Mar
03
2010
API 300 200-Watt Bird Bath De-Icer
Posted by Blogmaster in Birds, tags: 200Watt, Bath, Bird, DeIcer
- Bath de-icer comes fully assembled
- Features a built-in thermostat
- Prevents bird bath water from freezing – even on coldest days
- Safe for use even in plastic baths
- 200 watts
Product Description
Bird bath de-icer comes equipped with a built-in thermostat which will keep drinking water within the optimal drinking range for wild birds even on the coldest days. The unit can even be used in plastic baths, and will not overheat if the bath runs dry. A stainless steel guard is provided to protect wildlife from burns. 250 watts.
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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.
Rating: 4 / 5
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.
Rating: 4 / 5
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.
Rating: 4 / 5
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
This product replaces one that we had used for years. It keeps the water warm enough to prevent freezing so the birds and squirrels have water to drink.
Rating: 4 / 5