Farm Innovators C-250 Submergible Aluminum 250 Watt Farm Utility Water De-Icer

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Having gone through 5 other heaters, I am thrilled to have found this one which is virtually indestructible. My horse loves to chew on cords and hoses; and this heater has a metal coil surrounding the cord and the heater itself is made of heavy-gauge metal. It performs perfectly keeping his 100-gallon water trough ice free (again, outperforming other, plastic-housed heaters). Wish I'd got this heater years ago!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have been using a different brand of trough heater for a few years and they always seem to give out about halfway through the winter. So far this submergible trough heater is working great on these below freezing nights and helping the trough from developing ice. I am certain this will do a pretty job of keeping the trough ice free even during the winter months when it dips below zero.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Where I live, I don't yet have ice, so I went and bought a large bag of ice to test this product out. It worked so well. It melted the ice in about 5 minutes, amazed by this product! Definitely a must have if you live in colder temperatures and have outside farm animals!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have a dozen chickens, and use a 5 gallon water cooler with a chicken water adapter for their water. Great system, until the temperatures drop below freezing, when the water nipples freeze solid, and I'm back to carrying and refilling poultry water founts placed on a cookie tin warmer. This year, I bought this submersible de-icer, and it arrived in the midst of a week of freezing temperatures- so cold that the water in the cooler had a skim of ice on it. That evening, I broke the ice, and placed the deicer in the bottom of the jug. The next morning, the cooler was defrosted, and the chickens were as happy as I was!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was actually surprised that this wasn't a little bit bigger. I don't know why I was expecting a bigger one. But I'm glad that it didn't come in a bigger size. This one fit perfectly and it didn't take up a lot of space so it was able to warm up the water quickly and keep it that way for an extended period of time.