Healthy Pet Water Station, 128 oz, Stainless Steel Bowl, Medium

This is a great bowl but mine arrived without any instructions other than an advertisement for the filters and how to install them. Initially I thought it was missing parts like the bowl and a cap that I describe later. I hope this review saves others time and frustration in case yours does not have instructions like mine. The box contains the reservoir on the top and in a false bottom I later discovered, the bowls. I almost returned mine because I thought parts were missing! The top of the reservoir contains a black plastic ring that covers the molded portion of the reservoir itself. Both pieces function as a handle to carry the filled or empty jug and as a way to lock the reservoir in place to the bowl after you refill the bottle. It also allows the top part to lay flat on the floor for refilling or screwing on the filling cap. ASSEMBLY: I have included photos of what the bottom screw on lid looked like on arrival. Note the center bottom hole is open. 1) If you do NOT plan to use the optional charcoal filters, there is a cap sitting on a post that you MUST use to cover this center hole or your reservoir will overfill. I suspect this is the reason some complain of overfilling. As there were no directions, I missed this little cap at first. See the pictures that I provided. This cap sits in a post on the fill cap that is easy to miss. 2) IF you plan to use the filters, these come with black valve that fits into the hole so you MUST put the cap on its post to have it work properly. The filter will not work unless you take this cap off so water can flow through the filter mechanism. FILLING: You cannot fill this from the top as some reviews suggested. It fills from the bottom but it has a cap that screws on the bottom to prevent spilling and leaking while you are carrying or installing the reservoir to the bowl. Water comes out of that spring loaded valve once the reservoir is locked in place. I am older but had no issues carrying the filled reservoir. Even filled, the container was not too heavy. BOWL DEPTH: Some reviews stated their bowls were not sufficiently deep. We have two larger dogs including a 105 lb German Shepherd and at least for the large size we ordered it works for either dog. The bowl is about 3-4 inches deep on the front where they drink so that is more than sufficient for most dogs. WATER FLOW/NOISE: I noticed very little noise while the water flows into the dish. You hear a faint glug but it should not wake one up or be bothersome for most. It does fill somewhat slowly when first filling the bowl from empty but my dogs had no issue getting the water they needed while drinking. Having too small a dish for your dog may cause issues I suppose. Those who report loud glugging sounds may want to check that their center hole cap is secured (if not using a filter). I have not used a filter yet so I cannot comment on sounds it may make with that installed. Sorry for the long review but I hope it solves some issues that others reported and helps those trying to figure it out if there are no instructions in the box like mine.

Hey, I’m James Brains with the Brains Report, and this is my video review of the PetSafe Healthy Pet Water Station. There are 3 main reasons why we like the PetSafe Healthy Pet Water Station: 1. Clean – Our preschooler likes to play with the pet’s water. This water station reduces the amount available to him. In fact, he’s shown little interest in it. 2. Easy to Use – I didn’t even have to read the directions. Just pop and fill and replace. It’s a PFR operation. 3. Easy to Clean – Remove the stainless steel bowl and use your soap-dispensing dish scrubber to gitter done. We got this for our two cats and dog for Christmas last year. You see, we have a family tradition of getting each other water bowls. Much like Stranger in a Strange Land, we believe the sharing of water and water receptacles is a true sign of friendship and love. The pets immediately took to the water. Even the cats like doing their weird licky thing in it. We have not had any issues with rust, and we like that you can see the water level to know when to add more. Also, it’s BPA-free and dishwasher safe, though I don’t think it would fit in our dishwasher. This model improved our home décor immensely. Before, people would come over and say, “Ewww, let’s leave.” Now, they stay for hours at a time. Some visitors even take their shoes off and get comfortable! Overall, I would recommend this to anyone who has pets and doesn’t like giving them water too often. We only have to fill it about every week or so. If you don’t have pets, I really don’t know how you would get much use out of this. Maybe for some weird BDSM play? I don’t know. It’s your kink. Anyway, five stars! If you have any questions, please comment below. I’m here to help.

