156 gallons is pretty big for a rain barrel but the saving grace for our application is that it is placed out of the way in a nook where it will not be seen. When it is half full (half-empty, take your pick), the legs lean inward and the whole thing sags. If you live where there is so much rain year round that it will almost always be full, this would not be a problem, but then maybe you wouldn't need one. Rigid acrylic ones are much smaller but more attractive if you are going to put one where it will be seen. Zipper has come apart and so far can be fixed by unzipping, rezipping, but I wonder how well it will last.