| Birds Choice Solar Powered Granite Bubbler and Fountain Rock |  | Brand: Birds Choice
Category: Lawn & Patio
Buy New: $84.59
as of 9/8/2010 06:06 CDT details
New (2) from $84.59
Seller: Villeroy
Rating:  1 reviews
MPN: AAS313
Model: AAS313
UPC: 789453700513
EAN: 0789453700513
Availability: Usually ships in 4-5 business days
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Product Description
Features: Granite bubbler rock and fountain with 120 GPH pump powered by the sun. Comes with 6" x 5" solar panel with 6V rechargeable battery pack. The pump will be powered by the solar panel when there is sunshine. If there is no sunshine, the pump will run from the rechargeable batteries. When the batteries no longer have a charge, the pump will stop. The on-off switch can be used to run the pump when you desire. When the batteries are fully charged and there is no sunshine, the pump will run approximately 3 hours. Includes 15' cord so the solar panel can be placed in the sun while the bird bath can be in the shade. Bubbler rock is made of durable resin. Adapter included. Comes with different bubbler and sprinkler attachments. Dimensions: 6" L x 6" W x 4" H.
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Many problems to overcome with this product. August 28, 2010
Nobeeper
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This will do the trick, but not without adjustments. Takes a greater depth of water than the photographs imply. Ad photos make it look like you can place it in an inch (or less) of water and it will work. I mean, LOOK at that photo. It looks like the thing is sitting in half an inch of water, for cryin' out loud. But this is not the case. It's going to take at least 2.5 to 3 inches to work. It came with a very poor instruction sheet, no connections to go from pump to rock, requiring you to fit the pump directly to the plastic connector on the interior of the rock, which goes through the top of the rock, creating the water spout. This results in the feet of the pump being another quarter to half inch off the floor of the birdbath which in turn requires an even deeper water level, not to mention the pump is now suspended from it's outlet, rather than settled on it's feet. The vibrations of the pump, although slight, would probably over time cause undue wear on that plastic connection which is not meant to support the pump. Once a deep enough water level for operation is achieved, there is only about half the rock formation above water, completely doing away with any babbling water sounds and most of the water movement. The connections which DID come with the pump were not mentioned in the instruction sheet at ALL, and seem to be three water spouts meant to replace the rock formation, each spout creating a different water spray pattern. However, these do not fit onto the outlet of the pump and to use them would require a trip to Lowe's to find fittings to make the connections. A birdbath deep enough to accomodate this device will be so deep that none of the normal backyard birds one would hope to attract with this thing would get into it. A finch-sized bird attempting a bath in this tub would run a better than average risk of drowning. The only place they could approach the stream of water would be by standing right on top of the little rock with the stream of water blowing their little skirts up. For the price of this little ditty, I am VERY disappointed. I was duped into thinking I could bring it home, pop it into my birdbath and be done. Instead I am faced with a minor to medium sized Do-It-Yourself project which will cost some extra dollars/time/aggravation to complete. For the initial outlay of cash, followed by all the re-configuring, re-fitting, re-building involved, you'd be FAR better off just buying a small submersion pump and building the whole thing yourself from scratch.
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