Some time ago, the Cat Lady gave us one of their older cat water fountains. About a year later, they gave us a second one. We’d never used such fountains before, and the cats quite liked them, and have kept it up.
Unfortunately, the motors have been giving out and both of them died not long ago. We’d already replaced the motor on one of them, and it just didn’t seem worth it to do it again. These were the kind with the water flowing through a daisy, and the water reservoir has a clear window to see what the water level is at.
They were pretty difficult to clean, though, and our well water is very hard, making it even more of a challenge. With that in mind, my husband found a very different stainless steel design and ordered it.
This is what we got in the mail today. An Orsda Cat Water Fountain (not an affiliate link). It comes in 2L and 3L sizes. We got the 3L size.
In the first picture, you can see the different areas in the lid. Around the spout is an area water can pool in, but it also flows into a shallower pool area that drains through the filter at the opposite end.
First things I liked, right off the hop:
The super tiny cleaning brushes included.
That little white piece sticking up (with the yellow label on it). That’s a handle to lift the lid off.
The smooth stainless steel design, with two different “pools” for water to collect.
In the second picture, you can see what was inside the fountain. There’s a sealed package with extra filters. There’s a replacement water spout. There was already a filter in the cover – I really like that design – and another sponge filter already in the motor.
Another thing I liked right away. The power cable comes in two pieces. You don’t have to unplug it from the wall when it’s time to clean the fountain. You just separate the cable.
The plug end of the power cable came with a USB adapter, so it can be plugged directly into an outlet, or into a USB port.
If you look at the length of cable from the pump, there is a white piece. That’s a plug. You can sort of see, next to Ghosty’s head, the opening the cable goes through. Once it’s through, the white plug on the cable can be pushed into the hole, creating a water tight seal. The plug has a split in it, so it can be easily popped on and off the cable.
The inside of the fountain is completely smooth. No corners or ridges, so this is going to be very easy to clean. Where the pump goes is slightly indented, and marked where the suction cups will go.
We got it washed out and set up as soon as we could! The cats were very, very curious about it, that’s for sure!
First thing to note is a problem we recognized immediately. The cats would be able to get that cover off, very easily. We’ve got cats that can open up all sorts of things (we’ve had to put knobs and child locks on our cupboard doors, because they figured out how to open them). This was a problem with our previous fountains, too. We had to tape the covers on.
Once I had the fountain up and running, it was less than a minute before the cover got pulls askew! That convenient handle to lift the top off? The cats immediately started chewing and pulling on it.
I’ve since added tape at each end and, so far, it has held!
Something I really appreciated as soon as I plugged the power cables together is, it’s almost completely silent. Basically, you hear water flowing. I hear nothing from the pump itself.
Looking at the reviews, some people have had issues with the pump, but we already had pump issues with our previous fountains. It wouldn’t hurt to pick up an extra, along with more filters, in the near future, as it’s not that expensive. In fact, some of the filter packs cost more than a new pump.
So far, I’m quite happy with it. It will be some time before we see how well it does, with our hard well water. However, if we keep up with the weekly cleaning, including parts of the pump, I think it should work out well.
Most importantly, all the cats seem to be okay with drinking from it.
I could see getting another of these in the future, for my bedroom, which Butterscotch still refuses to leave! 😄
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 