Economical Bird Bath De-Icer
Economical Bird Bath De-Icer
This is a de-icer for shallow bird baths. Features include: has a unique pattern on heavy aluminum foil, safe in all bird baths, has a 9″ power cord, easy to install-needs no clamps or brackets.Size:10 12″ x 9″.
Economical Bird Bath De-Icer Review
(1) These things arrived almost before I logged off the page I ordered them from. I used them in my shallow bird baths and they work great!!! Not one bit of ice.
(2) I just couldnt see spending the cost heated birdbaths were going for, and some of the birdbath heaters. I picked this up and it works great. Simple construction, priced reasonably,and keeps the birdbath unfrozen, which is all it needs to do. Nothing fancy but it doesnt need to be. I did find that the cord was pretty short, and it would have been great had it been just a few inches longer as it made it difficult to sit properly when plugged in but not a huge concern.
(3) I have had this for about a month. So far it seems to be working. As the title suggests, this is a no-frills de-icer but does the job. Wouldn’t you know as soon as we got it the weather warmed up and haven’t had to use it much. I place a small rock on it to keep it in place. It keeps the bird’s fannies warm so they are happy so we are happy.
(4) We’ve experienced a lot of ice, snow and freezing rain this Winter. The little birdbath has done a very nice job of keeping at least a good portion of water available for the birds. I placed a couple of 4″ stones near it’s edges to keep it below the waters’ surface and to warm a bit more surface area.
(5) bought two of these. Not only does the one work amazingly well in the bird bath, but the other one I put on a pot of dirt, scatter dirt and small gravel over it, and that heater got even more action than the heated bird bath! And that is saying a lot since I am in Northern Wisconsin and we get sixty below zero nights in the winter! Birds would not only eat the gravel and the small pile of sunflower seeds, but would sit on the heated dirt and enjoy the warmth and because the container had an inch lip around, it kept a bit of the wind off the birds too.
I highly recommend to any serious bird watcher, that if you are going to heat water, you might want to consider buying two and heat a dirt bath too!