help please with a solar powered water feature

lauranurse

Its my mums 50th birthday at the weekend i know i have left it until last minute but really dont know what to buy she is a woman who has everything!

I was thinking of a solar powered water feature for her to put in the garden as she enjoys spending time in the garden and has always fancied a water feature but has never got round to having one.

I dont know where to start found one on argos but am not sure any advise would be helpful here is the one i saw on argos!

Aronda Grecian Urn Water Feature.


Was £69.99 7200999


£ 49.99


Terracotta Grecian Urn style cascading water feature.

Constantly recycles the same water.

Operates in direct sunlight.

Solar panel stores charge for 20 seconds to continue operation with passing clouds.

Low voltage pump with 5m cable.

No wiring, easy to install.

Poly resin material will not crack in Winter.

41cm diameter.

31cm height.

AC adaptor included for limited night use.

Argos wont let me paste the picture

Dave_T_UK

I would be very careful about buying one of these if my experience of Solar Powered Garden lights are anything to go by, I would want to see the item actually working , so that you can find out if there is a decent amount of water flow, if they are comparable with solar lights, you'll be lucky to get a continuous drip. I notice in the spec you gave it doesn't show the amount of litres/hr, that you always get when buying something like a pond pump.

carly

http://www.taylorsgardenbuildings.co.uk/store/customer/home.php?cat=578

I saw some here. Dont know if this is the sort of thing you are looking for.

lauranurse

so is a solar powered water feature not the best idea for a present then? I really dont know wat to get any suggestions

cattie

I have a solar powered water feature in my garden. I bought it in my last house where the garden was south facing, so sun for most of the day. My water feature worked wherever the solar panel was placed.

Here my garden is north facing, so I don't get sun all day. When the sun is shining in the area I have the water fountain,I have to keep moving the solar panel about to catch the sun's rays to enable it to work & once the sun has moved out of reach of the panel then my only option is to run the water fountain on the mains.

They are very restful when relaxing in the garden, but make sure there is enough sun in the garden to warrant the use of running it on solar power.

I should add I've never had a problem with the water flow as long as the sun was shining on the solar panel. It would turn to a trickle if a cloud covered the sun, or the sun moved round out of range.

lauranurse

thanks for that cattie good hear someone with a good experience my mums garden is very sunny all the time. think i will buy it tomo