Petmate Deluxe Fresh Flow Pet Fountain, Jumbo, Bleached Linen

The item works well, the cats love it. Before one of the cats would drink out of the bowl once and not go back again due to his own contamination of the water. Now he doesn't even notice and is well hydrated. The only small disappointment was the box had a hole in it, not pretty for a gift. It did arrive on time as scheduled though.

it is a beautiful piece and works well but way too loud,i couldnt keep it in my kitchen

Very pleased with this item. Petmate has modified the motor, which is great, easy to clean and quiet running. Unit itself is very sharp and modern. It seems the stainless steel on the inside where the water runs down, also stays a lot cleaner. Great Fountain

I've had this product for several weeks now. Overall it works fine, it's better than refilling a couple bowls every morning when the 2 cats get fed. However I purchased this product in addition to the Cat Feeder-CSF-3 from SuperFeeder (LOVE IT!) so that I could be away for several days at a time if need be and they would be properly fed & watered.

The water reservoir on the fresh flow is too small - it'll barely make it 2 days before it needs to be refilled. I wish I'd Drinkwell platinum before I purchased this as it has a 1 gallon reservoir.

Overall though I'm happy. I've not seen any of the other issues that some have - no water seepage, and it's extremely quiet. The cats love it and are getting fresh water.

I had this fountain for two years. One day it started to leak all over the stainless steel "ramp" where the water flows. I ended up replacing it with a Drinkwell Platinum fountain, and I don't think I can ever go back to Petmate.

The cons of the Petmate:

1) The Petmate is HARD to clean. Nooks and crannies galore. I even resorted to buying the Drinkwell brushes to clean this thing. This is the number one reason why I will never buy this fountain again. I was even using toothpicks to get the slime out of the grooves where the filter sits. You won't know how much slime is in the fountain because it's black, but if you just run a toothpick around it, you'll pick up huge gobs of pink slime.

2) You have to refill this every day, otherwise it'll go dry and you'll burn out the motor. If I was going anywhere overnight, I just unplugged it. I only had one cat drinking out of it.

3) There was always fur and crud sitting in the bowl. The motor was just not powerful enough to suck it up.

The pros of the Petmate:

1) Quiet. Much quieter than the Drinkwell.

2) Stylish.

I'd still buy this again if my cat were averse to drinking from the Drinkwell. With careful cleaning of the motor every week, this fountain lasted for two years before leaking.