Bird Bath Heater for Outdoors in Winter, Birdbath Water Heater 120 W Pond De-Icer, Bird Bath Deicer Full-Covered Aluminum, Birdbath Heater Thermostatcally Controlled Auto Shut Off for Winter

The media could not be loaded. I made a special bucket fountain bird bath and have enjoyed watching the birds so much I wanted a way to keep it going during the winter and this heater works fantastic. It keeps the water from freezing but it is not hot to touch, not even what I would call warm, just right to not freeze is all. Can see the steam rising when it was snowing. Birds are happy and have bathing parties every day. Well worth the purchase.

I used it this winter and it kept my bird bath from freezing. It is a resin made one. Glad I purchased it! So we're the birds.

In looking at which birdbath heater to purchase, I bought two different brands (for two different birdbaths). Both work very well. Neither one floats. I bought the Gesail (@$20) and the XpenGeny (@ $23). The current pricing of these two has reversed (oddly enough). In any case, they both are perfectly good. The XpenGeny is 120W whereas the Gesail is 50W. I am using the 120W XpenGeny in a larger concrete birdbath, with the Gesail in a smaller polyresin birdbath. (I don't know if the wattage matters for these two birdbaths.)The only thing that is required of a birdbath heater is that a) it works, and b) it does not float in the water. Both of these heaters succeed. If you need the higher wattage, then this Xpengeny is the one to get.

Using in two Alpine Fountains (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004DFUI32/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1). It was 22 degrees last night, no freezing over in the reservoir even with the fountains turned off. Started them up and the little bit of ice in the pools above the main reservoir were de-iced immediately. My bird baths are too shallow to accommodate this heater, and the birds do use the fountains, so....these are a functioning solution.I have a third fountain and have ordered one of these for that one as well.They appear to be heavy and well-built/durable, fully sealed in the heating unit and cord assembly, not much different than the tank heaters I used for the smaller horse tanks once upon a time.Will update when we hit below zero temperatures, which we get here regularly.UPDATE: It got down to 7 degrees last night, the fountains did not freeze, I froze going out to make sure they were not frozen. They were cheerfully pumping water and "fountaining" with no icing up whatsoever. WhooHoo!!!!!

So far it works well and is keeping the water in our chickens' water bucket from freezing. Not sure how easily it can be cleaned and may hold slime in the slots on the bottom. I'd still recommend it.

After 11 Colorado winters waking up every morning with my birdbath frozen completely solidly and having to thaw it out, it occurred to me that someone might make a product to keep that from happening. I studied all the numerous choices offered by Amazon and chose this one. It works as advertised. I liked it so much that I ordered another one for the big pan of water I leave out for the larger animals (a feral cat and a family of raccoons) that visit at night. It works great, too - even in the much larger pan.

UPDATE: PRODUCT FAILED!!! Received Nov. 9 but I didn't even use it until December since it wasn't freezing out. It shorted out my koi pond aerator and heater 3 times yesterday in 20 degree F. temps. I tried absolutely every possible scenario. Different outdoor extension cords. Different GFI outlets. Left it to thaw overnight to no avail. Double checked again today and it wasn't heating. I tried with a hair dryer to be sure everything was working. It is definitely the heater that has gone bad. It is Feb. 15, 2024 and the exchange window was over Jan. 31. Out of courtesy I tried to contact the seller but I don't see any way I can since the choices go in a loop. Image above and my first review is below. You know what my suggestion is.I was really surprised by the number of reviews posted in fall of 2023 when there haven't even been freezing temperatures yet. I'm in Wisconsin so I waited until close to when temperatures were to the point water would start to freeze over. The bird bath heater is doing what it should. Service and shipping were great. I asked about the height of the heater and got an immediate answer. I am however having to take out and add a 3 quarts to a gallon of water every to every other day. I'm wondering if the thermostat is shutting off as needed. I've had 3 different kinds of heaters over many years and this is a first. It's snowing again so maybe I'll get a break today. I'm not thrilled with putting on my warm clothes and hauling water.

Plugged it in last fall, worked to keep our large bird bath ice free all winter. It even melted 10-12 inches of snowfall and kept the water available all winter. I'm in Colorado, so we had a few below zero F days and it just kept on working!Highly recommended!