VIVOSUNDWC Hydroponics Grow System with Top Drip Kit, 5-Gallon Deep Water Culture, Recirculating Drip Garden System with Multi-Purpose Air Hose, Air Pump, and Air Stone (4 Buckets + Top Drip Kit)

Amazing hydroponic setup! Initially I planned on doing a diy build of a hydroponic garden, but this entire kit was almost cheaper than the individual parts and all of the guesswork was taken out of the set up. The instructions were actually very clear and easy to follow. It went together in an afternoon and is working great with no leaks. Time will tell how the plants actually grow, but the kit itself is great!

The item was well made and was delivered in a timely manner. Unfortunately it wasn't a good fit for the use we needed. It was more than we needed. Good value, hated to return it but it just wasn't right for the application we needed.

Pretty good product so far, however be prepared if a piece comes broken because you cant find replacements 🤷🏽‍♀️

Good set up but the pump is a little noisy. Ran 2 cycles now without a single problem.

Nice little setup for the price. Highly recommend

The product is of decent construction, however I have a few gripes.One of biggest gripes with it are the high level of noise coming from the top drip constantly making gargling sounds which I can hear throughout my house.The air stones are not the best, one of mine didn’t work at all. I confirmed air was coming through the hose and replaced it with one of vivosun’s stones that I bought separately and found that air still isn’t coming through. It seems the pump simply isn’t putting out enough pressure to push air through the air stones since the same pump is pushing air through the top water drips which is a path of least resistance for all of the air. They should have designed the pump to separate the air for the top drips and the air stonesLastly the clay stones that come with it make a ton of dust/mud when wet. Even after rinsing them all off out of the bags they came in, they break each other down too easily IMO. I get that they should be semi porous to hold water, but still.That all being said, my recommendation would be to use a water pump instead of an air pump and centralize the water pump like the air pump between the buckets to pump the water constantly between the buckets and the top of the lids. I haven’t found one yet that works outside of a body of water that is fed with just tubes like the air pump is but that would do the trick so you don’t need an aquarium pump in each bucket.

Nice setup, and very easy to use.Grew nice tomatoes and bell peppers over the winter.P.S. just a side note.When dumping out the water cover the sight tube opening so you don't lose the ball float .I pushed a needle through the top of the tube so I didn't lose the other.The ball is really not needed just makes it a little easier to see water level.Anyways , For beginners wanting to try dwc this is a great starter . Just make sure to read up on ph , feeding ect with hydro before trying its a lot different than soil.

Extremely Unhappy with your DWC Hydroponic SystemThe following is the message I sent to Vivosun about their DWC system. BTW, it took a while to figure out how to send it because when you click on Product Support, it doesn't take you to product support.It takes you to a page with a few items about how to use the product. Luckily, (or so I thought), it has a link to their Product Support Page. Too bad that doesn't take you to their product support page either.It takes you to their main sales page of all their products. I never did find a support page, but I did figure out how to send them an email. Here it is:Sirs,I purchased your two-bucket DWC Hydroponic System from Amazon. As I'm sure you know, the parts do not all fit together properly. Specifically, the tube attaching to the Water Level Tube does not fit very well. The other parts accept the tube because they are tapered and/or smaller. It took me an hour to attach each Water Level Tube and only by using other tools, Vaseline, and hot water.Worse than that, several of your parts failed before installation. Specifically, the sealing rings are bad and easily separate into two pieces. One of them was already that way before I opened the bag containing them. If I remember correctly, three more of them fell apart trying to install them.Right now, I have a bad leak in one bucket caused by the failure of the sealing rings, but both buckets were assembled with bad sealing rings because that is all I had to work with. Therefore, I cannot trust either bucket.Send me 8 new sealing rings so I can replace all of them.Send me two Water Level Tubes that actually fit the rubber tubing.Have the new parts delivered within a week.I'm not a vindictive man. Check my reviews on Amazon, and you will find that the great majority are 5 star reviews, and none of them are as angry and upset as I am at the moment. So if you want me to amend my current one star review on Amazon, you had better get me my new parts right away..