The 5 Best Watering Cans of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

Best Outdoor Watering Can

Bloem Easy Pour Watering Can

$32 at Amazon $33 at Walmart $21 at Lowes

The Bloem Easy Pour Watering Can is our favorite watering can for outdoor use, hands down. It’s an excellent choice for any size garden, from tiny containers to larger plots. Earning praise for the design, ease of use, value, and durability, we couldn’t recommend it more—we even dropped this one full of water from 4 feet above the ground, and not only did it stay intact, but it also landed upright (with no spillage!) 

Most watering cans I’ve purchased only last a single season—they either blow away in the wind or crack from the heat. What’s great about the Bloem option is its durability, and we’re confident it’ll last you many gardening seasons to come. We love the large capacity of this can too—at over 2.5 gallons, you won’t have to stop often for refills. 

Thanks to its two handles, you can steady the water stream to different sections of your container garden with ease. To note, this watering can isn’t optimal for watering hanging plants, but a simple solution is to take the plant down and water it.

_{Material: Plastic | Capacity: 2.6 gal. | Color: Black and orange | Weight: 1 pound | Spout Type: Rose and free flow (adjustable)}

Best Indoor Watering Can

Haws Bosmere Handy Indoor Watering Can

$24 at Amazon $24 at Walmart $24 at Home Depot

After testing it out, we love the Haws Bosmere Handy Indoor Plastic Watering Can specifically for indoor plants. It only holds 1 liter, but this is great for plant parents with a few houseplants and not a ton of indoor storage for a huge watering can, like the Bloem Easy Pour Watering Can that we recommend for outdoors. 

While testing, we found it easy to pour and aim the water. It’s featherweight at less than 5 ounces, which makes it maneuverable even when full of water.

An especially cool feature is the removable rose—it comes off so you can switch between sprinkling and free-flow pouring. When not in use, the rose can be screwed onto a peg above the spout so you'll be less likely to lose it. 

We couldn’t recommend this affordable option more for maintaining your indoor jungle. In addition to yellow, this watering can is available in many other cheery colors, including red, light blue, and sage green (our personal favorite).

_{Material: Plastic | Capacity: 33.8 oz. (1 liter) | Color: Yellow, dark blue, green, purple, light blue, sage, red | Weight: 0.2 lbs. | Spout Type: Rose and free flow}

Best Small but Mighty

Terrain Beech Wood Handle Watering Can

$38 at Shopterrain.com $38 at Anthropologie

If you have just a few petite plants to care for indoors or out, we love this open-top watering can from Terrain. During testing, we found the handle surprisingly comfortable, so you can jump from plant to plant on watering day without fatigue. It’s so easy to carry, and no water poured out despite the open design.

Similar to our best outdoor watering can, this model passed all our drop tests, except when it was full and dropped on concrete. It dented and lost some paint, but this didn't affect usability.

The can is small, so you’ll have to refill it a few times if you have a large plant collection—but on the bright side, it can be easily filled in a bathroom or kitchen sink. We also recommend storing this watering can indoors, as the wooden handle may not fare well in harsh outdoor elements.

_{Material: Stainless steel (body), wood (handle) | Capacity: 18 oz. | Color: White and dark gray | Weight: Not listed | Spout Type: Free flow}

Best Upgrade

Williams Sonoma Tall Copper Watering Can

$95 at Williams-Sonoma

Plant enthusiasts, we found the perfect watering can for you. I couldn’t order this one fast enough after falling in love with its unique hammered texture, which makes it look straight out of a European flower garden. 

This watering can is functional, stylish, and performed great in our testing, to boot. It had a great pour for plants at every height and was easy to fill and carry. At 65 ounces, this can doesn't hold a lot of water, but we managed to fill it to 80 ounces with only minimal splashing while carrying it with one hand. 

The shiny exterior probably won't last without proper maintenance, but that’s what we love about it. The patina that copper products develop with time is beautiful, in our opinion.

With a high price tag, you could get other aesthetically pleasing watering cans for less. But we love the functionality it provides on top of being a gorgeous piece of decor. It would also be a wonderful gift for someone with a growing houseplant collection.

_{Material: Copper | Capacity: 65 oz. (80 when completely full) | Color: Copper | Weight: Not listed | Spout Type: Free flow}

Best for Large Gardens

XXXFlower Watering Can

$20 at Amazon

Of all the watering cans we tested, this model stood out to us thanks to multiple unique features and the large water capacity. This watering can holds 6 liters, which is plenty to get your larger garden beds watered and refreshed—and despite the large capacity, we were still able to easily fill this can in our kitchen sink.

The double-handle design is comfortable for carrying and lifting to reach hanging flower baskets. This watering can also passed our drop test, except when dropped on concrete while full of water. It suffered a large dent in the corner, though it didn't leak.

The rose can be removed, and the spout swivels to direct the sprinkle upwards (for a gentler effect) or downwards, depending on the watering style your plants need. Another nifty feature of this watering can is the cap that can be secured over the fill hole—it not only prevents splashing, but it will also help deter critters like frogs that might want to take up residence.

While this design isn't the most attractive watering can—we think it kind of looks more like a leaf blower—we didn't mind the trade-off considering how well it worked, especially for watering plants in a garden.

_{Material: Plastic | Capacity: 1.5 gal. | Color: Green | Weight: 1.5 lbs. | Spout Type: Rose and free flow}