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HomeWild Bird SuppliesAccessoriesAllied Precision 300 200-Watt Bird Bath De-Icer |
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| Customer Reviews: | | Average Customer Review: ( 17 customer reviews )
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25 of 25 found the following review helpful:
 Does the Job Jan 27, 2007
By Hal B. Zenner
This de-icer works. No problem with that. It was 9 degrees outside this morning, and the bird-bath was liquid water. There are only two minor issues (and these are truly minor). First, I'm using a concrete birdbath, and it's quite shallow (I don't know if others are deeper). If the de-icer is not completely submerged, it will not work well; only the area immediately around the de-icer will be liquid. The unit is quite thick, and I find that the water evaporates rather quickly...or maybe the birds are very thirsty (!), so I'm topping it off almost every day to keep it covered. The second minor problem is that the electric cord is a bit stiff, and it's not possible to keep the heating elements on the bottom of the birdbath without laying a heavy object (like a rock) on the unit to keep it submerged. The problem is the cord needs to go over the lip or rim of the bird-bath, causing the heating element not to lay flat. But, again, this product does the job and I have alot of happy birds right now.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Worked All Winter Mar 04, 2007
By Dogfather
This model has worked all winter and not tripped my circuit breakers. It doesn't fit easily into the bird bath though or I would have given it 5 stars.
UPDATE: While it worked all the FIRST winter, it failed to work at all the following winter. I'm now trying one of the rock shaped heaters.... we'll see on that one.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
API 300 bird bath de-icer Jan 12, 2008
By Pilot Rick
Works very well. Even though it has a thermostat, we installed it on a timer so that we're not heating the water during the night when the birds aren't around. Ours is a shallow bird bath and since the heater has a rather stiff electrical cord, we weighted it down with a rock to keep it completely submerged.
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Winterizing your birds Mar 24, 2010
By J. G. Whitemyer
Birds get thirsty when the temperatures drop below feezing. This compact device solves the problem with automatic temperature control. It works well, but I gave it only 3 stars because the cord is so short as to require special techniques to reach a power outlet. GFCI outlets trip easily when any portion of the connection to an extension cord gets wet -- turning your birdbath into a skating rink. With a little "engineering," you can make this thing reliable.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Product was just what I wanted! Jan 12, 2008
By JoAnn Williams
"Bird Lover"
The bird bath de-icer keeps the water clear of ice here in cold NE. The birds love having fresh water by their feeders and we seem to have more of them when there is water for them to drink in the winter.
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