Drinkwell Platinum Plastic Dog & Cat Fountain, 168-oz

I was rather doubtful about buying this, but the old Drinkwell was 10 years old and needed to be replaced. The first thing I noticed was how easy it is to place the water reservoir into place. No more spilled water! Then, it is quiet and I love that! Finally, our youngest can't get the top off of it. Trust me, it is a problem with a very curious cat!! This top fits tightly. Overall, I'd rate this a HURRAH! I love the improvements on the old fountain. In fact, we will buy another one soon.

This is my second time ordering this fountain, the only difference is the first one I owned had led lights. I ordered same exact model without lights, thinking perhaps the lights were the issue, but nope. Both fountains over flow from the front, this last one only lasted about a month without overflowing, I left it unattended when the reservoir was filling the bowl, and it damaged the floor. I am not a fan of this product. I’ll be trying a different fountain by a different company.

I love the idea of not having to fill a water bowl as often for my dogs. This solved the frequency issue. However, the bowl constantly leaked, so much so the rubber mat I keep under the bowl, could not contain the water. I cleaned the filter constantly, of debris and dog hair (I have two goldens ;). I am looking into a better solution.

I adopted a shepsky that would literally put his nose all the way the bottom of a bowl, then pick up extra water and drop it on my floor like he had giant ladle at the end of his mouth. Got this hoping it would help. I had to add large rocks to the bottom, but it did work to stop most of the water mess. However, it was constantly getting backed up due to flying dog hair getting in the small trap that goes to the pump. ( I have three huskie. They come with prepackaged hair balls.) And cleaning the filter was either disgusting or expensive. Keeping it filled for three large dogs required at least three fills a day, (not necessarily quick either) and it is almost impossible to not spill water I adopted a shepsky that would literally put his nose all the way the bottom of a bowl, then pick up extra water and drop it on my floor like he had giant ladle at the end of his mouth. Got this hoping it would help. I had to add large rocks to the bottom, but it did work to stop most of the water mess. However, it was constantly getting backed up due to flying dog hair getting in the small trap that goes to the pump. ( I have three huskie. They come with prepackaged hair balls.) And cleaning the filter was either disgusting or expensive. Keeping it filled for three large dogs required at least three fills a day, (not necessarily quick either) and it is almost impossible to not spill water when inverting the tank to place in the base. I found the SlobberStopper and ordered it. It is so much easier to fill (only 1xday) and easier to clean. If not for the SlobberStopper, I would have continued with the Drinkwell. For a one dog family, it would be okay and some dogs prefer running water. But when I placed the two together, all of my dogs immediately selected the SS. … more

I’ve had this fountain for about four months. We have four cats so it gets dirty pretty quickly but it also stops working frequently. Cleaning it and changing the filter usually fixes the problem but lately it doesn’t. After the first month, the water stopped hitting the ramp part and got super noisy. I’m pretty disappointed in this fountain.

I’m disappointed that this fountain is broken after only 3 months. I had hoped it was a good investment for my dog, but only 3 months use is not worth it. The pump no longer works, and I’m not interested in paying to replace the pump every few months. It also leaks from an unknown place. I can never have the tank fully filled up because water leaks from somewhere on the bottom and I just find the fountain sitting in a huge puddle of water, defeating the purpose of having bought one with the supposed ability to hold a lot of water. I have to refill it as often as I would fill a regular water dish since it can’t actually hold water in the tank. I wish it wasn’t too late to get my money back.

My dog doesn't car where he gets his water, as long as the bowl is clean. My cat loves it and is constantly drinking out of the spout, which makes me happy that she is drinking way more often than average. I can tell when she's drank out of it because her nose has little water drips around it. One thing wrong is that the motor broke after three months and now the cat won't drink out of the bowl until our replacement motor arrives. The motor is also the hardest to clean, all the minerals get hardened onto it and I'm pretty sure that is what caused it to break so soon. Overall, I definitely recommend, especially if you have cats or more than one animal. Reminds me of a shared waterhole in My dog doesn't car where he gets his water, as long as the bowl is clean. My cat loves it and is constantly drinking out of the spout, which makes me happy that she is drinking way more often than average. I can tell when she's drank out of it because her nose has little water drips around it. One thing wrong is that the motor broke after three months and now the cat won't drink out of the bowl until our replacement motor arrives. The motor is also the hardest to clean, all the minerals get hardened onto it and I'm pretty sure that is what caused it to break so soon. Overall, I definitely recommend, especially if you have cats or more than one animal. Reminds me of a shared waterhole in the wild. … more

We have two of these fountains, and we love them. It's easy to maintain and refill. The only thing I don't like is all of the small grooves; it makes it a little more difficult to clean, but that's not too big a deal. As long as my cat loves it, I love it too. I will say that because of the tiny corners and grooves you should be sure to clean it at LEAST once a month so there's no hard water buildup. But a wool scrubber helps with that, too.

I bought 2 of these because I have multiple cats and dogs. One of them next to a smaller, older fountain made by the same company. I noticed that all of the cats are drinking more water and drinking most of it out of this new fountain. So that part I like. However, both of the units have overflowed on more than one occasion. When I fill up the reservoir bottle, and replace it on the fountain, it has continued to pour water into the back until it overflows in the front. On a couple of occasions, the entire reservoir bottle emptied into the back, even though it was overflowing in the front. I have put both fountains in boot trays so that water doesn't run all over the floor when this happens I bought 2 of these because I have multiple cats and dogs. One of them next to a smaller, older fountain made by the same company. I noticed that all of the cats are drinking more water and drinking most of it out of this new fountain. So that part I like. However, both of the units have overflowed on more than one occasion. When I fill up the reservoir bottle, and replace it on the fountain, it has continued to pour water into the back until it overflows in the front. On a couple of occasions, the entire reservoir bottle emptied into the back, even though it was overflowing in the front. I have put both fountains in boot trays so that water doesn't run all over the floor when this happens. The smaller fountains don't do this. I've noticed that it doesn't happen as often as long as I disassemble and clean the entire fountain once a week. … more

This water dish is amazing for my cats but my soon to be large breed dog that is still a smallish puppy, goes through all the water in a day. The refill on it is tedious. You have to take the reservoir off the back, fill it, dump into the water dish pool slowly, refill, cap, and flip to the back. Looking to get a bigger/better bowl for the small puppy.