Drinkwell Pet Fountain vs. Glacier Point Perfect Pet Fountain™
The more water moves, the more oxygenating properties it has to positively affect the health of your pet. It’s easier for water to soak up oxygen from the air if it is moving (aeration), which is one reason why the Glacier Point Perfect Pet Fountain™ maintains continuous circulation. Oxygenation is an essential process in the body to distribute fresh blood and nutrition into the deepest tissues. If your pet is drinking stagnant water, he or she is not receiving adequate oxygenation.
The other available pet fountains on the market use cheap plastic for their basins that your animals drink from. It’s a well known fact that plastic isn’t a safe or regulated substance (when made out of the country). When water is being circulated in this plastic watering station, bacteria and other toxins absorb into the thousands of porous nooks and crannies all over the inner lining of the fountain itself.
It’s a well known fact that pet fountains like the Drinkwell system are difficult to clean. The more difficult a pet fountain is to clean, the more grime and debris you’ll very likely leave behind to be absorbed into the porous plastic material. Nobody’s knocking you for not wanting to spend a your time cleaning your Drinkwell pet fountain from visible bacteria. However, if you don’t clean the Drinkwell pet fountain often enough, the more you are allowing bacteria the chance to grow and replicate; adversely affecting the health of your cherished friend.
To boot, the Drinkwell pet fountain can’t be sterilized. Drinkwell and other comparable pet fountains are not dishwasher safe. You simply can’t prevent the harmful growth of bacteria in any pet fountain that uses a plastic container for your household four-legged to drink from.
Lead Free Ceramic vs. Plastic
The Glacier Point Perfect Pet Fountain ceramic basin meets the FDA requirements for being lead free. Drinkwell pet fountain cannot make those claims because their plastic materials are made in China where there aren‘t the same requirements to adhere to. The Glacier Point Perfect Pet Fountain™ is dishwasher safe, allowing you to virtually eliminate any bacterial contaminants through proper sterilization. Again, the Drinkwell and other similar pet fountains are not dishwasher safe, and can’t be sterilized because they use toxic plastic containers that are too porous to ever get properly cleaned.
You simply will never be able to clean a Drinkwell pet fountain enough to get the true benefits of circulated, oxygen-rich water. Besides, no conscientious pet owner would ever consciously give their companions water that may have chemical seepage in it.
Water Pump
All pet fountains have the pump sitting in water. If the pump isn’t immersed in water, it’ll burn out. The pump also heats the water, creating an environment where bacteria, virus, and other pathogens can flourish. When these toxins have a place to grow, like an absorbent plastic container, they can multiply even faster.
The Glacier Point Perfect Pet Fountain™ has an electronic chiller to offset the heat that the water pump generates. The patented-pending electronic chiller optimizes the water temperature to 60 degrees. It’s actually the same technology that NASA uses to chill substances in space. The Perfect Pet Fountain is the only watering station that uses this technology. Without the electronic chiller technology, you are very likely giving your pet bacteria laden water. This is a moral issue; one that can adversely affect the good health of your beloved pet.
Drinkwell pet fountain pumps also have the reputation of burning out too easily. Drinkwell pet fountains are so difficult to properly clean that it’s no wonder their pumps break easily; sediment from dirt and algae build up impedes the proper functioning of their pumps.
Filter
Drinkwell uses a filter that doesn't proficiently cleanse the water of chlorine. The water just flows over the top of the filter, not through the filter like with The Perfect Pet Fountain.
Chlorine in the water is harmful for your pet. The Perfect Pet Fountain effectively uses an activated charcoal filter to remove chlorine and other toxic pathogens from your pet‘s drinking water.
Cost
It makes more sense to pay a little more for a product that actually achieves the goals you want to fulfill. Our Perfect Pet Fountain does cost more than the Drinkwell watering station. However, an amazing fact is that almost every customer I’ve had buy a Glacier Point Perfect Pet Fountain has already purchased and disposed of the Drinkwell unit. These customers found me when looking for something better; something that’s easier to clean and longer lasting.
Safety
Drinkwell pet fountains often leak. So does the also popular Petmate pet fountain. It’s a common theme in the customer reviews you can easily find on the popular website, Amazon.com. The Glacier Point Perfect Pet Fountain uses a grounded plug, which ensures you and your companions safety if water were to ever leak out.
Health Benefits
Circulated water is healthier for everyone to drink, including your pet. The aeration process keeps the surface of water more inclined to soak up oxygen. The better oxygenated water is, the more effective it is in helping your pet feel nourished and hydrated. Again, because the Perfect Pet Fountain utilizes the electronic chiller technology, the oxygen-rich water isn’t overcome with toxic bacteria’s and other harmful pathogens your companion can potentially intake from the Drinkwell system.
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