First, I bought this product for our 2 small dogs, NOT for cats. We have a 8lb chihuahua, and a 12 lb Brussels Griffon. I mainly got this for the Brussels. Reason being, is that the particular breed it a freaking disastrous mess when it comes to getting a sip of water. Let me tell you, if you think your dog is messy at drinking water, it's probably not, and you might be surprised at how much worse it can get. Let me elaborate a little....When my Brussels decides it's time to ruin the house, she goes over to the water bowl. The particular breed has no elongated snout, they are smush faced like a pug....but even a pug has a longer snout than her. Her face is literally as flat as a board. Because of this, when she eats/drinks food, she is forced to put her WHOLE entire face/head into the waterer/feeder. Well ok, this wouldn't be such a big deal....but Brussels Griffons have a long beard and mustache (might as well be the lumberjack hipster of dogs). Because of the long hair all over their face, combined with basically having to dip their head into the food/water bowls...you end up with this disaster of a dog face and floor. So if we focus just on her drinking water, her beard gets entirely soaked. I would say it's akin to throwing your towel into a body of water, picking it up, and then walking around your house with it while it pours/drips water from itself. So when she is done drinking water, I usually know she's drank water because there's a huge pool of it around the watering bowl, and I know everywhere she's been in the house because there's a water trail to track her every move for the next 5-10 minutes. After maybe 25-30 minutes, her face is dry again....but of course not after rubbing it profusely all over the leather couches and throw blankets. What a little hussy...she knows what she's doing.When we look at the food aspect of things, it merely exacerbates the issues. How could eating food turn the problems up to 11 you ask? Well, it goes a little something like this....come dinner time, this fat little hoover vacuum of a roomba I call my dog, get's food crumbs stuck all in her hipstery beard/mustache (hey, just like a real hipster!). She is always thirsty after a good vacuuming session in her food bowl, so she goes straight for the water. She then proceeds to dunk the trashbag of a face she has into the water, swirl it around for good measure, and to ensure that as many crumbs and food particles as possible make it into the water. So now, I have a pooch with a dripping wet, dog food face rubbing her face all over my house while trying to water board the downstairs tile. Mmm...gotta love those kisses. And on top of that, the water bowl I JUST cleaned now looks like a scummy mess. Instantly....without fail.So....as you can clearly see, I have quite the issue dealing with this plague of a puppy. No amount of grooming can help, there's just no solution even with an x-groomer as my fiance....until now! I have now discovered the Petsafe stainless steel drinkwell 360 fountain, and it's been handed to me by the almighty doggy gods themselves! What attracted me to this device were several features:1) Stainless steel - I was very pleased to see this came in a nice stainless steel build. Since my father is a veterinarian, and owned his own practice, I have definitely come to appreciate all aspects of using stainless for food/water bowls. It stays cleaner longer, is sturdy, and also it just looks good!2) Fountain - I was really looking for a fountain of some kind. I had this crazy idea that maybe the Brussels would learn to drink from the fountain spout, and that this beard issue would be alleviated.3) Filtration - Again because of the amount of food that gets perpetually delivered from bowl to trough, I wanted something that could clean the water that wasn't done by my hand once a dayThose were really the key elements I was looking for, and I found them all and more in this particular fountain. I love the fact that there's a pre-filter for the pump to protect the pump from major crumbage. It has worked excellent in filtering out the major mess. The charcoal filters give the secondary line of defense, and clean very well. Because of how clean the water is coming out of the fountain spout, it only took my Brussels a couple weeks to learn where the cleanest water was coming from. Now she exclusively drinks from the water fountain...and get this, NO MOP FACE!!!!! My prayers have been answered by the puppy gods. And because her face doesn't get entirely drenched, the amount of food going into the main water bowl has been dramatically reduced. This has provided a MUCH more sanitary and easy to handle environment for the dogs, and most importantly for me! I'm no longer a slave to the water bowl. It's quite odd to be able to just fill the water up every 4 or 5 days (when I hear the pump slurping lightly) and not have to rigorously clean a disgusting water trough. For the most part, things remain very clean for a couple weeks straight. The food crumbs do eventually build up, but the filters do their job wonderfully, and the dogs seem to continue to enjoy the water out of the spout. I have not noticed any degradation in terms of flow speed when it comes to the pump over the course of a couple weeks. This thing, in my opinion, is rock solid in terms of performance.Cons:Even though I'm rating this 5 stars, there's always room for improvement. What I would really like to see improved, is an attempt at removing as much of the plastic as possible. Some things like the pump obviously are going to be plastic. But the clips to hold the interior bowl could probably be redesigned in a way that would allow for stainless steel clips to be used instead. Same going for the fountain portion that contains the spout and charcoal filter. Another thing that would be really nice, would be a re-usable pyrex glass filter instead of the throw aways. That way you could simply clean the glass, replace the charcoal, and re-use the device without adding plastic to garbage facilities. I may attempt to make my own when I have time to focus on such a project.Conclusion:I was a bit hesitant to drop so much on a pet fountain....with the possibility being that I would just end up with a fancy device that's purpose was never fulfilled because the dogs couldn't figure it out. That is not the case what-so-ever. These guys figured it out, and have benefited greatly from this purchase. Most importantly, me and my house are benefiting now too! I couldn't have asked for more from a fountain...it has squashed the most major deficiencies of the Brussels breed. Now I don't have to worry about her jumping on the couch with a dripping wet face to try to come and give me those lovely wet food kisses anymore. This device really isn't designed for any dogs much larger than mine, maybe up to at 15 lb dog. I would call that about max size for this bowl. So if you have an overgrown cat masquerading as a dog, this will be pretty perfectly sized. All in all, I am thoroughly impressed and have found a permanent solution.If you think my review was helpful, please click "yes" below! If you have any questions/comments, feel free to ask and I'll respond as soon as I can. Please excuse any "cheekiness" and "sarcasm" used in the review, as it is merely used to elaborate points and entertain readers. This review is a true depiction of my actual opinion of the product.

