Great seller and nice barrels. I picked up seven a few weeks back would like to get a few more in a week or so. I found hot water straight from a hot water tap off the furnace was perfect to blast the heavy syrup sludge off the bottom of the barrel.
I got mine at about 80-90% clean, you can still get an odor from them but for long term water is was planning on boiling it for drinking anyways. So for toilets I will just use the water straight from the barrel, for water I will boil. I can't see why a lot of guys are hung up on 55 gallon drums, those are very heavy to move.
These are very durable and easier to move around even full of water.
Jason.