 Works like a champ |
| Date Of Review: August 15, 2010 |
| Reviewed by: electronics guy, USA |
I have had this pump running for almost a month now. I found a clay pot on sale and cobbled together a really nice fountain with rocks in the top and a built-in reservoir. At night, the LEDs light the spray up and it's just really nice.
I had to open up the spray head holes a little so they wouldn't spray out of the top of the pot and would make a little more water noise. I needed to let more volume flow so the pressure would be lower and not spray the water too far. I also didn't use the solar panel included in the kit. Instead I substituted a HQRP 12W (Size of 10 Watt / 10W) Mono-crystalline Solar Panel 12 Watt 12 Volt in Anodized Aluminum Frame and have had no underpowered issues at all.
In fact, during the day the battery gets enough charge for the fountain to run all night long - with the light. I have yet to have the fountain stop so it can recharge. 24/7 fountain. Nice.
The instructions aren't the best but this thing is so simple that you don't need them. It's obvious how it all fits together. About the only caution I would give is I can see how someone jamming the segments together might overstress and crack them. Just be gentle.
For those that go with the timed selection, that is really ingenious how they set that up. It is just on a 24 hour timer and whenever you turn it on, it will run for the time you specify and just start back up the same time the next day. I don't use that but do appreciate the utility.
All in all this is a great pump kit. I decided to swap for a different solar panel from the get go due to the comments about it being underpowered. I'm glad I did. Like I said, it runs 24 hours a day now with nothing but solar power. All I do is enjoy it. So do the birds. They have spotted the fountain and now come to play in it.
Using this pump kit and the other solar panel, I built a fountain that would have cost much more had I bought it already built. It's gotten comments and is just really nice and a nice addition to my back yard. |
Good item - lacks installation instructions
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| Date Of Review: November 16, 2009 |
| Reviewed by: M. Rumbaugh, Twentynine Palms, CA USA |
This is a very good pump for a small fountain or pond. I replaced a AC pump in a small ceramic fountain, lowest flow settings works great.
The user manual (5-page pamphlet) does not have good parts list and very limited instructions. There are no installation instructions for the solar panel. The is no information concerning the flow adjustment. Very good information about setting the time and battery life. |
3W Solar pump kit
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| Date Of Review: May 10, 2010 |
| Reviewed by: Solar Powered Banjo, Chicago area |
| The 3W solar powered water pump was exactly what I was looking for, for a small pond in the back yard that I didn't want to run electricity to. I didn't use the kit as a "spraying fountain" but connected the output to a plastic tube I bought which runs up and around back of rocks surrounding the pond, arranged to allow water to cascade over rocks and into the pond. My only complaint is that the plastic tubes provided with the kit to extend the water discharge port are rather brittle. I've broken 3 of the 4 extensions rather easily, so just dont press them in too hard. Otherwise the pump operates nicely and has some useful operational features. |
Perfect item for a small water feature
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| Date Of Review: July 4, 2010 |
| Reviewed by: water feature fan, |
| I love this thing. I have only had it for 2 weeks, so if it breaks before the end of summer I will update review, but so far, so good. My water feature is only small (less than 12 inch depth), but this works perfectly. I particularly love the water flow control and the timer settings. I hadn't noticed an LED pond light was part of the package and it was a lovely surprise. It makes the feature so pretty at night. My only issue is that if I want to have the feature going during the day, the battery won't charge enough to run it for very long in the evening. I would actually love to buy another solar panel so that I can hook the fountain up directly to it during the day, and let the other panel charge the battery so I could swap to that as a power source in the evening. Although really it's only a problem on the weekend when i'm home more and want to run it all the time. I highly recommend this product. perfect solution for a water feature placed no-where near a power outlet. |
product is good
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| Date Of Review: July 14, 2010 |
| Reviewed by: ALLUZ, SF, CAlifornia USA |
| I buy three of this but one turn out to be a dudd after six month one stop working but the other two still works like a charm |
great customer service
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| Date Of Review: July 6, 2009 |
| Reviewed by: fabulosity, Wyoming |
| The pump was not powerful enough for our fountain. It would be better for a very small water feature. The water just trickled out of the hose. The company was very helpful and is processing the return quickly. I will order from them again. |
3 watt Solar Fountain Pump
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| Date Of Review: April 13, 2010 |
| Reviewed by: S. Florida backyard, |
| Product works fine. The pump is not powerful but is enough to carry water from the bottom of my 2 foot pre-formed turtle pond to the top of the small faux rock fountain that is atop of it. I bought some clear tubing at Home Depot (am not using the fountain heads for my application) and it worked fine after leaving it to charge the battery in the Florida sun for a day. I leave it on auto and it turns off after dark when the battery runs low and starts back up in the sun the following day. I will look for a stronger solar system to run a small filter for the pond. |
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