GOLDFLOWER Solar Fountain, Floating Solar Powered Water Fountain Pump for Bird Bath, Garden, Pond, Pool, Outdoor (1W)

Pros: The pump is surprisingly strong and puts out a good amount of water. The six nozzles which come with it offer a wide array of patterns, but since we have a medium size concreate bird baths and the higher nozzle patterns can throw water over the sides if there is a breeze we are using the low output nozzle. I was surprise that the 4 centering tubes that are attached to the pump don't keep the birds from bathing, which was one of my concerns. Also, it's surprising how sensitive the solar cells are. The pump starts to work as soon as ambient light is available, but with a low volume of water being pumped. As the light increases so does the pumping volume. The pump is a virtual solar meter in that regard. Cons: We have to refill the bird bath several times a day in hot or windy weather. Also, if the bath runs out of water or the level drops below the pump intake the motor will keep running as long as there is sunlight. This may cause excess wear on the motor.

Easy to assemble and simply place in a wide mouth container of water and keep where it revives sunlight !!! Soothing to watch on a scorching summer afternoon

For $10 this little fountain is amazing. It will run even in relatively low light, and even at dusk will pulse every second or so. My first experience with this type of fountain was a similar unit that I bought at Aldi, (Gardenline) also for about $10, but that one didn't last more than 2 days, and the pump unit hung from the bottom and the unit wouldn't float on top. It also only created a real fountain type spray in full mid-day sun. The panel just didn't supply enough power to work in anything less than very direct sunlight. After baking for an afternoon in aun with low water it froze up. THIS fountain I spotted at an acquaintance's home, and they rold me they'd had theirs for 3 years with no issues. She gave me the link on Amazon and I ordered my own. Couldn't be happier. This fountain comes qith a selection of spray nozzles you can pop in that will change the type of fountain effect- you can have multiple thin jets of water, or a single spray straight up. You can clean the pump screen and impeller easily by popping the pump motor off the bottom and pulling the screen/grill off the intake.

Didn’t start at all kept in sunlight and in water for two days before returning. No instructions manual supplied along with.

It worked for two weeks then it stopped all of the sudden