Customer Reviews

Little Giant 14940294 Whiskey Barrel Planter

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3 star:		(1)
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This fountain is adorable, and a great buy compared to similar but more expensive ones. It's a little bigger than the dimensions advertised, which I was pleasantly surprised with. It took about fifteen minutes to get going, it's dummy proof. I would set the water flow on the pump on high or medium to get a good sound out of it. It looks so cute in front of my bungalow!

There are a few good things about this fountain/planter and there are a few bad things. First the good points.

The appearance of it once it is put together is of good quality. It actually looks like the picture and is very sturdy. Along with that is the ease of putting the pump section on the barrel itself (which is great since I had to do this several times to attempt to get the flow regulated.) The best part of this is probably the 5 planting spots opposite the pump. It's great to have something to look at other than the fountain itself. But then again, that feature is somewhat flawed.

Now to the bad parts of this fountain. Even though it is a typo that it includes a 15GPH pump, it states that it comes with a 115GPH pump. Mine came with a 130GPH pump. This creates a small problem because it starts to fill up and overflow out of the container, quickly emptying the reservoir. At first I tried to regulate the flow using the adjustment wheel on the pump itself but it only turned 1/4 turn and did not help that much. Then it recommended putting a hose clamp on the supply tube, but that didn't work any better and actually started to damage the tube itself. I really like the looks of this fountain and did not want to return it, so I drilled two more 3/8" holes just slightly above and in between the three already there. This appeared to do the trick, although the stream of water being forced out of the pump is way too high.... race horse high!! Not all that serene.

The second big problem is the fact that the plant housing areas do not drain at all, so you have to be careful not to let it get saturated and rot the roots. One rain storm will soak the soil - As it did here in Sun Diego last weekend.

If it were an option, I would give it 2-1/2 stars instead because of the misrepresented pump rate and non draining plant housings.

I received my fountain yesterday and it is constructed way better than my old wooden one. I want to thank Mr Anderson for his excellant and informative review as without it I would not have known to drill extra holes. My old one just dumped into a barrel and leaves etc would frequently block the pump action. The resevoir holds alot of water but I would like to know how you can tell how much water is in the pump compartment since it is concealed. Is that why you have to frequently take the pump assembly off as Mr anderson stated?.I will keep a close watch on the reported problem of water filling the top before it has the chance to return to the resevoir, but I will drill extra holes higher as Mr anderson stated. How do you tell when the resevoir is low if you cant see it? Can someone answer my question who has the pump and fountain already. Also how would you clean the insides?.