Rain Collector

Hero Rain Collector

HERO is a Toronto based company that creates extraordinary products, one in particular is the RC-1 Rain Collector. It holds 45 gallons of water; so you can tend to your garden or wash the dog without tapping into the city’s water supply. What a beauty!

11 Comments leave a comment below

  1. They were at ICFF – did you see them? SO nice in person – and the HERO people were super nice too…!

    kvh
    May 21st, 2009 / 3:17 pm

  2. Be careful though.

    A car dealership in my area tried to collect rain water for washing their cars. Apparently it is illegal here…

    http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4001252

    meowsk
    May 21st, 2009 / 3:53 pm

  3. This is another eco-friendly option for collecting rain from some architects in Toronto. A beautiful aesthetic for your home.

    http://www.mosssund.com/CIST.html

    Jonathan
    May 21st, 2009 / 5:24 pm

  4. Ouch, $525 USD, roughly $600 CAD

    poorhouse
    May 21st, 2009 / 5:33 pm

  5. umm..isn’t this just a bucket with a spout?

    fonomono
    May 21st, 2009 / 10:59 pm

  6. @fonomono – – NO – it’s a pretty bucket with a spout. And it flat-packs, for those of you who move too frequently.

    kvh
    May 21st, 2009 / 11:09 pm

  7. hahaha okay :]

    fonomono
    May 21st, 2009 / 11:22 pm

  8. @fonomono – – Yeah, have fun getting west nile or malaria form your super attractive bucket, doochebag.

    Johnny Hader
    May 22nd, 2009 / 10:41 pm

  9. how would a rain collector prevent those diseases and better?

    fonomono
    May 23rd, 2009 / 10:07 am

  10. I designed my own rain bucket out of a $10.00 Trashcan. So far so good.
    I have step by step pictures if interested.

    Not as fancy, but it does the trick. I have the lid on and caulked the entry and exit points for mosquito prevention

    http://gravitygarden.com/rainbucket/?page_id=46

    Gravity Gardener
    Jun 2nd, 2009 / 8:26 pm

  11. Well it is kind of pricey, but you normally get what you pay for in one way or another! Normal rain collectors look pretty industrial, so if you have a small outdoor space where you can’t hide them away, it’s gonna be a bit of an eye sore!

    These represent a piece of functional garden furniture which will be great on display in the contemporary garden. The drying rack on the left is a similar idea in that it changes what’s normally a pretty ugly and space consuming item into something you’d want to have in your garden…

    Contemporary garden
    Sep 4th, 2009 / 4:11 am