I'm very pleased with this purchase. My cats love it! They are under a year old and took to this very easily. I thought they would since one of them had a fascination with the bathtub faucet. It doesn't leak, but she'd bat at it until she could get a drip to come out. When I first set up the Drinkwell, she played in it for about 2 hours straight - she made such a mess in the kitchen, but it was so fun to watch, I let her get it out of her system. The other cat played in it too, but after about 20 minutes or so, she was over it.The bowl is large - about 12-13 inches in diameter, and I really like the fact that it's stainless steel even though some of the other parts are plastic. I found a nice padded mat at "BBB" to place underneath it - the mat fits the fountain along with two smaller food bowls. A mat is necessary because it eliminates the sound of the vibration of the pump. I'm not a huge fan of the clips that hold the conic piece in place, but they get the job done. The fountain cleans very easily - I usually do this about 2-3 times per week - it depends on how much they play in it, because their fur gets in it - LOL. I ended up purchasing some spare parts along with a brush kit to clean it with from the manufacturer's web site. The brushes are very helpful and make cleaning easier. I also purchased additional foam filters that go around the pump here on Amazon at a reasonable price. I do not use a filter in the top portion of the fountain - we already have filtered water, so I don't have a need to filter the water again. The only reason I purchase the spongy foam filter for around the pump is because it helps keep the hair out of the pump.Obviously I check the water level daily, and I usually throw a few ice cubes in when it's warm out, which they love. They almost always drink out of the part that drips from the top. The exception would be when I put ice cubes in - then they like to lick the ice cubes and will drink out of the bottom part, which is kind of narrow. I use the top that has three water flows - the faucet comes with different tops you can put on so that there are from 1-5 water flows. I thought three was enough, especially if they want to drink out of the bottom - otherwise water would drip on their heads, but I don't think they'd care too much. There is a part on the top that adjusts the water flow, so if you find that it makes too much noise from the dripping sound, then you can adjust the flow so that the water hits the cone part instead of splattering in the water. Also, if the water splashes out of the dish, it's because of a combination of having the water level too high and the flow too high (or you have cats like mine that like to play in the water!)Every time I clean the fountain, my cats act like they've been in the desert and they need a drink immediately - they don't like me to take it away. As soon as I put it down, they act like they did when it was brand new. The one cat likes to stand with her paws on the top of the fountain and she bats at it until the water is coming out again - so cute!So far all the parts have held up well, although I did buy some replacement parts in case something clunks out - they love the fountain so much, I just can't have it break down :-) I know my cats are drinking plenty of water with this fountain as evidenced by all the clumping pee balls they leave in the litterbox!

