Sunlitec Solar Fountain with Panel Water Pump for Bird Bath Solar Panel Kit Outdoor Fountain for Outdoor Small Pond, Patio Garden and Fish Tank

Not a paid review. This is a good solar pump for the money, I was expecting it to be terrible based on the reviews but it works fine. It does not have a battery, it will only pump when the panel is getting sunlight and it will lose power if a cloud goes over the sun. I have it at the bottom of a five gallon bucket and it gets the water to the top most of the time but it does pulsate in cloudy weather. I think I have it near the max of how high it can pump. This is not going to last forever and if it lasts a year I will be happy. Blow the pump out with a hose occasionally to free up debris. It gave me a moving water bird bath without having to run electricity or spend hundreds on a fountain. If you have realistic expectations about what you’re buying I think you will be happy

I works great. Come on time.

Inexpensive and does the job - using this to make a bird bath of sorts. Easy to assemble and place, small and doesn’t require much space. I will say it is boom or bust with performance. If it’s a cloudy day, it isn’t going to work. If a shadow passes over the panel it doesn’t work (see video). Overall for the price it is definitely worth it.

This is NOT a paid review!! This little fountain is awesome! My test to see how well it worked: I attached the tip I wanted, suctioned it to a bread pan, filled with water (covering the pump but not the tip) and the minute I stepped outside to try it the water started to spray. My findings: A) If the sun hides behind a cloud or a panel is covered (I did with my finger to test) it stops but as soon as the panel is back in full exposure this bad boy kicks up again. B) It does drain your pan of water pretty quickly unless it's set up in a wide enough base to continually recycle through, a birdbath would be perfect size to prevent the pump being out of water - which will destroy it. C) Plus, it's solar so not adding to a bill or wasting resources (the water will be drunk by the cats~ this will give it flow) So worth it, going to buy another! It looks so cool, I can't wait for the little area I bought it for to be set up. My kitten is a weirdo and loves it when the water sprays up as I'm filling the water bowl, she's going to love it! Edit 3.13.20: my outside area is set up. Today I submerged the pump in about a foot of water. It's giving perfect flow to keep the water fresh for my cats. I'll eventually build a better (as in actual) fountain but for now it's pretty dang perfect! Edit: 6.4.20 One of my units stopped working. I cleaned the area it was in, making sure the pump had no chance of running when out of water. I put everything back together and nothing. I reached out to CS to see if thry had any suggestions. Before they had an opportunity to respond I decided to take a wet cloth to the solar panel (I wipe in down every couple of days from the dust build up in my area) and it immediately started up again. This was about 4 weeks ago. Still pumping strong!

I was really excited to get this. I built a water fountain for visiting hummingbirds. I have the solar panel placed where it gets unobstructed sun all day long. No shade. I bought this one because it had the most ratings of four and a half stars by over 3,000 reviews. Normally I read them so that I can get a perspective of the worst and the best and then make up my own mind. But I didn't do that as thoroughly as I normally do for such a small purchase. I just went by the amount of ratings that were provided. When I first set this up it was working consistently. The pump seemed powerful and was making the water shoot up almost too high, so I opted to use the bigger sprinkler head to try to limit the height of the showers. The water was shooting up about 6-8 in" with consistent pressure and water. The pump was submerged in about 2 gallons of water. Inside the 2 gallon bucket is a 2 liter bottle and inside that bottle is where the pump was situated. This fountain is very well constructed. I used a vinyl hose the same diameter as the pump and sprinkler head. When the morning came, I looked out at the bird bath again and it was cycling between a very low drizzle for about 5 seconds then a short burst of water into the expected operating sprinkler shower, then back to a drizzle for about about 5 seconds again. I checked the water level and it was still full and the pump was still completely submerged. There is an upper tray with small holes in it that caught a couple of pedals from some flowers but nothing made it into the bucket where the pump was situated (Plus the pump sits inside a separate container with holes in it and is very protected against any debris.) Just to be thorough, I unplugged the pump, and changed all the water. Set it back up again and plugged the pump into the solar panel. The pump is still failing to maintain a constant pressure and the drizzling persisted. If you put your finger over the sprinkler head for a second it creates a back pressure that allows the pump to operate as expected. This tells me that the pump is not providing enough push (while the solar panel is in direct sunlight) to allow it to operate as expected. The pump has failed. How can I give this no stars?

