Emsco Group 8285-1 Natural Granite Look – Large – Lightweight – Easy to Install-20.5x25x18 Landscape Rock

Fits perfectly over my water line pipes. Its as described. Looks fairly real. A little pricey but it is very nice.

So pretty in my rock garden

I purchased the Emsco Group 8285-1 Natural Granite Look – Large "Rock" to hide some external electrical boxes. The product is quite realistic, looking like granite even from just a few feet way. It will work perfectly. The "rock" is a semi-rigid plastic shell, less than 1/8 inch thick. The coloring is not a coating but is throughout the material. The "rock" is not brittle, and has a small amount of "give." Nevertheless, despite its thinness, it is rigid enough that its shape does not deform. The dimensions provided in the product description were accurate. My "rock" came with two metal anchors, but without any way to connect the anchors to the "rock." I will just drill two small holes to complete the anchoring. I plan to weight the rock with 10-lbs of ballast in order to keep it from blowing away. The "rock" should be great at protecting the interior from rain, snow, etc. My only negative is that the manufacturer slapped a large sticker to the outside of the "rock". The sticker was unnecessarily difficult to remove. It took me about an hour to completely remove the sticker (use only warm to hot water, and not an adhesive remover, since an adhesive remover damaged the matte finish of the rock). The sticker was really unnecessary. The same information could have been affixed to the "rock" using non-adhesive paper and a small piece of adhesive tape.

NOT realistic and not worth the money. There's no shading or coloring or nuance. It's a big hunk of monotone gray plastic. I really hoped that- for the price- this product would be a tad more artistically realistic. It us not- It's like almost every other fake / faux rock. Save yourself a lot of money and buy a cheaper one. I give it one star because at least they shipped it fast. -sigh-.

It was the right size, just wish it was taller. It is resting on the pipes i need to protect. An additional 4” in height would been great. I gave it a 5 because for the most part it still gets the job done. I just needed to increase the height at the base.