Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I gave this product 2 stars because I am EXTREMELY dissatisfied with the misrepresentation. I SPECIFICALLY bought this particular heated bird bath because I was led to believe it was made of terra cotta. NOWHERE in the description does it say that it's made of plastic. And the title says terra cotta. HOWEVER...having said that, I realized that if it had been made out of terra cotta it would've been too heavy to mount on my window (it is MUCH bigger than I thought). After some thought I've decided to keep it instead of returning it and I expect to be very pleased with it. I still prefer not to have heated items in plastic (I wouldn't want to drink water that had been sitting in a plastic container and I wasn't interested in doing that to my feathered friends, either) but since I'll be changing the water everyday it should be okay. I will post an update after some use with any specific pros or cons but it does seem to be a very nice item. The three mounting options are great and it's large enough for robins or blue jays etc. to bathe in, although I expect they'll mostly just be drinking in the cold winter months, and this bath will only be used for that time of year. For those who will be using it year round the cord is very short and can be tucked away and hidden for the times of the year when it doesn't need to be plugged in. UPDATE:I've had the opportunity to put this birdbath to use in some pretty low temperatures. It has performed without any problems of any kind. The temp has gotten as low as 8 degrees fahrenheit with no sign of the water freezing. No ice in the water. I'm posting a couple photos in the image gallery and one of them is from an 8 degree day. I'd definitely recommend this product if you don't mind filling regularly, since it is a bit shallow. It probably needs filling anywhere from everyday to every other day. But I would do this no matter what the size since birds need clean water and any bird bath gets dirty with a day or two of use. I mounted mine outside my window for two reasons. 1. ease of filling, just open the window and 2. viewing of the birds. ps - I was willing to change my rating from 2 stars to 5 but I've noticed they're still advertising the bird bath as terra cotta without so much as one word in the description to let the buyer know it's plastic, and only the COLOR is terra cotta. UPDATE:They added the information to the description of this product to include that it is made of plastic so I have happily changed my rating to 5 stars. UPDATE: Nov. 2015. It's been 4 years since I purchased this product and I have used it every single winter. It is now below freezing and the birdbath is still working beautifully. I could not be happier with the performance and durability of this product. Helpful hint: Anytime it gets really dirty, in order to prevent scratching the plastic which would harbor bacteria I use a plain magic eraser with water to clean it and it makes it look like new with zero scratches.