The Two-Tank HydroSplit™ Fountain
HydroPurr pumps only clean water — every used drop drains into a sealed waste tank. Open it after a week and see exactly what your cat isn't drinking anymore.
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We're a three-cat household and our old fountain was a science experiment by Friday. A month into this one, the water still looks like the day I filled it. Running on battery was the surprise win — it finally sits where the cats actually hang out, not where the outlet is.
Our senior boy has never been a big drinker and his vet reminded us about it at every visit. Since this went in, he stops by it all day long. At his last checkup she asked what we were doing differently — the fountain was the only thing.
Milo has murdered two fountains by biting through the cable, so cordless was non-negotiable for us. Nothing for him to chew, and the steel tray goes straight in the dishwasher. We're getting a second one for the upstairs landing.
My old fountain would get a film on top within a couple of days no matter how often I cleaned it. This one stays clear all week. Being able to see the used water collect separately is what convinced me it actually works.
I was worried a fountain would be loud or complicated. This was running in about ten minutes and I genuinely can't hear it. My cat started drinking from it the same evening and hasn't gone back to her bowl.
I was spending way too much on replacement filters that looked disgusting after a week. This has none. Refill the clean tank, empty the waste side, done. It's already paid for itself in filters I'm not buying.
Take the shell off any fountain in the pet aisle and you'll find the same machine: a bowl of standing water and a little motor stirring it. Nothing ever leaves. The spit, the fur, the crumbs off her chin — it just sits in the gunk, growing bacteria.
You scrub it Sunday; the film is back by Wednesday. That's because you cleaned the part you can see — the colony lives in the seams and inside the pump housing you can't open. And carbon filters pull out chlorine, not bacteria: the filter is just the subscription on top.
HydroPurr is built like plumbing instead. Clean water waits in a sealed tank her tongue never touches; the steel tray drains every used drop into a separate waste tank — one way, gone. Open the waste tank after a week and you'll see exactly what she used to be drinking.
A loop, or a one-way path. Here’s what each design means for your cat.
 Tenace HydroPurr
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Ordinary Recirculating Fountains | |
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| What happens to used water | Drains into a sealed waste tank — gone for good | Loops back through the pump, all day |
| What the pump touches | Clean water only | Everything your cat leaves behind |
| Filter cost over a cat’s lifetime | $0 — a rinsable hair screen, forever | Hundreds of dollars in cartridges |
| Where it can live | Anywhere — up to 15 days per charge, no cords | Wherever the outlet is |
| Cleaning day | Steel tray in the dishwasher; wipe and air-dry the rest | Scrubbing seams the slime grows back from |
| If it’s not working out | 60-Day Happy Cat Guarantee + 1-year warranty | Store return window |
