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 On: 2008-05-15
I bought this kit for my "Big Dog Fountain" The two smaller brushes are excellent, and do a great job cleaning their designated spaces within the fountain (the motor and intake areas). I am a little dissappointed with the big brush though. The bottle brush part of it is too stiff to really be helpful, and the sponge part at the end is too big to fit in the spaces that need it. I have better luck with a soapy sponge and an old toothbrush when cleaning most parts of the fountain.
 On: 2008-05-14
My cat likes the Drinkwells waterfall. However, without occasional cleaning, the waterfall becomes a trickle due to the collection of grime and mildew in the motor and water tunnel. The cleaning kit accomplishes the goal of keeping the waterfall strong. Before the cleaning kit, I would use a disposable chopstick to poke out the grime and mildew in the motor and water tunnel. The brushes fit where they are supposed to and get the grime and mildew out. The waterfall is always strong on my Drinkwell.
 On: 2008-04-23
I am glad for the sizes but the construction is poor and the bristles too stiff to do a good job cleaning. I still have to break out the pipe cleaners for the small spots and the rag for the large. The bristles dont bush out at the end so when you push the brush into the well, you are scraping the metal end against the bottom - the metal end doesnt do a great job scrubbing the residue off the bottom of the well.
Bamboo makes a Kong cleaner with a suction cup that is better designed and has a small brush in the handle. Youll still need the pipe cleaner for the smaller pieces though.
 On: 2008-02-17
The brushes are okay, except that they are very hard. They should be softer so cleaning is easier.
On: 2008-02-13
This is a great product for cleaing the drinkwell fountains. It has three different sizes so that you can clean the whole item not just the easy to get to spots. I would recommend to someone that has or is buying a drinkwell fountain.
On: 2008-01-04
My complaint for these brushes is the poor product design, specifically, with the tips of the biggest and the smallest brushes. To clean around all the sharp corners well, it is important for the tips of these brushes to be covered with a lot of bristles. Guess what, the tip of the smallest brush is prety much dominated by the metal wires, so when you try to clean, instead of getting the bristles to touch and rub against the surfaces, its mostly the metal wires that come into contact. Last time I checked, its the bristles that clean, not the metal wire. Same with the biggest brush: The way the metal wires wrap around the sponge tip to hold it to the handle prevents the sponge from coming into full contact with the surfaces.
The product designers for the brushes dont deserve to be product designers. Do you know how much it takes to design a simple floor mop? A lot. A good product designer has to think about which yarn absorbs water well, how much water to absorb so the mop wont be hard to wring, what wringing mechanism to use, how long the handle should be, how thick the handle should be, how the mop head comes into contact with the floor, and so forth, in order to maximize ease of use and effectiveness.
The designers of the brushes are a failure. It seems that not much thought went into the design. Yes, we are dealing with just brushes, but even brushes should do the job they are supposed to do well.
On: 2007-12-30
I will keep this short and sweet. If you own a Drinkwell fountain, you need this cleaning kit. It works very well and helps get all the gunk from the hard to reach places in the fountain. I am very happy with the purchase and would recommend it to anyone that owns the fountain.
On: 2007-08-12
The kit is useful. The smaller brushes allow one to clean inside the fountain. However, the largest brush is essentially useless, because of the coiled wire at the end. Overall, Id recommend buying it. I cant see any other way to clean deep inside the fountain.
On: 2007-07-12
When I first purchased my Drinkwell Fountain, I scoffed at the idea that Id need a special "cleaning kit" to keep it clean. I was certain I could do just as good a job with a sponge and teflon scrubber.
WRONG!
This cleaning kit has cut down on the time it takes me to clean the fountain, and it does a much better job than I ever could without it. The brushes reach into all the little corners and make short work for the build-up of icky stuff, cat hair, etc. They also make it very easy to clean the motor housing.
My cats love their Drinkwell fountain, and I highly recommend the purchase of this cleaning kit to go with it. You wont be sorry.
On: 2007-06-04
The size of the brushes are well-thought out. If you have the Drinkwell pet fountain, get this set, as it needs cleaning every two weeks.
On: 2007-05-22
I had been using aquarium brushes, a bottle brush, etc. for cleaning my Drinkwell Water Fountains, but this Drinkwell set of three brushes makes cleaning the fountains so much easier and faster, plus they do a better job! Id never seen the set before I bought it on Amazon recently. When I bought my Drinkwells, the instructions suggested getting aquarium brushes for cleaning. I think that the company should have started making the cleaning brushes as soon as they started making the fountains!
On: 2007-05-13
Drinkwell Pet Fountain Cleaning Kit
This is great! The bottle brushes @ the grocery store are too big & dont fit into the corners well, but this takes care of all the tight spaces to get it clean.
On: 2007-03-08
Should be included in with the fountain. It was absolutely impossible to clean before (took an hour, I am not kidding) but using this kit makes it easy & fast.
On: 2006-12-28
The brushes are perfect for cleaning the fountain well. My cats previously grungy fountain (that I tried my best to clean with a regular dish sponge) looked like new. This is a must have for all Drinkwell Fountain owners to keep their pets fountain clean.
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