Deciding whether to buy a cat water fountain

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

1. 1
   Placing a small container for the cat to drink water from and changing the water daily or twice a day.
2. 2
   rinsing filters in a dilute Miltons solution every couple of weeks to extend their lifespan
3. 3
   putting dishwasher-safe stainless steel fountain parts into the dishwasher for weekly cleaning

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.