I bought 2 of these, put one in each of my birdbaths. The suction cups are not holding the pump in place, so the pump falls sideways and the jet of water shoots out of the birdbath. I tried propping the pump in place with a pile of small rocks, this seems to help. The solar panels give plenty of energy to the pump. The problem is mounting the solar panel to....what? It's helpful that the cord is 9 feet long. I mounted one solar panel to the top of a shepherd's hook next to the birdbath, secured it at the top with Gorilla tape and zip tied the cord down the length of the shepherd's hook. With the other unit, I have nothing tall near the birdbath to mount the solar panel to so it's simply laying on the ground for now. I like the sound of splashing water, so I opted not to use any of the little spray attachments. The birds are using the birdbaths as normal. I do like the small pre-filter that is built in to this pump. The last one I had kept clogging up and finally gave out. I think/hope the pre-filter will add longevity to the unit. I will still hose it off when I refill the birdbaths daily and I think I'll enclose the pump with a tulle mesh bag for extra protection from clogging.

I went back and forth on this a few times seeing other reviews. So glad that I finally made this purchase. This particular model has its advantages to some of the others that have solar the panel around the spout. This (Sunlitec Solar Fountain with Panel water p...) allows me to place the panel in a sunlit area and have the actual fountain spout in a shaded place. The wire is of good length. I have this spout placed in a black plastic tub filled with water and I've since added some big pebbles in there. The spout throws water high enough which is good if you have plants around like I do. But most times, I just need a happy gurgling water so I fill water well over the spout. This way I don't have to worry about the water running low or the motor running dry. The water flows up well when there's full sunlight and it's more of a spurting motion when the skies are cloudy or in the evenings. It's easy to set up and a month down, no complaints. I've seen squirrels hunch over to get sip, a pair of mourning doves that perch on the tub rim to drink, a humming bird who hovered over the fountain to drink water, and a few finches too. I also have feeders in the vicinity. All in all a delightful purchase!

I bought this for a bird bath in my garden. I love birds so I want to make sure there’s a bird oasis in my yard. Having a bird bath with just standing water wasn’t cutting it but my bird bath isn’t anywhere near a power source, so solar power was my only option. I went through a million different options but decided on this one. I just got the pump today and as soon as I walked outside with it, before I even took off the covering on the panel, it started right up. I live on the Atlantic coast in Florida which means it’s usually super sunny here but there is always a coastal breeze... that being said, I didn’t put any of the attachments on the pump because it would literally just blow the water out of the bird bath. I’m ok with using it without the attachments because it still makes a lovely water moving type noise that birds love, keeps the mosquitoes at bay because the water isn’t stagnant, and still looks great. The pump definitely only works in direct sun, noticed it slows almost to a stop when a cloud passes over. Still kind of sputters though. On the plus side, the cord is long enough to move around the panel as needed. I knew this ahead of time so it’s not a negative in my book. I’ve been having trouble attracting warblers in my yard, they seem to just fly right over and head to my neighbors tree, BUT I’m so excited because about 30 minutes after I started the pump up one kept coming to check out the fountain! They haven’t landed yet but I know have high hopes. Yay!

Used the solar pump for small garden fountain. Unit works perfectly.

I bought many solar fountains over the years and never one as bad as this one. The solar panel broke off as soon as I unboxed the fountain, I used super glue to reattach it. It worked for all of 2 days then completely stopped. Cleaned the panel, took the motor apart to inspect then put it back together, nothing worked.

Don’t waste your money, worked for a day then failed. Very poor product

Little disappointed. Very very small with small solar panel. Doesn’t move much water and doesn’t work really

product was broken on arrival. NO option for exchange for a working product