CatitLED Flower Fountain with Set of 5 Triple Action Filters, Cat Drinking Water Fountain, Blue, 3 L

I used to have the Petsafe Drinkwell Plantinum and loved it. I never had an issue with it. However, the cleanup was always a chore so I decided to try the Catit Fountain.Everything was working fine when I decided to clean it again. However, the pump randomly slowed down by so much. I didn't do anything different in my cleaning reigmen. However, it was too late to get support for it.I also don't like the LED light. I think that it's very distracting at night. I wish there was a way to turn it off.

I’ve used a lot of water fountains for our cats. I used a knock off brand, two harmony brand, and Catit is the most recent brand I’ve used and I’m sticking with it.The most important reason why is because of cleaning. Harmony was a great design with easy filters to use, but it had all sorts of edges and corners that were impossible to clean regularly and time efficiently. I would have to get a q-tip to clean them, and the corners and edges got dirty faster than any part of the fountain due to the water flow being disrupted there.The knock off brand had a circular filter like Catit has, but it was only carbon filtering, and for some reason the makers decided to put edges inside of the water reservoir for no reason, leading to the same cleaning annoyance.Catit has no edges that build up gunk inside of the reservoir, everything is a smooth curve, meaning a sponge or towel can easily wipe away everything. I also like how the filter is structured, you can actually see the filter underneath the cover since it doesn’t cover it completely. This helps me know when I should clean or replace it without disassembling the whole thing. The filter also has more than carbon filtering it. I don’t remember what the white filter media is at the time of writing this review, and I’m writing it on mobile and can’t check unfortunately, but when I read it I was impressed. I own fish tanks and the media used had filter cleaning properties that carbon just doesn’t cover. We use brita filtered water anyways, but it’s nice to have a second filter making sure our cats drink clean water.Another thing is that the water pump is strong. Most brands use the same water pump that can be adjusted to weak to strong flow, but this pump has its weakest setting like the strongest setting of the previous ones. This means that the pump is less likely to get blocked, and when it dies build up gunk (usually fur or bioslime) its flow won’t be impacted so much, or as fast. Their are also guides on the bottom letting you know where the pump goes. And unlike most brands, the output of the pump isn’t off center, it’s just about right in the middle, which means you’ll never place the output in the wrong way (for example, the pumps of previous fountains had the output shifted to the right, so if you rotated the pump in any other direction, it wouldn’t go up the fountains tube.) A small yet helpful design change like that just makes the cleaning even easier.So far, I’ve had one Catit fountain I bought at the store, and no bioslime has accumulated even after two weeks. Bioslime usually appeared in other fountains after a week or less, I’d assume due to the weaker flow allowing it to settle on the surfaces, and due to the carbon only filter.I ordered two more Catit fountains through Amazon, and the only issue is that one fountain didn’t come with the yellow middle piece. Not sure how it happened, but it worked out since the cat I’m using it for like to drink from the middle output anyways.Two more neat things is 1. The clear plastic window that shows you how much water is in there. This is why I decided to try this fountain in the first place, it was such a neat design improvement, and it wasn’t all clear like some water fountains (which the excess light coming in from the all clear plastic can lead to algae growth) you have to look closely, at least on the non-led one, but you can usually tell by the drops of water that appear inside the window when the water level gets low. No need to dissemble the fountain, and you can see before it gets loud when it needs water. Another thing, this filter doesn’t get loud even when it gets low. I’d assume it’d get loud if it had no water, but you’d be able to catch it before that happens with the window. The low noise is such a relief, as with three of these I don’t always get the chance to refill them in a timely manner. The second neat thing is the filter replacements. Besides the two filter media’s, it’s got a hard plastic bottom, that just feels more study than the typical filter floss on a support structure that most filters use. I also find that I can rinse the filter since it’s so sturdy, and doesn’t get filthy like the others. I bought replacements, a pack of 5, for a good price in my opinion considering the quality of the filters, but I wonder when I’ll actually need to use them.One thing to note about carbon, it has a life span, something owning fish tanks has lead me to find. You’ll want to change the filters monthly just because of this, as when carbon reaches its end of its lifespan, it will not only stop filtering, but it’ll release some of what it’s filtered.Another thing to say, as if this isn’t an essay already, is that with our four cats of varying shapes and sizes, they all love these fountains. The water level actually drops faster than any other fountain I’ve had, showing that they are drinking more as well! With one cat having renal problems, this is such a relief. Drinking more prevents renal issues from occurring, like for our three younger cats, and prevents them from worsening, like for our old cat with renal problems.If you have a cat who has never drank from a fountain before, they’ll learn quick, but don’t be surprised if they seem taken a back at first. Most cats are used to water in a bowl because it’s what most people use, but flowing water is far more appealing to them once they realize it’s just water.Anyways, great water fountain! If anything happens over time that’s worth noting, I’ll be sure to update this review. But having the filter for over two weeks now, and this time mark usually being the time for poor design choices to reveal themselves, I’m pretty sure this a great filter.Oh, promise this is the last thing. For those who are always hunting for Made in USA products... the unfortunate news is that even after hours of searching I have yet to find any that fit the bill. The good news is that these fountains are made in Malaysia. The bad news is that the replacement filters are made in China... but I’ll take what I can get at this point.Okay, wait, seriously this is the last thing. The only thing I have not tested it how these stand up to machine washing, so I’ll be sure to update when I do that with the results.

