34 reviews forTrixie ceramic drinking fountain Vital Flow

Replaced the first fountain after a few months, the second one stopped working as well after a few months. This is sold with a French plug so an adapter is needed. I suspect it has something to do with that.

It was on sale & ceramic so I decided to upgrade my old plastic mini catit fountain! But my cats did not drink from it and the motor broke after one month!!! Plus, it is quite challenging to clean as the cable has to pass through a part of the fountain that is wet when disassembling... Either the design is really stupid or I am.

My tomcat loves the fountain... that's the only reason I'm buying the pump for the umpteenth time, which is turning into a real money pit and is extremely annoying. For how long it lasts, the price is simply way too high!!! If only I had read the reviews beforehand... I'm very disappointed!!!

The fountain is quiet and easy to clean, but the pump is made very cheaply, so it needs to be replaced after a few months, which really affects the overall price. We've had the fountain for 4 years and now the 5th pump has broken. The last one was replaced in January (about 6 months ago). For this reason, the price-performance ratio just isn't right. I wouldn't buy it again!

I think this fountain was pretty bad. It was really fiddly to put together and get working. I’ve used it for four days and it’s already broken. It didn’t break because my cat did anything, it just broke while it was standing there. Honestly, I was really disappointed, especially since I just bought it. Other things on this website are really good, but this fountain definitely wasn’t worth the money, in my opinion.

It only lasted 3 months. Difficult to clean.

Good: Ceramic, cats accepted it well. Bad: Leaks, awkward to clean, pump broke after 3 weeks, after a lot of back and forth Zooplus sent a new one, broke again after 2 months. Now it's going straight in the bin. Too expensive for that.

Thought it was a great fountain when I bought it – mainly because of the ceramic. But apart from being a decoration, it’s useless. The filter smells awful after just a few days in the water and doesn’t do its job at all – the water gets slimy after only 2 days, the whole ceramic bowl is slimy... even though I clean it regularly. The pump is really loud if the water level is low or the dome slips, and then there’s the plastic tube: 2 cm for a 10 cm high dome??? Someone clearly wasn’t great at maths... Speechless, what a shame.

The ceramic bowl is nice and works well. But the pump breaks after a few months. I've bought a new one a couple of times, but after the third time I'm giving up. Really poor quality.

Unfortunately, after just a few hours I had to realise that the fountain was leaking and was standing in water.

The hose and filter smell extremely strongly of plastic!!! Apparently, despite the many reviews pointing out this problem (since 2018)!!! Trixie still hasn’t done anything about it. The cats won’t drink from it; they must definitely notice the plastic smell. Plastic that reeks like this usually contains hormone-altering substances (plasticisers) and so on. I got a terrible headache from it!! I wanted to do something good for my pets, not harm them. And I feel sorry for the poor people who have to make this fountain.

Really annoying with the filter changes and it keeps breaking all the time.

Another Chinese dud. The pump works for a year at most. After that, you can buy a new one for the same price as a whole new water dispenser.

The filters are too big for the drinking fountain. The ceramic lid doesn’t fit properly and wobbles. Also, changing the filters with the nozzle on top is a bit of a fiddly job.