8.5 ft Dragonfly Cups Antique Treated Aluminum, to Replace Roof Gutter Downspout, with Installation Kit, Rainwater Catcher/Water Diverter, JAS8004AB

great product

I love the look and the protection it provides. I didn’t like the fact that it came with missing hardware

Hung wo the butterflies, so perfect and affordable, has some character so its not boring to look at.

Very pretty and nicely made. We elected not to attach all dragonflies, as our chain drops very near a dwarf maple. Even with only three flies, it looks stunning.

Easy to install with the correct drill bit

I like them. They have an older look: a patina, or weathered, copper look. However, it’s made of a very light material that makes the entire string not at all heavy. It’s been fine in the rain, but not sure that it won’t blow around in the wind. You can attach it with a landscape pin (not included) to maybe secure it better. The cups themselves don’t fill up, tilt, and dump. They are just there for looks and to slow down the rain a bit.

Adjusting down from 8 feet to 5 feet took only a pair of pliers to customize the links. I would absolutely recommend this rain chain.

My one-story house is surrounded by four-story trees, so our gutters regularly get clogged. And, it seems most clogs (needles mostly) tend to originate at our downspout. I decided to try rain chains to see whether they worked better at draining rain from the gutter than our downspouts. I waited until we got a decent day of rain before I could inspect how well they function.First, I think they look awesome; certainly better than a downspout. And when water is running through the chain links, it's kinda mesmerizing and delightful. The style I got is a series of cups on a chain. Not all of the cups appear to hang perfectly level, but close enough not to be an eyesore. Mine, incidentally, did not come with butterflies (just chain separated by cups), and really, I like how it looks without them. Had it come with butterflies, I may have selected to remove the Lepidoptera, as I don't really see butterflies and rain mixing well.Second, the rain chains are easy to install. For my gutters, I had to bend the metal hanger in order to fit it in my gutter. Fortunately, all the metal is aluminum and is fairly easy to bend. And, because there is not very much weight for the chain to hold, the aluminum cannot really be considered too weak or too flexible. Because it is flexible, you can easily manually reconfigure the chain to suit your needs and taste. For instance, I did not need the full 8.5 feet, so I could remove some chain and two cups entirely, or I could choose to move all the cups closer together to make room for the two cups on a shorter span of chain.Third, the rain tends to follow the chain. So even if the chain is not hanging perfectly straight (like maybe w/ the bottom a bit further from the house), the water will tend to follow the chain rather than drop straight down.I actually got three differently designed rain chains for different gutters, to see how well each performed. I believe that this one with the chain running straight through the center, and the cups having rounded edges, allows more rain to drain smoothly through the chain, in a somewhat less dramatic fashion. Although I prefer the look of these rounded cups, there are also rain chains with rectangular, angled cups with angled hangers and no continual chain links, that perform in a much more dynamic fashion. Water streams tend to want to shoot off of sharp angles, but tend to adhere to smooth round curves. So perhaps I've got the most serene version, but it's still fun.I do wish that there were end-piece options for those of us who do not simply want the water to drop onto the ground. Most downspouts have an angled mouth at the bottom to send the water away from the house, or the water goes into a storm drain pipe or drywell. Perhaps all that would be needed is an all-purpose clip that can clip the bottom of the rain chain onto a downspout extension, a pipe, or catch basin or splash blocker. As it is, I will have to devise my own fix.All in all, it is an attractive alternative to a downspout, although it may allow for more water splatter than a downspout, especially in heavy downpours. I'll need to allow for a couple more wind storms and rain before I can tell whether it actually helps to keep our gutters unclogged.