12V - 24V DC Brushless Submersible Water Pump, 410GPH, for Solar Fountain, Fish Pond, and Aquarium

My old fountain's pump stop working after 8 years, I decide to get a new pump and upgrade to solar power. I Tried different pumps that came with a solar panel, water flow was weak or stopped working after a few weeks. My friend recommended this pump kit to me and told me to connect a 10W 12V solar panel to it. It came with a fountain kit for those who are building a new fountain, it’s a nice touch since it has 4 nozzles which allows you to adjust the height and select the spray pattern. However, I have no use for it since I am upgrading my old fountain.Installation was pretty easy. The cable of the pump is very long, which allowed me to install the solar panel away from my little garden. At the end of the cable, there is a short extension cord that can be detached when you unscrew it, I connected the extension cord to the solar panel. (The connector is not designed for standard solar panel, but its clearly labeled with positive and negative tags.)After sunrise, the pump starts pumping the water to around 1-2 feet high and is around 3-4 feet high by noon time. The pump is very quiet, it's almost impossible to hear any sound from the pump when the fountain is running. My friend told me I can hook up a 12V car battery if I want it running at night time. In my case, when the sun goes down, I don't really need the fountain on. It works around 8 hrs during the day which is good enough for me. Now I don't have to worry about turning off my pump while I sleep or out of town. I can just leave it and forget about it since it runs off of free/green energy.It has been running for few days now and I don’t see any sign of failure. It should be a solid solution for those who wants to replace their old fountain or upgrade their old fountain to solar and save some electricity cost like me.Pros:Long power cableQuietCome with fountain kitDetachable extension cableI’m giving this pump a 5 star because it's a perfect for me, although I have to mention the plastic cover on the pump is not that great. But i don't care...

Working great with solar panel for fountain . Do not add any chemicals to water. The chemicals ruined my other pump

The company isn't super responsive and multiple customers have been asking questions. This pump isn't bad but the solar panel is very weak. You have to have direct powerful sunlight for it to even trickle. If you stand beside the panel and put one finger in the way od the panel, just a finger the pump no longer moves water. Cloudy days, partly cloudy, sunny days with falling leaves, a butterfly fluttering in front of it and the pump no longer runs.For most of us the reason we got the pump is to help with aeration of the water. If the pump only runs at best 4hrs a day then this product is pretty useless. A better investment is a small solar system and a good quality pump. The pump also doesn't come with a filtration box/system so you are paying for a mediocre pump, weak panel and no ability to expand on the system.No splitter to add panels, no option for a battery pack, the pump can also burn itself out if there isn't enough son(which almost never is enough) and it keeps trying to pump. This setup also doesn't come with a hose so if you are like myself and trying to create a small waterfall then you'll need go invest in even more hardware. The provided sprinker doesn't displace enough water to really help with aeration or with keeping mosquitos from breeding.This is a nest idea but a terrible execution. Lesson learned.

works great

Works extremely well. Continues to work after 3 weeks… so that’s something.Let’s see if it continues to work!

This pump works great for my fountain but it only operates in full sun. There’s no battery backup to keep it going in partial sun or shade.

I was not crazy about this having to have constant bright sun or it will shut down....however, I have been running this daily for about a month and the lack of a battery is not a problem. It was very clouded in all day yesterday and though it ran a bit slower it ran all day.. I clean the filter on the pump every night, easy to do, and have had no problems. I have a 25 gallon Husky tote box and have put several small holes in the top. the pump is in the box and the fountain water drops back on the top and drains back into the holding tank replenishing itself. The bell feature looks very nice. I am happy with this and so are the birds!! nice rugged little pump!

It comes very well packed and the size of the solar panel is huge.