Keter Outdoor Storage Deck Box, 37 Gallon Waterproof Patio Table Bin, Circa, Brown

If you’re like me, you tend to steer clear of the products people review as “difficult to assemble.” I originally skipped over this deck box because of the many reviewers complaining about the assembly process, but came back to it after seeing how few the options were for a round deck box of this size in this price range. I wish I hadn’t waited to purchase this because I’m pretty sure the price increased on me by about $10, but even so, this outdoor storage unit is a fantastic buy. Originally, my goal was finding something to hold my gardening items (tools, gloves, planters, bags of fertilizer, mulch and soil). I had considered a potting bench, but couldn’t find one that would fit in with our patio decor. I then considered a square or rectangular deck box, but wanted something that could double as a functioning piece of furniture, like a bench. I was pleasantly surprised to find this round box and thought it’d look great as a table for our patio setup. After debating for a couple of weeks, I pulled the trigger and hoped that the assembly wouldn’t result in hair-pulling frustration. Well, it arrived yesterday and I made quick work of opening the octagonal box—which, by the way, is a pretty cool box that I’m saving for a future craft of some sort. The instructions were clear, and the individual parts felt sturdy and were well-packaged. And how was the assembly, you ask? Well, let me say that it was much easier than assembling a Cozy Coupe, a play kitchen, a water table, and most things IKEA, but it wasn’t without some frustration. The first couple of slats snapped together rather easily, but by the fourth one, it was starting to get more difficult, and by the last one, I had taken off my sweatshirt and broken into a sweat. While it wasn’t easy-peasy, it also wasn’t too terrible, and I didn’t have any issues with broken parts. The finished product is fantastic, and everything I had hoped for. It fit all of my gardening supplies, as well as my son’s puddle jumper with room to spare. It looks great as an outdoor coffee table, and the grey color looks classy. I won’t know until the first rain how well it’ll keep contents dry, but for now, it looks like it’ll fair just fine.

This is a nice deck box. We have two of them, one we got through Amazon and one not. The older one is showing a little fading from being out in the sun year round in Florida, but it is holding up well otherwise. Was easy to put together. It makes for a nice table for between chairs too. It holds a lot. In one we keep all of our pool chemicals including a 5 gallon container of chlorine pucks and in the other we have the automatic pool vacuum and hose in. They look nice for a plastic box, round with ribbed sides. The top sits flat and is easy to take on and off. The top is not hinged which is good to us, our last one had a hinged top and the hinges rusted out quickly, probably from the salty air in Florida. There are also hand slots at the top sides, which makes them easy to move around.

It's a nice and solid piece of furniture/storage. I was surprised at how easy it was to put together -- all you need to do is make sure each tab goes into it's respective slot and then listen to a "click!" sound to make sure that the pieces are connected properly.A negative is that the color of the lid seems to be washed out (whiter) than the sides, which were darker and expected. It doesn't show in my picture, but it's noticeable in another reviewer's picture.Another negative is that it gets shipped in the original packaging where the cardboard itself felt flimsy. I received a package that seemed beat up in places and was really held together by a white packing strip. Nothing inside was broken, but it could be possible that something would have fallen off if given the chance.Overall, I can't say how well it'll stand up to the elements, but I suspect that it'll do a stellar job at that. What I really like about this is how nice it looks and that it's circular with sufficient storage to hide things. I haven't seen many outdoor storage pieces that are circular compared to the basic square storage boxes, so I would think that this is a unique piece of storage to have.

This was delivered yesterday. Put it together while my kids played outside. Took about 20 minutes by myself since I was somewhat distracted. I didn’t consult the directions since just looking at the pieces it all seemed pretty straightforward and obvious what needed to be done. I didn’t have any quality issues, all parts were trimmed and functioning properly. It is a good sized, nice looking piece. I’ve got multiple child floaties, snorkel masks, pool filter & hoses, and some random other stuff stored in it. It rained last night, but nothing appears to have gotten inside. It’s pretty lightweight and slide’y though. So if you have it on a finished surface, it may blow around in windier weather. Weighted down with stuff on the inside though, it shouldn’t be a big problem. I’m super happy with it and glad it didn’t turn out to be tiny.Pros:Great little table.Easy to set a glass or water on (no crazy grooves)Ample storageSturdy enough for an adult to sit onKeeps water outLooks greatEasy to assembleNo tools neededCons:Lid doesn't snap in, even with twisting. It just sits on. So could possibly blow off.Not very heavy. So may blow around in windy weather