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I hope I'll be more happy with that one. I would NOT recommend it. With a sweet drink you will have a sticky residue all over the table and floor. Lastly it splatters, and it's alot if you run it for hours. I thought this would be best because of size, and liked the stainless look. I bought this fountain for a party and did much research comparing with other brands. Easy to put together, but if you don't have the seal in just the right spot your drink will leak out all over the table.(test first with water).Pump is VERY loud, very distracting if you want an elegant party, but would work if all your parties are of the loud dance type. I am ordering a Rival brand that claims it runs quieter.
Also found that the center piece where the "bubbles" come from overtime will get "gummed up" from the sugar and needs to be soaked in soapy water before it will work again. Have learned the hard way that care must be taken to be sure the gasket on the bottom is lined up properly or it WILL leak. Actually purchased a second one and used both at a school graduation reception-made a big hit. Have used this 6 times now. It does splash quite a bit, but I do like the fact that it holds 3 gallons-most other plastic fountains hold a maximum of 2 gallons. The cups do fill up rather slowly, but overall a great value for the money.
My wedding was only a few days away & this product arrived just in time. It is very pretty & added an elegant touch to my reception.
One other downside is that the fountain splatters/sprays a fine mist of beverage in the air, therefore at the end of the day you will need to wipe table area where it was located really well. Soda/punch (anything with sugar) gets sticky by the end of the day. Specifically it just stopped working after we poured the gingerale in the fountain. It will work fine for NON-carbonated beverages. It does not work well with carbonated beverages such as gingerale. Purchased this item for a large thanksgiving function at my home and the it barely worked. It will work after about 1 hour (after the gingerale gets FLAT). While we waited for the soda to get FLAT we used a punch bowl ladle to pour the soda.
The "cooling ring" is basically an ice pack that sits around the main tube and does work pretty well. You really can't see the lights through anything thick that is colored, so if that is a bif selling point for you, look elsewhere. Overall a good product I got to say I was fairly impressed by how well this works. I tested with just water to clean it out at first and didnt really work, but when it was filled with punch, which is much thicker, the flow was much more steady. When I used it I clogged up the little hole in each level with pieces of fruit so the beverage would spill over the sides and used a bunch of those little reusable plastic ice cube things after the original cooling ring started to melt and everything worked well.
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