Well, the product was working really well, until it just stopped working, but was fixed with a new pump at no charge. Even when working I would say its not perfect, but it was quite good. Pros are: 1) the water flow was excellent, 2) water capacity and 3)quiet operation. Cons are 1) that the power cord isn't detachable so refilling it is awkward, as you have to drag along the cord (which detaches from the power brick at the plug end), as well 2) as the bowl, filter and water "stem" need to come out when refilling and ends up dripping water from the filter while you refill.I still have some med/long term durability concerns (the plastic impeller blade assembly get loose where it joins the metal shaft) but I like it.

***** Revised Review *****I found this product had a few problems, but nothing that requires any deductions of stars. But I was curious about the massive number of one star reviews. (391-10% of reviews) So I started reading them. 95% or so had complaints about the pump-it stopped working anywhere fresh out of the box to 1 to 12 months later. Most often it stopped working after 30 days to 4-5 months. The other pump problem was that it was or got extremely noisy-this often presaged pump failure. I also read about the pump "floating" around with nothing to attach it to anything. Mine had 2 suckers attached to the bottom of the pump. It seems to me that someone at the company decided to cut corners and replace the correct pumps with a cheaper, weaker, very un-dependable pump. This same pinhead was allowed to keep changing the design so a LOT of parts didn't fit properly. Another big problem was Hagen's return policy (have to have original box) and lousy, rude and unresponsive customer service. I'm adding this to my review because I spent a lot of time reading these reviews and I wish to spare others this headache. Some reviewers complained that when power went out, the cat(s) didn't have access to water.After reading all these negative reviews, I now expect my pump to give out anytime now although I haven't yet gotten the loud motor noises. My motor is very quiet. But what I did buy was a 3 liter USED unit because of all the negative reviews. It cost $5 less. Big whoop. I guess it was a good thing because I think this unit is one of the older ones that worked better 😺. Another major complaint was that mold would grow in the filter and/or other places within 2-5 days. This is just gross and made some cats sick even though the customer followed all instructions and advice from "Hagen's" website. I live in a pretty low humidity area so I don't know if it was just the dark inside of the unit and the heat from the motor causing this. Some of the pictures showed "red slime" mold and others showed normal green/gray spotting mold.Because the "pinhead" (aka: the corner cutter) who made such incredibly stupid decisions, must have also decided to ship RETURNED units and sell them as NEW units. Now that's just illegal. There were many instances of finding everything from cat hairs to mold stains to silicon (the lucky ones just got dusty units) on these so called NEW units. Some reviewers took pictures. ***** First Review *****I didn't realize it at the time, but this water fountain is different from the others. Unlike the other brand I purchased a couple of years ago and the others I looked up recently, this brand (Catit) has the filter at the top.Now this difference may seem minor (it did for me at first), but all the other fountains require the water to cycle through the entire unit and the water goes through the charcoal filter just before it gets to the fountain. Now the cat hairs, cat food, dirt and other debris often goes through a small "filter/gate" to get rid of most of the debris. Then cycles eventually to the water pump, the charcoal filter and comes out of the fountain for the cat to drink. This sounds great unless you have hard water. The water goes through all these areas and deposits minerals and calcium ON EVERY SURFACE, including inside the pump. This means having to scrape and rub off this build up every time you clean the unit. THIS IS A LOT OF WORK and a pain when the unit gets old and needs more scrubbing.With the Catit Fountain the filter is at the top before the pump. So all of the water gets filtered first before it goes into the holding tank and the pump. This means a LOT LESS scrubbing to clean the unit. The only thing that the unit needs to be checked and cleaned for is algae (and debris in the filter.) Catit recommends once a week cleaning and this is a breeze compared to the others. It takes 5-10 minutes compared to the 1/2 hour to 45 minutes it took me to clean my old unit once a week.Yes this unit is small and runs out of water in less than a week and it is easy to tip over if you have a "tip over" cat. I do, so I had to eventually I put the unit in an old Dutch oven to keep my silly cat from knocking it over. (I had to get a fountain because she always tipped over any water bowl I gave her, including the metal ones) I don't care that it looks weird because it works and the unit is so much easier to clean! The only other problem is refilling the unit with water. You have to have extremely good ears to hear when the water gets low to the pump or open the unit and check it every few days. Otherwise you will burn out the pump and you will need to purchase a new one. They cost $27, $2 less than a new unit.I've had this unit since June and it continues to work great. I highly recommend this product especially if you live in a hard water area. In my area they used to make jokes about the hard water and the smell! (It used to smell like sulpher, gag!)

I am very happy with the product. My cat loves it and drinks from it often. It is very quiet. It is messy when trying to clean it because the water continues to flow from the filter. Overall I would highly recommend this product. It is cute and useful.

Fonte muito melhor que a antecessora, muito mais fácil de reabastecer, mais atrativa pata os gatos. O detalhe é que ela é muito mais barulhenta.

Maravilhoso!! Meu gato estranhou mas logo acostumou! Super indico!!

Os gatos amaram

Muito bom!!!

Como os demais bebedouros que já adquiri ao longo dos 15 anos que crio gatos, apresenta mau funcionamento da bomba após muito pouco tempo apesar da limpeza e manutenção peródica. Tudo bem troca-se a bomba, mas os filtros tornaram-se muito caros e apesar do monitor na frente é difícil visualizar o nível de água (só uso filtrada).