Alpine Corporation WIN258 Outdoor Rainforest Waterfall Tree Trunk Fountain with LED Lights, 41"H, Gray

We bought this fountain last year. It has been the perfect addition to our pergola. The pump is a touch loud but the lights, sound of the trickling water, and its realistic look outweighs it. Highly recommend.

The fountain is sturdy, well made and painted very, very well. Even though there were no customer reviews when I bought this fountain, Alpine has a reputation for really good quality fountains. So, I had confidence in my purchase right from the start. I am very pleased with the fountain. It does not leak or splash water all over the place and the pump has a flow adjustment feature. The lights are very attractive.There are lights on the first two tiers and a light on the fourth tier. It is very pretty just the way it is. I bought some inexpensive LED submersible tiny balloon lights and submersible tea lights that were multicolored, in case I wanted to leave the original lights unplugged, that are built in, and use colored lights on the fountain, since I use the fountain for weddings. Great idea and inexpensive through Amazon. The larger tea lights fit down into the bottom of the fountain and the tiny balloon lights are perfect for the tiers. I also put a thin strand, or garland of magnolia blossoms along the trunk that I bought through Amazon. It looks so lovely, not overdone, because the magnolia garland looks like a wooden branch. The fountain is versatile for my use and is exceptional just like it is, without decor or colored lights.

I'm curious if they've updated their packaging since some other reviewers got their fountains, because mine came in a solid 2-piece molded styrofoam container with a special slot for the back cover and box for the motor. It's large and I think the UPS guys struggled to deliver it without a dolly so it took a couple of trips for them to do it - but it's large because it's properly padded & solidly built.The instructions were a little grammatically off but incredibly simple regardless. It took me all of 5 minutes to "assemble" (you screw on the motor to a tube, fill it, plug it in - it's not rocket surgery). The pump motor had a ground plug but note the LED lights do not - it recommends you only use it with a GFCI outlet (your outdoor outlet probably is, a random house plug wouldn't be). Overall it feels more like an outdoor product design, light splashing does occur, I'd certainly never recommend you put this on hardwood.It makes a nice waterfall sound - audible but not too loud. I sit right next to it on a patio and you could easily hold a conversation over it - but it's also not silent or gentle up close. I noticed that it did need to be properly leveled, if it tips to one side or forward too much the water doesn't cling to the sides in a wide stream but plunk unceremoniously into the pool. It also takes 5 minutes or so to warm up before it streams evenly.It did have some paint smell initially but that faded quickly outside. I think it looks reasonably realistic, even up close, lots of nice small details in the mold. It's decently thick too, would hold up to hail I bet. The black sponges that diffuse the water at the top and mid-tier look precariously glued, it might not last but some additional epoxy would solve that if needed.Overall very happy with it.

As someone else posted the instructions are a bit dodgy but easy enough to intuit. I would take "trickle" out of the description though - this thing does not trickle on any pump setting (which frankly has not much affect on the output from minimum to maximum). It does flow nicely. I'm going to work on a bypass to actually be able to adjust down to a trickle at some point.I would like to see another foam filter on the return hole though, that would make cleaning it much easier. We have our fountain on the patio under a tree (yes a tree stump next to a tree...) and it get debris down into the "tank".I've found a wire brush works best for clearing the filters/foam. Cleaning the inside is tricky with all the contours (stay on top of the algicide, if you're using it outdoors). The little feet on the pump like to come off and stay stuck to the bottom, so that's a bit of fishing fun.Overall very satisfied with it and will be even more so when I get it to actually "trickle".

so easy to plug in, fill up and get going. it's lightweight and easy to maneuver (before filling with water, of course). I was looking for the tallest, most exotic looking fountain I could find that was in my price range. I saw some beautiful tall ones (50-60 inches) buy they were all over $1k. this one is tall enough and exotic looking. it has hard foam in each level that I presume is to keep leaves or debris from going down to the motor - this is awesome. my only tiny disappointment with this filter protection is that it keeps the water from making that plunging, clapping sound I enjoy with my other fountain. the water sounds like it's rushing, but more like a stream than little splashing waterfalls. also, i felt like the color tone is darker,not a lot of variation or depth in the color like in the photos. but overall I am so happy with this purchase, 10 times over. I laid some plastic plants from Michael's on it to add a pop of color. I'm a happy patio potato now :)

I bought this a couple months ago to go with a zen garden idea. Wish I'd a hooked up earlier. Nice Product, I mean it was hooked up and running maybe 30 minutes, easy, never had one before and I'll say it is relaxing at night. It also double's as a Very Big Humidifier for my Palms, worth every penny, not alot considering.Had a question and emailed Alpine on a Sunday, by 10 the next morning it was answered, Great Customer Service! Now I'm wondering about another one?