Freshflow drinking fountain: Don't buy!

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I have a Freshflow drinking fountain for my cat and the pump broke yet again. This is the second Freshflow that I've had in 5 years and the second to break down. Piece of crap. It's super hard to clean, gets a gross residue in tough corners and the pumps break down all the time. I've spent from $30 - $40 for each system plus $4 a month for filters. I'm so mad that it broke down yet again. The pumps are about $22 to replace. And I'm so glad that this one broke down when it did because I noticed that the coating had cracked and it had exposed wires!!! In my cat's water... exposed wires! Not cool. The cat won't drink much from anywhere else. She'll only drink from her freshflow or I have to tip bottled water down for her to sip from or tip a glass with bottled or filtered water for her. It's really rare that she'll drink tap water. She won't drink off a bowl on the floor like a normal animal either. So my fault for raising her to think she's people! LOL. So I'm going to have to run around to pet shops and see who has a cheap submersible pump that I can stick in her freshflow. I've looked into the Drinkwell fountain and though it's more expensive, it's easier to clean and comes with a cleaning kit plus a bunch of add ons. I think I should've just gone with that one from the get go. Going the cheap route has ended up costing me more than double the expensive one would have been. So just throwing the FYI out there... the Freshflow isn't worth the money and apparently not safe or well made either.