I bought this dispenser for three reasons: 1. It looked like you could fill it from the top. 2: Filter and stainless steel removable bowl. And 3. More stylish than other dispensers. I was impressed. Solid build, large enough to last through two dogs drinking from it, and to handle to make it easy to lift into place. And it looks really nice. It's much easier to fill die to the handle and the unique design. Our last one that looked like a huge water cooler jug was awful. And the cap does screw on which is great. From the photos I saw I would swear the black handle on top was a screw off cap to make it easy to fill from the top. It is not at all what it looks like, it's simply a handle to carry it by. In retrospect that makes total sense but I was hopeful. This works great, easy to clean, easy to fill. There are a few things I've noticed in other reviews of this product. One person complained that it leaks all over his floor when he carries it back to the base. Not sure how that would happen, if you push the cap in that plugs the hole there is no spillage at all and it works just fine. One review said the water wouldn't refill but I've never seen that happen either. And when it does refill it's fairly quiet so my dog doesn't shy away from it All in all it's a great water dispenser. I do recommend you get filters for it. It really gets gunked up if you have hard water. Great product! Id give it 5 stars but I was really disappointed it didn't top load.

Works well, easy to fill and install into the mount. The wide makes it easier to clean and sanitize. The level lines are easy to read to let you know how fast the dogs are drinking water so you can be on top of never letting it run dry.

Update 4/10/2026: I bought the large waterer in 2014. I'm still using it. It's never broken, or leaked. I've never had the spout get clogged or broken. I'm about to buy a 2nd one for the cats. It keeps a constant supply of fresh water. I just got done looking through Amazon, and to this day, there is no other waterer that compares. We have very hard water. I wash the Stainless steel base in dishwasher and it comes out just as shiny as the day I bought the waterer. I've had the waterer for 2 German Shepherd puppies back in 2014, one of which has passed on now. Now, it waters my now elderly GSD and my 9 month old GSD puppy + 4 cats. The large waterer holds 2 1/2 gallons of water. I'll probably get the medium, which holds 1 gallon for the cats, to put in a different room, so they don't have to run the "German Shepherd puppy gauntlet" to get water. I will never buy a different waterer. It's worth 10 stars. We have 2 German Shepherds and 10 cats, so we go through a lot of water (it only takes 2 days for the 2.5 gallon water to deplete). I had a Petmate 2.5 gallon watering dispenser. It was very hard to refill. I'm disabled, so trying to carry the bottle of water upside down, then dumping it into place, and trying to get it seated before it spilled all over the floor, was a "challenge" in the best of circumstances, and a disaster in a couple of circumstances. After I dropped the bottle for the bazillionth time, it finally broke open. I think that my GSD Maggie is a water dog in disguise, because she'll play in an open water bowl (which is why I used to keep the water bowl in the shower). I was on the hunt for a sturdy water dispenser. I really like this dispenser! The entire bowl area contains a removable stainless steel water dish. The top of the unit, has a sturdy carrying handle (thank goodness for small favors!), which makes it a whole lot easier to carry from the sink to the bowl, leaving one hand free should I need to balance myself. It NEVER dripped, even one drop, as I carried it to the water bowl. The bottle firmly locks into the base, so critters (who like to play in water) cannot dislodge it. A couple of things to note on PetSafe Water Station. It is taller than the most 2.5 gallon water dispensers. Even though I have a relatively high faucet on my kitchen sink, to fill the bottle, I had to aim the opening at about a 45 degree angle, across my double sink, to get the faucet over the hole. Once I got it as full as possible, I sat it upright, and topped it off with the kitchen sink sprayer. Since it has the carrying handle, I would be careful not to accidentally sit it down on the dispensing end; the spring loaded flow control valve could break.

