Solar Lily Pad Fountain

Details: Solarrific's Floating solar fountain on a lily pad doesn't require battery or electric wires.  Easy to use, just place it on the water and it will start working within 3 seconds under full direct sunlight.  Adds natural beauty to any fish pond, swimming pool or large water container.  Will help attract birds, and help create water movement to help prevent stale water that mosquitoes thrive in.  Comes with additional attachments for water shape options.  Directions: remove the plastic film on the solar panel, place the product under full direct sunlight.  Clean the pump regularly to keep its full lifespan of 20,000 hours up to par. The solar panel does not store energy.  Instruction manual comes with pump cleaning directions, extra notes, and attachment diagrams for your convenience.  You can buy this on amazon.

Technical Specks: 

Maximum water height: about 18 inches (45cm) The pump will automatically start in 3 seconds when bright sunlight shines directly on the solar panel. Make sure the panel is not under any trees or shadows. 4 different water shape options provided

Disclaimer: I received this product complimentary in exchange for an honest, non biased review on my blog and on amazon.  I only recommend products that I have personally tested, tried and find worthy.

My Review:  I love the idea of solar powered novelties.  And since my family loves water, fishing, swimming, beaches etc, this was a great testing opportunity to see if it would work and how we would like this Lily Pad fountain.  This arrived during a very wet season, so we had to wait until we had a really sunny day with little to no cloud cover to test the "full direct sunlight" feature mentioned in the instructions about this water fountain.  When that day finally came, I brought my children down to the fish pond with me and we tested it out.  We opened the box, read the instructions, and opened up the lily pad to put on the water.  Right away I noticed that as soon as the solar panel gets direct sunlight it starts working regardless of it being in the water.  This was a little annoying, but it was an easy fix/ solution, you leave the lily pad folded up or turned up side down until you are putting it into the water.  Since it comes with different water shape attachments I thought it best to try some of them out.  We tried 3 different one of the 5 you are given.  I found that the original one works best in a dark water fish pond.  I feel that the larger ones would work better in clear, clean water like a water container, or pool.  But that is just my opinion.  I am really pleased with this product, and will be giving it to my parent's as a gift because they have lots of water elements in their landscaped yard and would use this more that I would.  I know that they would love it!  So I am going to recommend this product because it works exactly as it claims, its really nice looking in the water, and it really is super easy to use.

Pros: easy, beautiful, works excellently,

Cons: none

My Rating: Thumbs Up

USB Battery Power Bank

Details: Solar-Rific: Pink Lipstick USB Battery power bank: 2000mAh, input and output ports convenient for most mobile phones, and tablets.  Lipstick sized, light weight to carry, easy to read Red and Green lights letting you know when it is charging and when it is complete, can be charged most solarrific solar and hand crank chargers.  Comes in colors: pink, blue, white and can be purchased on amazon.

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary product in exchange for honest non biased reviews.  Regardless, I only recommend products that I have personally tested, tried and reviewed, and found worthy to be recommended.

Technical info directly from the website:

Capacity: 3.7V 2000mAh Input :1.2 W, 0.24~.5A, less than 6V automatically convert 1A, 2A power source to .5A Ouput:5W ,1A , less than 6V Cell Type: Cylindrical 18650 Li-ion battery Housing: Durable ABS Weight: 68 g/2.4oz Size: 90*25*25mm/3.5x1x1in Charging time: 4 hours by USB Mobile Phone Wall Charger; under full direct sunlight, 4 hours by Solarrific C5009 5W and C5018 4W USB Solar Chargers and 10 hours by Solarrific C5010 1.2W USB Solar Charger Cycle life: >500 times Over current, over charge, short circuit PCB protection Automatic switcher recognition Accessories: 30cm/11.8" USB/micro cable, micro/Iphone 5 adapter

My Review:  I am a busy Wife and Mother.  Always on the go, running here, and driving there, setting up that play date, going to that field trip etc.  Most of the time it seems like I rarely have enough battery power in my phone because I just don't sit still long enough for it to charge fully.  When I saw this product I thought it would be great to try out and see if for once I can actually keep my phone charged so my husband can get a hold of me when he needs to, so that my Youth group can get a hold of me when they need to, etc.  I love the pink color so it never gets lost in my bag or purse.  I've been using this every day since I got it, and have found that it really works.  Every time I leave the house I bring my Lipstick charger with me to use.  This product is really great, I actually really enjoy using this as a secondary battery charger for my phone.  I also feel like this would work great for road trips with your tablets that your children use, or if you love reading or playing on your tablet but hate having it run out while on the road, it would be great to use this tool to keep your power.  I love that it can be charged in the sun, and that it lasts a long time once it is fully charged and being used.  I highly recommend this product because it is truly is a life saver!

Pros: works great, lasts a while once charged, can be charged without being plugged in, light weight easy to carry

Cons: none

My Rating:  Thumbs Up