This little thing is much nicer than I imagined. It’s sturdy, works great and is the right height and amount of water for my 2 Shelties & Chihuahua. I rinse it and change out the water every day as that’s what I did with their previous bowl. The fountain sound is barely detectable, but a lovely addition to the household. The only reason for 4 stars is that I absolutely can not get the cover open on the white housing to change the filter. Wish it came with a little tool for this. In the meanwhile I’m scouting the house to try and something that will work.

As described in the title. I'm speechless

We have three cats and they absolutely love the fresh clean water from this fountain. It needs to be cleaned once a week to keep the water freshest but I am very happy to recommend this product .

Edit to add...June 2023 Still works perfect. Our old cat died (age 18) but the fountain is still working and used daily by the other two cats and the dog (I can't believe we thought we'd be able to stop her from drinking from the cats fountain)Edit to add... July 2020 Still going strong. We've since added a dog (double ugh) but she's not allowed to drink from the cats fountain.Edit to add....August 2017 and still going strong. This might be the best purchase I've ever made. We've since added a third cat (ugh!) and she also loves the fountain.Edit to add... July 2016. we've now had this fountain for 3 years and it's still much loved and going strong. Great purchase! We bought this to please our older cat who only liked drinking from the bathroom sink tap, and he'd want you to turn the tap on and leave the room before he'd drink. So after moving to a new house with wall mounted sink and watching him struggle to perch on the edge we thought we better find a better way. We researched a few fountains and decided on this one. We have had it for a month now and are very pleased with it. It does require topping up everyday and I wash it once a week but it's no more work than a regular dish of water. Less, perhaps, because if you forget to fill it the poor cat isn't going without water. The only downside is that it is quite large, about 13" in diameter and obviously needs to be near a plug in. It isn't very loud, doesn't annoy me anyway (and I'm someone who gets annoyed with noises).Best of all, our cats both love it. The old cat drinks out of it, never asks to drinks out of the sink anymore. Both of them drink right of the top where the water comes out. The younger cat also treats it as his personal water playground and it isn't unusual to find him asleep with his head against it or his paw in it. Sometimes he puts his toys in it and then fishes them out.It was worth the money and we don't regret purchasing it at all. As long as it lasts at least a year we will replace it will the same model.

Didn't realise seller was in the US.This product is Not UK compliable. Has a completely different plug on it. Does not fit and UK SOCKETS. Alot of money to buy and cost me nearly as much to return it. Anyone in the UK DO NOT BUY IT.

Esta fuente tiene una gran capacidad (cerca de 4 litros), suficiente para proveer de agua a mis 9 gatos; todos ellos han incrementado su consumo de agua, lo cual es muy importante para mantener su buena salud. La fuente es silenciosa y solo hay que tener cuidado de mantener un nivel adecuado de agua (arriba de la última fila de orificios) para evitar daños en la bomba. Tiene un filtro para partículas pequeñas (tierra, piedrecillas), pero no es de carbón activado, aunque esto se resuelve fácilmente usando agua purificada de garrafón. No salpica hacia afuera, ni se resbala hacia ningún lado. Es un poco difícil de desarmar, así que es mejor darle al menos una buena enjuagada una vez por semana, ya que al ser de acero inoxidable se garantiza que no habrá absorción de olores ni sabores. Recomendable desarmarla y lavarla bien mensualmente, con jabón para trastes.