SMART SOLAR PITCHER CASCADE
I always think that a garden without a water feature is lacking something. It's the sound of running water that makes a garden so special, along with birdsong. I could have put in a tiny pond but as wildlife, like frogs and toads, would have great difficulty getting into my garden due to the gravel boards on my new fencing, and then there's the maintenance aspect. I'm trying to make my garden less labour intensive, not more. So, it seemed a more sensible, low maintenance alternative to go for a solar/battery powered cascade like the one shown here by Smart Solar. It sounds lovely and the solar panel can recharge the battery.
The instructions that came with it are a bit confusing. In the section where it's telling us how to assemble the pitcher, it tells us how to disassemble it! Anyhow, it doesn't take Einstein to figure it out and the leaflet makes it sound far more complicated than it actually is. The rest of the guide seems ok.
I do like the look of the pitcher and it relatively lightweight because it's made of resin. The top of the pitcher comes off, revealing the bowl which is the bottom half. The first thing to do is to fill the bowl with water. Unfortunately, the top simply rests on the bottom, it doesn't lock onto it, so while I was faffing around trying to level the pitcher and get the water to flow from the top into the little side bowls, I knocked the whole thing over spilling water onto my feet. Note to self: do not assemble pitcher while wearing slippers.
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| Smart Solar Pitcher Cascade |
I do like the look of the pitcher and it relatively lightweight because it's made of resin. The top of the pitcher comes off, revealing the bowl which is the bottom half. The first thing to do is to fill the bowl with water. Unfortunately, the top simply rests on the bottom, it doesn't lock onto it, so while I was faffing around trying to level the pitcher and get the water to flow from the top into the little side bowls, I knocked the whole thing over spilling water onto my feet. Note to self: do not assemble pitcher while wearing slippers.