Kikkerland Solar Powered Rainbow Maker – Prism Suncatcher, Fun Home Window Decor – Unique Gift for Christmas & Birthdays – Single Crystal

Great product AND seller!
This is an amazing little rainbow sparkle maker! My cat and I are both obsessed with it and I’m very satisfied with the seller’s responsiveness and commitment to their product’s quality. The first unit arrived but did not work even when left in the sun for over 12 hours so I reached out to the seller in hopes to exchange the defective product for a better one. Not only did they respond quickly to my message but they sent the second unit right away AND let me keep the original defective one. I have a friend who is an electrical engineer so I asked her if she could attempt to fix the defective one and somehow she was able to do so by redoing the wires to/from the solar panel which means I now have a second working unit. Now both my bedroom and my living room have beautiful, sparkly, moving rainbows.I highly recommend this product from this seller.

Cute and interesting, but overpriced
This makes obvious rainbow patterns in a room and provides a good talking point. It’s reasonably well-made and the transparent case and colored gears make it satisfying to watch. The downside is, the price. It’s quite expensive for what it is.

A mood lifter
This rainbow maker is a definite mood lifter as it moves around with beautiful colors. Who wouldn’t be happy to have rainbows on sunny days on their walls and ceiling. I bought my cousin one. To give the gift of rainbows, is a magical thing. It’s also fun if you have cats to watch them trying to catch a ray when it’s moving around.

How to repair Solar Powered Rainbow Maker
Three things predictably fail on Solar Rainbow Makers- the solar cell fails to produce enough power, the bevel gear that drives the prism shaft cracks, and the suction cup fails to hold. Fixes we found:1)Solar Cell-Found the original solar cell produces approximately 50mA @2volts in direct sunlight. Located a larger solar cell producing 130mA@2volts, but was a little larger.(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BLP238X?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details)Cut wires to existing cell, soldered wires to new cell. Glued new solar cell to old cell holder. New cell produces enough power to turn prism even on cloudy days and out of direct sun.2) Bevel Gear Crack-Repair posted online by something else, used thin wire twisted around base of bevel gear to close crack in gear and apply super glue. This works but you will need to slightly enlarge bevel gear shaft hole to prevent it from stretching and reopening crack when you place gear back on shaft. Very small drop of super glue on shaft to secure bevel gear on shaft after enlarging shaft hole. Alternative method is to heat shaft with butane lighter and slide bevel gear onto shaft while pinching to keep crack closed. Plastic bevel has low melting point and one must be careful not to get shaft too hot; get just hot enough so that gear will slide on shaft without stretching crack. When cooled gear will fuse to shaft.3) Removed suction cup and replaced with Velcro tape. Used small piece of matching Velcro on window muntins. We can’t apply suction cups or velcro tape directly on our windows since we have installed solar film and either would damage it if attached. The solar film does not interfere with the solar cells.All these repair require disassembly of Rainbow Maker. The two long machine screws that go through the motor armature plates have tiny nuts on the back side. Be careful not to lose them! Only tool required is a tiny phillips head screw driver. Note-Will need soldering skills to attach old cell wire leads to new solar cell.I’ve probably spent way too much time repairing these but it has become a challenge and perhaps an obsession to fix them. It is satisfying to see one once broken and sitting in a drawer back spreading color.

Llevo casi una década buscándolos en Europa. Son preciosos. NECESITAN sol directo para funcionar, no solo luz.

Uno dei modi migliori in cui ho speso soldi su Amazon… Se avete una finestra esposta al sole DOVETE acquistarlo! Riempe la stanza di piccoli arcobaleni che danzano sulle pareti, mette allegria, mette buonumore, è allegro e di buon auspicio… Ultimamente abbiamo bisogno tutti di un po’ di colore e un po’ di ottimismo in questa vita e questo piccolo aggeggio, con una semplicità quasi banale, ci mette del suo dando un contributo di gioia. Prendetelo!Addendum: ne ho comprato un secondo da regalare ad una coppia di amici… dopo averlo visto funzionare in casa nostra ne sono rimasti davvero innamorati ed è stato un regalo graditissimo…