The media could not be loaded. **UPDATE 2/8/2021** Still going strong. Runs 24/7/365. I take it apart to clean all the plastic pieces because we have hard water which stains, and because one dog likes to 'wash' his toys in it sometime so it gets debris. I haven't take apart the pump to clean it in a couple years and I probably should but it still runs fine. The other day when I took it apart to clean it, when I reconnected the quick-disconnect I noticed it wasn't fitting tightly. I'm guessing I lost an o-ring or something when cleaning. $4 at Home Depot for a new hose quick-disconnect and it continues to run amazingly well. That's the first repair/maintenance other than cleaning its needed. I seriously could never go back to a regular water bowl. **UPDATE 11/7/2017** Over a year of constant use and I can still say this is one of the single best investments I've made as a pet owner! Dogs always have clean water, they thoroughly enjoy drinking from the 'fountain' part, and it's worked perfectly. Pop off at the quick release every couple months and take it apart and clean it, goes back together easy, and then continues to run like a champion. **Original Review from 8/10/2016** So far this is one of the best investments I've made. Recently upgraded from one dog to two, and constantly refilling the water bowl was annoying. I've had Drinkwell fountains in the past for previous pets and they've worked well, but eventually do require a refill. However, on the inspiration of another brave reviewer before me, I decided to take the chance and hook this up to auto-refill indoors. Works awesome! Let's start by saying this is a risk. The product is sold for hose hookup outdoor and refill indoor (which it has HUGE capacity so it wouldn't need to be filled that often). Outside, if something gets clogged or tipped over, the worst you're doing is wasting water and flooding your yard, indoors you're flooding the house! However, I researched a lot of these bowls/fountains with hose hookup and this one is substantial enough that I am confident the dogs can't tip it over and they have yet to prove me wrong. To minimize the risk of flooding the house if it clogged or something else failed, we did a few things: 1.) We hooked this up in the laundry room which has a tile floor and is already somewhat planned around the potential for a water leak. 2.) We split off the cold water line for the washing machine with a splitter that has it's own shutoff valve. We set the valve on the fountain side to be barely open so the water flows into the hose very slowly, and left the side going to the washer wide open so that fills at its normal rate. 3.) We set the adjustable float to the lowest fill level, and it could probably fill another gallon of water in the event of a failure before it starts to overflow. Having used Drinkwell fountains before, they do have a little noise (equivalent to say the refrigerator running) but it's not really a problem. I'm posting a video where you can hear the hum of the fountain. I found with past ones, if the pump started to get blocked by hair, food, or other things that the pets might leave behind in a water bowl, the limited flow will make it much noisier. However, it gets noisier BEFORE it would get to a point of not working. Basically, when it gets louder than it was when you hooked up, take it apart and clean it. So happy I made this investment. My dogs took to it right away, another the puppy was a little scared of the sound when it filled (another reason we turned down the flow on the fill, now he is fine). Parts needs to split off from a cold water washer line: - A hose splitter (I originally bought this one: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B019MS0HK8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 but it didn't work because my hookups are too close to the wall and the grippy things on the twist connection stuck out too much. Ended up going to a local HD and buying this one: [...] - A male to male hose adapter (like this: [...] - A hose. I just bought another stainless steel washer hose because it was the right length. I've included video of it in operation, picture of it in it's natural habitat, and the two guilty culprits who consume all this water cause, well, dogs are great!
