Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Our new Cat Mate Pet Fountain is replacing an old Petmate fountain. We, and our cats, prefer the Cat Mate because of the following reasons: - Quiet design. The Petmate was very noisy. Both fountains actually have the same motor, but the Cat Mate fountain has a special clamp which prevents the motor from vibrating and therefore creating noise. The old Petmate's motor relied on suction cups which allowed the motor to vibrate against the frame of the fountain. The new Cat Mate fountain is very quiet. - 3 pools of water with 2 waterfalls. This design allows for the cats to drink from two elevated pools of moving water, or two waterfalls, or the larger pool of still water. This also allows our cats to drink from the same fountain at the same time. They also seem to prefer the water falls over the Petmate's water ramp. The design also has a faster water flow rate compared to the Petmate (the cats seem to prefer this too). - Easier to clean. The design is easy to disassemble and is dishwasher safe. The Petmate and Drinkwell designs are not and harder to clean. You will want to change you fountain water at least once a week (we change ours twice a week) and put it in the dishwasher at least once a month. This process is much easier to do than with the old Petmate. - Money!!! The Petmate is more expensive for a worse design. Our grown children have a Drinkwell which they say is better than the Petmate, but it costs over twice the price of this Cat Mate. In short great fountain for less bucks.