This waterer is VERY well made. It is easy to clean and sanitize, doesn't leak at all, has a small footprint, and doesn't scare our girls. We had the Le Bistro prior to this and while we liked it very much it was too small (2qts for 4 Chihuahuas meant we had to fill it every day which kinda defeats the purpose of this sort of waterer), the sound of the air bubbles was a bit startling at times and while the base was easy to clean the bottle was not. All of those issues are addressed in this product. Moreover, they've addressed issues I didn't even know I had with the other! With this PetSafe waterer you can wash the stainless steel bowl daily without having to wash the whole base. Our girls are generally not droolers and they don't "play" in their water but as a pet sitter I've met dogs who needed their water bowls washed out twice daily just so you could see through the yuck. The removable part cleans in minutes with ease and the slow flow valve also keeps the yuck out of the fresh water in the reservoir. I'll be telling my clients about this one! The wider mouth on the reservoir makes cleaning it much easier as expected but just filling it is easier too, no funnel, tubes, or mops required! There are three things I'd change if I had me a magic wand: 1) the reservoir is NOT fillable from the top on the one we received. You do have to remove it, flip it and open the bottom to fill it. This is not a terrible chore but as another reviewer had stated that it was fillable from the top I'd been looking forward to that feature. I imagine that the other reviewer had the larger size but I'm only guessing… We purchased the medium. 2) The black bit at the top that covers what would be a hole in a top fillable design (but only works as a stabilizer for filling in this one) should function as a carrying handle but does not. I promise you bloody, torn, and broken fingernails if you try it. Don't try it. 3) The reservoir is rather opaque; as we've placed this out of the way and it's not backlit it's hard to see that it needs filling from across the room. I put a small black float in with the water in hopes of having a visible indicator but only just now and I haven't any results to share yet. Try it out, I think it'll work. We LOVE this product. A bargain at twice the price – no really, twice. Perhaps even thrice. You will not be disappointed.

As far as how much water it holds, I love it. As for noise? It's perfect, especially compared to the fountain I had previously that got really loud if it was just a little under filled. It's simple and easy for me. It didn't come with directions, but it doesn't really need them as it's straight forward. And it is true, mostly, to word. My cat can't knock it over the way she could the first gravity bowl I got her, or like my roommates. But she can knock it around, scootch it, and even figured out how to angle it on the edge of her food thing so that all the water spills out anyway. And then did finally figure out how to get the reservoir off (only once it was empty). I'm trying by moving it to a different surface for now. And she's still been able to move it. So I'll try other things, next will be adding little rubber bumpers to see if it helps. Mostly I like this bowl. It's got enough water to go several days to a week or more. And it's easy for me to fill. I do worry about it maybe not being very durable. You'll see the attached pictures, the part that presses in release the water is already showing signs of stress and I've had this thing for a few weeks, maybe a month. Edited: I changed my review from 4 to 3 stars. Honestly now that my cat has figured it out, even removing the unnecessary top piece (I seriously don't get it's function but had to remove it as the grooves gave her the perfect grip to assist in tipping it over) she just does it constantly. There's nothing inherently about the design that helps prevent this that i can tell. Not even a little rubber/silicone seal along the bottom to make it harder to slide around. I think i got her to go a week without knocking it over which was great

I like that it's smaller and I especially like that the stainless steel insert is easy to remove and clean. I thought it came with the filters but those have to be ordered separate. It has a cap on the top for no apparent reason. But overall it's sturdy and easy to clean.

I purchased the PetSafe Heathly Pet small after trying the pump fountain type units. These are often a pain to clean, collect hair, need replacement pumps and filters. This water station is something different and it is fantastic - no complicated parts, all dishwasher safe, no filter to clean, quality construction (parts feel thick and strong) PetSafe Healthy Pet Water Station, Small Best features: - Dishwasher safe - No filters to buy - Looks nice Pros: - If you've had similar items you know what I mean when I say being able to throw everything in the dishwasher is a big plus. Never worry about bacteria and associated issues, I just put mine in once a week, which is about how long the water lasts. - No filters to buy is a pro to me. Some people want the extra assurance these small filters offer, and they make filters for these. But they are not required and the unit works great without them. Instead of filters, see the weekly dishwasher comment above. PetSafe Healthy Pet Water Filter, 2-Pack, PFD17-11867 - Asthetics. Last in my list, but still a consideration if this is in the kitchen. It looks nice, stainless steel and black, not too obtrusive. Cons: - No real cons. The black lid serves no purpose other than aesthetics, yet it is removable for some reason. Opinion: Buy one if you need a pet water fountain / station. Small is good for one cat, medium for 2 cats or a dog, and the large is big so plan to put it somewhere out of the way. Filters are the same for all sizes. I've used many types, and this is easy to clean, only a plain old bowl would be easier. No moving parts or anything to break.

Dogs love it! Easy to fill and clean. Always plenty of fresh water for them.

I got 2, one of the broke, the spiral thing went missing to one of them so it's a bit inconvenient to refill but it still works, we had ours for a few months now and it held up pretty well, it's plastic and I could not find if they sell replacements other then the filters(witch I did not try), a replacement bowl and the spiral metal thing

Fantastic for my dogs. Great item.

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