RAINPOD and RAINTAP

The main features of RAINPOD™ and RAINTAP™ at a glance — tap through for the full details.

RAINPOD collector with its removable debris filter, fitted to a downpipe
COLLECT & STORE

RAINPOD's main features

Easy installationAbout 10 minutes with a drill, a saw and a spirit level — just 4 holes, and every fitting is in the box.
Handles huge downpoursCollects over 4000 litres an hour with sufficient rainfall.
Removable debris filterKeeps moss, leaves and debris out — pops out in seconds to clean.
Built-in overflowOnce your water butts are full, excess water flows down the drain — no spills.
Built to lastA tough PVCu body with every other part replaceable, held firm by four hidden wall tabs.
Duo tapsA fast-flow tap for quick fills plus a hozelock-style tap for hoses and jet washes.
Jumbo hose connectorsQuick-connect 1" fittings make installation and maintenance faster.
Versatile waste pipeSits into your existing waste pipe, or channel overflow wherever you like.
RAINTAP rainwater tap on a garden fence, showing its fast-flow and hose-lock duo taps
ACCESS & USE

RAINTAP's main features

A tap wherever you need itThe greenhouse, by the shed, on the patio or in the front garden.
Works with your water buttsComes with a fast-flow water butt connector — no RAINPOD needed.
Links to RAINPODJoin it to your nearest butt with a T-connector in seconds.
Bucket-height tapRoom for a bucket or watering can underneath.
Fast-flow and hoselock tapsFill a can quickly or connect a hose, exactly where you need it.
Everything in the boxPremium 1" hose, jumbo quick connectors and fixings included.
Fits 3 hose sizesConnect 1", 3/4" or 1/2" hose from your water butt — 1" gives the fastest flow.
Left or right, your choiceSwap the capping nut to fit RAINTAP on whichever side of your water butts suits you.
Which do I need? Already have water butts by the downpipe? Start with RAINTAP. Want to move your butts out of sight and store more? Start with RAINPOD. Want both? Link RAINTAP to your nearest butt with a T-connector in seconds — together they make a complete garden rainwater harvesting system. See the full range →

Free help to plan your RAINPOD setup

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

As many as you like, providing you have the space — just keep the tops of the water butts level with each other so none of them overflow before the others fill.

Please allow 48 hours for dispatch, or 1–2 weeks at our busiest times — we aim to get orders out sooner, but it depends how busy the queue is. Once dispatched, delivery is via DHL's fully tracked 24-hour service with a 1-hour delivery window notification.

Let us know within 48 hours of delivery and we'll sort a replacement or a full refund — we also cover the return cost. Just email info@save-rainwater.co.uk with photos of the damage.

Yes — choose the hoselock-style tap (or both taps) when you order, then connect a hosepipe straight to RAINPOD. As it's gravity-fed, flow slows the higher you raise the hose; for stronger pressure, add a water butt pump.

Yes, that's fine. We'd recommend not compacting the ground too heavily around it, and reinforcing around the hose for extra protection depending on your setup.

RAINPOD fits onto your downpipe and fills your water butts, wherever they are in the garden. RAINTAP is a wall-mounted tap that brings the stored rainwater to wherever you use it, like the greenhouse or shed. Together they make a complete rainwater harvesting system.

No. RAINTAP comes with a fast-flow water butt connector, so it works with the water butts you already have. If you have a RAINPOD, simply link RAINTAP to your nearest butt with a T-connector.

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Installation guides and the full range

Everything else you might want before you decide — each card links to the full guide.

Levelling RAINPOD on the wall during installation

Step-by-step installation guides

Photo-by-photo instructions for fitting RAINPOD to your downpipe and connecting your water butts or tanks, plus a video and printable instructions for fitting RAINTAP.

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