AISITIN 3.5W Solar Fountain Pump with 1500mAh Backup, Circle Solar Water Pump Floating Fountain, 10 Forms of Solar Water Feature for Bird Bath, Fish Tank, Pond Garden

Bought a previous solar pump from Aisitin and was very satisfied with its performance as it has run every day, all year even in December so bought this solar floating fountain. Within an hour of putting it in the sun, it was working. Works when the sun goes in and has been running all day thanks to battery storage. Very simple to assemble with various different heads for different effects. Have used cotton to secure it to another fountain and a planted basket which means it stays in the same position. I didn’t want it spraying water on the water lilies as they don’t like it. Would highly recommend.

I bought this solar water feature to replace a really old one that had stopped working. It is a lovely water feature and it works really well. The water goes pretty high (I used the head that has lots of holes in it). It comes with changeable fountain heads so that you can change the effect of the water (one long jet, a small fountain jet, a shower jet etc). I only have one gripe really (only a small one), when using the head with multiple holes in it, the water goes so high that it was continuously splashing out of the bowl and inadvertently watering the garden! I had to top up the container with water three times in one day! I think I will have to change the head to one that doesn't splash quite so much - well, I am on a water meter! I think if you have a wider bird bath or container, then this shouldn't be an issue (I may have to get myself a wider one). What I love about it, is that it has battery back up and so even if it is cloudy, it still works. It doesn't work at night because below a certain light level, it doesn't operate. The pump also has a really handy cut-out on it, so in the event your bird bath/container runs out of water, the pump automatically stops, hence protecting the motor. I'm very pleased with the solar fountain and I could definitely recommend it.

nice little fountain, I only want it to keep the birdbath clear of algae which seems to be a big problem, but as well as keeping the water moving it provides a nice tranquil sound of the water splashing in to the bowl. I cannot use most of the attachments as they work too well - the water fountains up and the wind catches it and blows it out of the bowl so it constantly needs topping up, however using a low nozzle and not overfilling the bowl keeps the water height down and keeps it functioning nicely. The only problem I have had is removing the protective cover to clean the filter, it was positioned in a way that made it difficult to access, however once I managed to remove the cover I was able to turn the unit so it is now easy to reach.

These fountains are brilliant.This is my 2nd one.Quick delivery.I used hanging basket plastic clips and fastened them onto the fountains to stop them moving around..They work even when it’s cloudy.I would highly recommend.

3W is hugely powerful. We have to leave the attachments off as would empty birdbath on a windy day. The missing star is for the lack of removable filter which our old one had. It does wash clean OK but harder to clean and get working again. Also - it feels wrong forcing water through pump to get debris out. May shorten life? I took the sponge from old one. Will prop it against inlet. You could use a kitchen sponge for similar. Anything porous removable and inorganic will do. Silly design really.

In previous years we've had various forms of solar powered fountain pump for our birdbath but they were a separate pump and a panel at the end of a cable. Both ended up with connecting cable being damaged. Also they weren't backed by a rechargeable battery so as soon as the sun went behind a cloud the pump stopped. This unit is much better. It's all in one piece so there's no messy cables. The battery that keeps it going is great. It's also far more powerful than those other options which can be a bit wishy washy. If anything it's perhaps too efficient because it can have a habit (in a small breeze) of pumping the water so high it gets blown sideways out of the birdbath. It would help if there'd been some kind of regulator /volume control to tone it down a bit. But the sound of trickling water in the garden is always very soothing. Now there is one issue with all these solar fountains when used in a birdbath and that is that pigeons, crows, starlings, blackbirds don't only use it as a bath. To put it politely, they use it as a lavatory too. For all these pumps, that basically have the same kind of grid where the water goes in, it only takes a week or two before it begins to block because it is sucking in the "solids" that the birds leave in the birdbath. So you will have to be ready to clean things fairly regularly. Perhaps an old, unused toothbrush or something like that? A perfect design for this kind of pump would actually see the whole mechanism enclosed in a gauze metal cage so nothing can get close to the pump inlet. Maybe some manufacturer will have that idea one day? Anyway this is best of several pumps we've tried over the years so I'd highly recommend it. (oh and the birdbath we have is that very same green one they show in the demo video - one might argue that the pump is just a fraction too powerful for that size of birdbath)

Liked the way it got going as soon as I put it in my pond. Easy to assemble and not very big but it stays pumping up water all day long. Will even work on cloudy days. Needs an occasional clean , with debris clogging the fountain head. Loads of different attachments as well but I just use one. Remains to be seen how long will it last

So glad I bought this! It was easy to put together and started working straight away. Has made a great edition to our garden.