13 Best Cat Water Fountains, WIRED Tested and Reviewed (2025) Leave a comment

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Petkit Eversweet Solo 2 for $50: I like three key options of this fountain: The bowl sits on high of a wi-fi charging base, so that you don’t should fiddle with cables, it’s tremendous simple to scrub, and it is very quiet at round 25 decibels. A flashing mild warns you when the water is operating low, and you may examine when the filter must be modified within the app. There’s an non-compulsory good mode that pumps intermittently and an evening mode to show the sunshine off. Pleasingly, all three of our cats drink from this fountain, although that does imply I’ve to refill it usually, because it solely holds 2 liters. Sadly, the filters are very costly at $20 for 5. —Simon Hill

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PetSnowy SNOW+ Computerized Pet Water Fountain for $60: The SNOW+ computerized fountain from PetSnowy may be very easy—it’s a curved sq. design the place water is pumped by way of a gap within the high and the residual water is cycled by way of a round filter system. This fountain is linked to an app that doesn’t do a lot however act as a reminder to scrub it, and it has a countdown to when the filter wants changing. In contrast to others on this checklist, this fountain doesn’t actually have a high reservoir to retailer water in case of energy failure—when turned off, little or no water stays within the high space. Refilling it’s a little tough with out taking off the highest, and water usually spilled.

Petkit EverSweet Solo SE for $30: This quite simple, easy fountain has a square-shaped physique, is translucent to simply see water ranges from the surface, and has a virtually silent 25-decibel cordless pump to flow into water from the basin to the highest stage, the place 60 milliliters of water is all the time accessible for ingesting, even in case of energy failure. The basin sits on a base and all elements simply detach, making it simpler to scrub. This fountain doesn’t have a number of modes or an related app—you’ll should manually examine water ranges. I observed this fountain wasn’t as chilly as among the others, and due to the design of the highest, particles usually pooled within the dipped areas, which made me clear it usually.

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Cat Mate 3-Stage Pet Fountain for $28: This tall computerized Cat Mate fountain units itself aside with three tiers for cats who prefer to drink at each stage. Cleansing the motor requires disassembly utilizing instruments and prolonged soaking. Due to the lengthy distance the water has to journey, evaporation triggered the water to must be refilled about each different day. Plastic additionally harbors micro organism, and former plastic fashions I’ve owned have had mould points. The basin is kind of massive and sits flat. Due to this, some particles would sit within the backside and entrance of the massive basin somewhat than shifting again to the filter system behind. The plastic materials and lack of ergonomic gravity design triggered this fountain to be dirtier than others.