While we enjoy our pagoda fountain, the filter life is a problem. filters impair the function of the fountain after just a few days. After a week there is almost no water flow. For the record, we use only softened and filtered (by reverse osmosis) water in our fountain, so there really is little or no debris. The cats are short haired and do not shed excessively. Flushing the filter does not really solve the problem.

At $10 for 4 filters each month or so this quickly becomes an expensive enterprise. Don't know that it's worth it.