About GFBGFB

We started with a question that sounds simple and turned out not to be: why is the water in a pet's bowl allowed to be worse than the water in ours?

Our mission

Cleaner water, without asking owners to work for it

Standing water is an ideal environment for bacteria and biofilm. Most pet owners know this, and most still end up scrubbing a bowl twice a day because the alternatives are noisy, fiddly or expensive.

Our mission is to remove that trade-off entirely. A fountain should keep water moving, filter it continuously, sterilize what the filter misses, and clean itself — so the healthy choice is also the effortless one.

That principle decides what we build and, just as often, what we refuse to ship.

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Our vision

To be the brand pet owners don't have to research twice

We would rather publish honest specifications and let them hold up to scrutiny than win a first purchase with claims that fall apart in month two. That is a slower way to grow, and the only one we're interested in.

How we got here

From one frustrating water bowl

GFBGFB was not founded on a business plan. It began with the ordinary annoyance of a bowl that had to be washed more often than it was drunk from.

A cat drinking from its bowl on a wooden floor

What began as a single redesign turned into two years of iteration. Our team brought together product engineers, materials specialists and veterinary advisors, and we went through prototype after prototype on the parts that actually matter: the pump, the seal, the filter stack and the noise.

The ultrasonic cleaning module was the hardest piece. The technology is well established in medical and dental equipment, but adapting it to a plastic reservoir that has to survive daily handling, pet claws and repeated washing cycles took far longer than anyone expected.

When the S20 finally went into production, the specification we were proudest of wasn't on the box: it was that the filter change is the only maintenance task most owners ever perform.

01

Problem identified

Standing water in bowls breeds biofilm within hours, and manual scrubbing is the only defence most owners have.

02

Two years of iteration

Repeated redesigns of the pump, seals and filter housing, with veterinary input at every stage.

03

Ultrasonic module adapted

The central technical challenge: making medical-grade cleaning technology survive real household life.

04

S20 in production

One consumer-maintainable part — the filter cartridge — and everything else designed to be hands-off.

What we hold to

Four principles we don't trade away

These are the filters every product decision has to pass through before it reaches a customer.

Honest engineering

If a feature cannot be stated as a measurable spec, it does not belong on the marketing page.

Material safety first

Anything that touches water is 304 steel or BPA-free food-grade ABS. No exceptions for cost.

Design for the animal

Flow height, sound level and surface texture are set by how pets behave — not by what looks tidy in a photograph.

Long-term thinking

Replaceable cartridges and a braided, chew-resistant power cord mean the product stays serviceable rather than disposable.

Quality

What we check before anything ships

Every production batch passes through the same set of checks. They are unglamorous and repetitive, which is exactly why they get skipped elsewhere.

Material certification Pump endurance cycling Seal water-tightness Battery charge cycles UV-C output verification Filtration flow rate Noise level measurement Drop & handling test App pairing stability

12-month limited warranty on every unit, covering manufacturing defects. Replacement parts and cartridges remain available after the warranty period ends.

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Working on something together?

Whether you're a retailer, distributor or considering a private-label project, we're glad to talk specifics.