AONBOY Cat Water Fountain Stainless Steel, 108oz/3.2L Cat Fountain, Pet Water Fountain with Water Level Window, Hemispherical Shape, Multi-Filter, Silent Pump, Water Tap, Provides Flowing Water

The fountain itself works great and the cats like it, when NOT using the filter. It’s offers them 3 ways to drink and is a pretty easy to clean setup. Much better than the Drinkwell Platinum we moved from. It’s very quiet. If you hear a water noise, it’s because it’s low and needs to be filled. Also, easy to assemble and dissemble for cleaning. The pump is self contained and may present its own cleaning challenge over time, but will report back if so. Intend to run it in bleach water briefly to throughly clean it while doing the rest of the fountain.However, the filter adds a taste to the water they won’t drink, and the filter design doesn’t even force water through it. They’re little bags that sit in a plastic shell (so the replacements including the shell instead of just the bags is hugely wasteful and pointless, as the shell can be opened — see pics from other reviews) that contain charcoal and resin (?). Water takes the easiest path and that’s around those little bags… I figured it’s worth trying as enough water exposure may still benefit the water taste over time, but after a few days, the cats stopped drinking from the fountain. They’d go up to it like they wanted to drink from it, sit there for a bit like they were going to try to drink, and eventually leave. Eventually, I tasted the water and realized it had an odd taste.We use natural spring water from the store in the fountain, to eliminate any questionable tap/well water flavors, as we found with another cat that was able to detect water issues we could not taste.I thoroughly re-cleaned the fountain and pulled the filter. Added new spring water. And waited… and waited. It took them a good 2 days to start drinking from it again. That’s how put off they were by whatever the filters added to the water. We’d put small bowls of still water out to get them to drink something, which helped, but it took pulling those and waiting for them to finally re-try the fountain. After they did, it’s been great. Just don’t use the filters.To the sellers credit, I’d purchased the version with the filter pack figuring I’d be using them. I reached out and explained the situation and they refunded the filter pack. They stand behind the product, so while I’d pull a star for the filter design and performance, I’m adding one back for support.I ran the drinkwell (plastic) without filters for the longest time also, as they seemed to reduce the amount of time between cleanings, causing the ‘slime’ to build up faster than without the filter. Being that this fountain is mainly stainless steel, I feel it should be an even better situation. I’ll be cleaning it for the first time after extended use soon and will report back if there are any issues.

Works really well, very durable, and holds a decent amount of water. My pet cat loves it and is keeping healthy by drinking from if often, definitely worth the value. It was easy to assemble as well.

The media could not be loaded. I was paranoid at first due to all the bad reviews so I cleaned in after a week. It was fine. It stopped working while I was looking at it a few days later and the level was right at the min line. That was it. It isn’t hard to clean nor take apart. So I keep with the once a week regimen. And it isn’t nasty or anything when I open the pump. They stayed away from it for days though. Jim knew it was for him. He gets dehydrated a lot. So he laid by it and stared at it for a few days before drinking out of it. Then Sam started liking it a lot. Punkin the orange boy he won’t have anything to do with it yet. Jim’s been ill. He looks much better. I don’t have to let the faucet run in the tub anymore. I’m going to buy a Japanese charcoal stick for in it. The blue filter is a bit of a joke. But it gets a lot of fur out so I’m putting a piece of natural sponge in it to grab other particles. Well worth the money. I will get another one once I’m done unpacking from the move.

The fountain has been great, my cat uses it all of the time. I got it in March of 2024 and unfortunately it’s November 2024 and it’s leaking out of the little window.To be honest, I wasn’t too happy about having an LED shining into the water my cat is drinking (led lighting is pretty bad for us, look into it), but I got it for convenience so that it was easier for the person watching her to make sure it was full.So I take responsibility for going against my better judgment, because otherwise it IS a great fountain. If you are intuitively feeling that this little window cut into the side of a water fountain isn’t the best idea, then go for the option without it.For anyone who doesn’t want to hear the noise of splashing, or even the motor, it is shockingly quiet. You can’t hear a thing. That’s impressive. I personally don’t mind the water noise, and I thought my cat would’ve preferred it just bc of how she sits and stares at sounds like that for long amounts of time, as cats do, lol. Well she also stares at the silent snow falling, and seems totally entrained with the vibe, so this super quiet water fountain must be similar; maybe it’s not the sound but the movement alone…. Interesting.It holds a lot of water, which is good, I like that. That’s no excuse for not cleaning it! I try to do it once every other week. Get some of those straw cleaner type things, in varied sizes, you’ll need it.After cleaning I run food grade peroxide through it, as that kills the bacteria. It comes apart completely and easily for cleaning, so there is no excuse. If you just add water all of the time without cleaning, the biofilms will accumulate FAST, and that’s not cool. That super slimy residue on your pets bowl? Biofilm. It’s on our things too, but if you don’t regularly clean things then they build up and are almost impossible to remove…. Causing all sorts of illness (and if that’s not enough to persuade to properly clean your pets bowls, then think of it as future vet bills and heartache when your pet develops health issues) and it’s gross.As a side note: to make it more likely that I’ll clean my pets bowls, I designate a sponge just for that. I noticed that’s why I wasn’t doing it as much as I should… bc who wants to use the same sponge they use on dishes for pet stuff? There’s really no excuse. When I open a new sponge, I cut it in half, and use one half for pets, one for people stuff. You can use different colors, whatever, just do it. And for people who think their pet doesn’t mind eating off of a disgustingly dirty bowl with dried rotten meat on it…… c’mon. Really? Maybe our pets snub us for a reason, no they definitely do. :)Since I’m lecturing… the best thing you can do for cat fountains, is put them up high! At least off the floor. They’ll appreciate the change from the norm. It makes them feel better too bc it creates a situation where they have to stay active and jump to get it. That’s a bonus obviously. And for people with dogs, you won’t have to refill it a hundred times a day (they need bigger amounts of water) if the dogs can’t reach it. Plus, they can just drink out of the toilet lol (KIDDING!). The best part is that if you put it up high, it will get less dusty inside. All of the particles from our people stuff that drop into their bowls in the floor…. God only knows what makes them sick. Everything!Okay, now I’m going to do what I came on here to do. Which is contact the company to see what they can do for our leaky fountain.If I have to replace it, I’ll probably get another from the same company bc it really is great overall.

This fountain is easy to clean and is very quiet. The window helps you know when to refill and the blue light helps kitty see at night.