A solar powered water fountain for the garden.

Advantages: Cheap and easy to set up.
Disadvantages: You need the sun to shine for it to work.

...from an online garden centre who I had used before and it arrived within 5days. The kit comprises of a solar panel measuring 5 ½? x 5?, the pump with 3m of cable, two extension tubes and a choice of three heads and a mounting kit for the panel. Putting together is easy ? just insert the pump, which is cylindrical and about 4? tall, onto the base which is a flat circular ring with a plastic sponge like filter. Depending on the depth of your water you will need one or two extension tubes which are each about 3? long and then decide which fountain head you want. The choices are between a simple stream of water, a narrow spray or a wider spray. The height of the water jet will depend on the strength of the sun. Very bright sun will produce a jet of up to 10? and this becomes less as the sun intensity decreases. Now place the pump in...

perfectlypolished 08.06.2007 · Read review
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Catit Drinking Fountain

Advantages: Filtered, cool, fresh water continously
Disadvantages: None

...Owning (or being owned by) 3 cats, the twice-daily changing of the water dishes can get quite arduous, so I began to look into buying a water fountain. After looking at various different types (I didn?t know there was so much to consider!) I saw the Catit Water Fountain at a local cat show and decided to purchase one for my three mogs. I think this is the newest pet drinking fountain on the market at the time of writing and it does differ from the more usual style of ?a stream of water falling into a pool? pet water fountains. The Catit fountain is designed and recommended by vets. It is a shiny ? iridescent white plastic and a blue dome which is shaped in kind?ve in a figure of 8 with a drinking ?bowl? at one side and at the other a dome where the water is pumped up through the middle on the inside and then runs over the surface...

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The Fountain - Fabulous

Advantages: Phenomenal Plot, Gorgeous Special Effects, Top Class Acting,
Disadvantages: Dark/Depressing, Confusing Plot

...The Fountain is a rather little-known film due to it running into problems with funding and budget, therefore not gaining a significant amount of publicity and also had a hitch when the proposed lead for the film (Brad Pitt) turned-down the part of main character. These two problems faced in the early stages of the film, although understandably seemingly rather gloomy for the future prospects of the film, turned-out to merely add to the fantastic experience that was had whilst watching 'The Fountain'. Hough Jackman was eventually cast to the role of lead which, in my opinion, ultimately helped the film itself, Jackman added something to the film with his clearly evident acting ability, something that I felt Pitt (as good of an actor as he is, also) wouldn't have given. The film itself has received mixed reviews from lots of different...

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Who needs a roof, it's a fountain of youth!

Advantages: Glorious day out!
Disadvantages: Bit pricey, though free for National Trust / English Heritage members

...of the Abbey and its waterways - get the cameras out. The nature trail continues a pace, this section is known as High Ride ; as we weave our way through the trees look to the right and you might just catch a glimpse of the deer in the field. We pass a couple more temple features, and then another discovery - A tunnel. The Serpentine Tunnel. Now for those of a nervous disposition or who's kids have particularly overactive imaginations, I have to point out that yes it is fairly dark in there, but it's only 50 feet or so long so the kids should be alright. It leads us back down to the heart of the water gardens and our journey continues. Stepping stones no more One of the things I particularly remember as a kid when visiting Fountain's was when you come to the end of the Water Garden trail which leads into the main Lake...

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Review of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal

Three cons and a fountain

Advantages: A must see in Rome
Disadvantages: It's only a fountain

...W factor. As fountains go, and they generally don't go far, this is a peach. The intimate setting of the small piazza lends it a ...um, intimacy, even though it can be a little crowded. We managed to force ourselves into a small space on the bench right at the front (apparently, it's illegal to throw small children into the fountain...as we found out...). Great, We could sit for as long as we liked and gaze into the crystal water splashing all around. Three minutes just about did it. Come on, it's a fountain for goodness sake. Anyway, we took a gazillion photos, bought a piece of rubbishy tat (as you do) scoffed an ice cream and departed never to return. Never to return? A traditional legend states that if you throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain you're sure to return to Rome. Personally, I'm of the opinion that if you buy an airline...

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Review of Trevi Fountain 25, Rome

A fluorescent green vanilla fountain!

