If your cat doesn't use it in 60 days, send it back. That's the Adoption Guarantee. It's built with a stainless steel, dishwasher-safe bowl and filters that last up to 4 weeks, not two.
Our new filters last up to 4 weeks, not 2 weeks like others.
Return it if your cat doesn't take to it. No fee, no friction.
Higher quality and lower yearly cost than other brands. No surprise upsells.
Ships same or next day.
The hardest sell isn't you — it's your cat. Watch picky cats from real homes find their water on the Dripurr. Have a clip of yours? Send it in for a free 4-pack of filters.
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A $38 value — our way of saying thanks for helping other cat parents.
Typical pet fountain filters hold 2–3 g of activated carbon. Ours hold 6–7 — and that single spec is what separates water your cat ignores from water they actually drink.
Activated carbon is steamed at 900°C until its surface is riddled with microscopic pores that trap chlorine, chloramine, and dissolved gases. 1 g ≈ 1,000 m² of internal surface area.
Every filter saturates once its pores fill. Typical cartridges quit in about two weeks. 2.5× the carbon = roughly 2.5× the capacity. Typical: ~2 weeks · Dripurr: up to 4 weeks.
Cats have ~14× our smell sensitivity. Chlorine and sulfur — the notes that send picky cats walking — are exactly what carbon removes. Less carbon = more sniff-and-leave.
Cats can take 1–8 weeks to switch. Return it free if yours doesn't take to it.
No gurgle, no rattle, no nightstand hum.
A 4-week cadence, not 2 — heavy use may call for more frequent swaps. Auto-refill saves 40%. Cancel from one click.
304 stainless drinking surfaces — non-porous, dishwasher-safe, easy to keep clean.
Some cats lap from a still pool. Some chase a stream. Some are sink-trained. Dripurr supports all four flow patterns — your cat picks, you adjust.
No tools, no extra parts to buy. Unbox it, rinse it, fill it — most setups take under five minutes.
There are three kinds of fountains your money flows toward: premium stainless lookalikes that share a factory and 2-week filter, plastic recirculators that pump the same water through a token sponge, and Dripurr. Here's where each one actually lands.
Written by us, not a chatbot. Updated when reality changes.
This is the most common question — and the most common reason fountains get returned in the first 72 hours. Here's the honest answer: cats can take 1 to 8 weeks to adopt a new water source. Most do it within 10 days. Some take longer. That's normal feline behavior, not a defect.
You have 60 days to return it for a full refund — long enough to cover even the slowest adopter. No fee, no video proof, no need to keep the box.
Yes. The pump runs under 25 dB in normal operation. Your refrigerator runs 40–55 dB. The pump is functionally inaudible from across the room.
If yours isn't running quietly in the first 60 days, email us a 10-second voice memo and we'll replace the pump. We don't argue, we don't ask for a return, and we don't make you wait for the next batch.
The surfaces your cat drinks from are 304 stainless steel — top, bowl, dome, drinking tray, and faucet spout.
Like every fountain, some components are plastic — the pump and motor casing, the under-base, and the filter frame. The difference is where the plastic sits: the drinking surfaces your cat actually licks are steel, not plastic.
Typically every 4 weeks. Multiple cats, dirtier water, or heavy use and messes can require more frequent changes. The published annual filter cost is from $5.70 a month ($68.40/year) with auto-refill (40% off), or $114/year at retail — that's what you'll spend, before tax, on the cadence we recommend, in a single-cat household.
Prefer no subscription? One-off filter packs work out to $9.50–$15 per filter depending on pack size — you only order more when you actually need them.
The bowl is dishwasher-safe (top rack). The pump comes apart in seconds and rinses under the tap. Total weekly cleaning time: about 5 minutes if you're being thorough.
No hidden chambers, no winding tubes, no opaque plastic crevices where biofilm hides — those are the parts of a plastic fountain that get gross. Stainless steel is non-porous, so the surfaces stay genuinely clean.
Yes. The 3.2L reservoir covers up to 3 cats comfortably on a single fill (we recommend topping it off every other day). The pump is rated for continuous duty.
For 4+ cats, two fountains in separate rooms beats one larger fountain in one room — that's actually how cats prefer to share water resources. We'll bundle a multi-fountain discount if you email us first.
Yes — small and medium dogs (under ~40 lb) share Dripurr happily with the cats in your house. The wide surface bowl and deep center bowl flow modes are the most dog-friendly. The same triple-stage carbon filtration removes the chlorine and odors that put dogs off bowls just like it does for cats.
Two practical notes: the 3.2L reservoir empties faster with a dog in the mix, so plan on a daily top-off instead of every other day. And large breeds (60+ lb) can drink it down faster than the pump replenishes the bowl — for big dogs we recommend pairing the Dripurr with a separate larger dog bowl rather than asking the fountain to do both jobs.
Due to higher-than-usual order volume, orders are currently taking 3–4 business days to ship. Once your order ships, free ground delivery takes 2–4 days anywhere in the lower 48.
We don't have "warehouses around the world." Some competitors say that — when what they actually mean is the product ships from a single overseas factory through 7–14 day mail.
60 days from delivery. No restocking fee. No "original packaging only." No video proof. No phone tree.
You email us, we send a prepaid return label, you drop the fountain off at the carrier's nearest location. Filters you used aren't deducted. The 60-day window covers the full adoption period for cats that take their time.
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Email a real human at hello@dripurr.comStainless. Quiet. Longer-lasting filters. Ships same or next day. Returnable for 60 days if your cat doesn't take to it.