Advantages: Nice long lasting fragrance, kind to the skin
Disadvantages: I couldn't stand bathing in the colour and the scum in the bath was hard to remove

...poking out the top of it which after asking in store what an earth it was I was told by staff rolling their eyeballs at me that it is actually a dried vanilla pod! It smells quite heavily of vanilla but has the edge taken off that smell with a sweetness which is made up of jasmine and tonka bean along with the vanilla absolute so it's a bit of a mixture really and Lush themselves call this a pudding ballistic based on a creme brulee. So you run the taps of your bath and fling this all in. It fizzes alot and then within a minute it just disperses and melts. I went out of my bathroom came back in and my bathroom was heavily and heavenly scented but I seriously couldn't believe my eyes! My water had gone a fluorescent lime green which sent my eyes funny and the smell didn't match the colour of my bath and I was off put. However I got in...

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Review of Lush Vanilla Fountain Ballistic

Fresh approach to water for Cats!

Advantages: Running clear water
Disadvantages: Initially expensive - but worth it.

...Now we are in the middle of yet another heat wave I am very glad I purchased a couple of these water fountains for my four - very fussy - cats. I acquired my first CatIt water fountain last year and the second last week and have had no trouble with either one since I purchased them. So what is my and my cats' opinion of it? ~~Why~~ Now those of you who own cats, or are owned by them, know that as responsible pet owners we need to provide plentiful fresh water for our babies, especially in hot weather. One of my cats, Pebbles, particularly enjoys sitting in our bathroom sink and lapping at the drips from the tap so this looked like an ideal solution to persuade him away from our sink. Also with so many cats I found that the individual water bowls needed constant topping up, often twice a day in hot weather. ~~What does...

sjljersey 27.08.2005 · Read review
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Bathe in this luxury fountain!

Advantages: Smells lovely, leaves skin soft and smelling gorgeous
Disadvantages: not the best 'bathing experience' ever

...of jasmine in the ingredients. When I want a bath, I have to switch the water on an hour before hand in order for it to heat up sufficiently. After switching the water on, I retrieved this from the bedroom and put it on the edge of the bath, ready to use. I came back an hour later to find my bathroom absolutely filled with the scent of vanilla - it was gorgeous! When I dropped the vanilla fountain into the bath water, it fizzed quickly, turning my water an unsightly yellow colour. I had seen on the Lush website several people saying that it turns the water a 'wee colour' and to be fair, yes that's what it looked like, but considering the pale yellow colour of the product, it's not particularly surprising this is the result you get. The vanilla pod became detached from the ballistic, and I'm not keen on things floating in the bath with me...

pink_champagne 08.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Lush Vanilla Fountain Ballistic

Water Features A-Z With Charlie

Advantages: Easy to follow instructions. Clear diagrams. Lovely photographs. Complements the tv programmes or stands alone.
Disadvantages: None

..."Ground Force" has had quite a following on the television, with Alan Titchmarsh, Tommy Walsh and Charlie Dimmock turning back gardens around the country into wonderful feasts for sore eyes (and lazy gardeners!). Featuring some of the many gardens shown in the making of the tv series, the "Water Garden Workbook" by Charlie Dimmock takes you into the world of water gardens and in words, diagrams and photographs shows you how you can put a water feature in your back yard. Whether your passion is a fountain or a pond , sunken or above ground, this helpful companion book to the series, will help you to decide how to go about building it and making your dream a reality. There are step by step instructions on a host of projects, from a simple container pond to more extravagant designs such such as a winding stream. Charlie gives...

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Fountain.. Fountain of fresh air maybe!

Advantages: Nice scent left afterwards, left my skin smooth.
Disadvantages: Expensive for what it is, turned water off yellow colour.

...and fragranced for a good few hours after I had finished in the bath. I was a little disappointed with the lack of bubbles with this product as I know most Lush products I've used in the past have always satisfied me by giving me a gorgeous coloured bath with a ton of bubbles! The individual price for the normal size of these is around £2.69 at present and you can buy a giant ballistic for £7.50 but as Lush advise you use one of these in a bath I think they must be insane, this is a time of the 'credit crunch' don't they know?! I am giving this product 3/5 as it is a little expensive for a small amount of bubbles and I don't like the appearance of it much, it's almost like a bell in appearance! Very strange colour bath-water too! Anyway, it's a 3/5 from me. I would use it again but I wouldn't go out of my way to buy this myself....

katyeverett 09.06.2009 · Read review
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