Our cats have us trained to get up at 6:30 to feed them, and since they don’t value sleeping in on the weekends, we decided to try this. It took less than a week for our cats to figure out that we don’t feed them anymore 😃. And even our skittish boy was not scared about it from the very beginning (see pic.) This was so easy to put together and to program their feeding schedules in my phone. I think in total for two feeders it was less than 10 minutes for set up. I was also able to share the app with my husband so he can also see the status of the feeders. I also LOVE that we waste so much less food now. You can adjust the serving size in 1/24th cup increments, and we’ve realized that they were getting too much food and letting the dog get extra snacks from their bowls! No more! I dropped the feeds by 1/24th cup until I saw that they were more or less eating it all. If they seem particularly hungry, I just send an instant feeding to the bowl. My kid figured out that the flashing red light meant it needed something, and she was able to open it and fill it up without any guidance (super intuitive device). The instructions say to do a manual feed to clear the flashing light, but if you can wait, the light will clear on your next scheduled feeding. We still feed them wet food and make sure to interact with them a little more since they are much more affectionate when they knew they were about to be fed. I’m happy with our purchase and happy that our kitties can eat without making me get out of bed. Would definitely repurchase if we got another cat. We’ve had them for 2 weeks and the batteries are at 30% and 50% respectively, so the charge lasts longer than I expected (I also only plugged it in for a few minutes, so I think it must have been charged up when they shipped it). Read more

We have had two of these feeders for almost a year now and they have proven to be very reliable when it comes to abiding the programmed feeding schedule. Just down the app onto your phone and follow the instructions to sync to your home network, name the drive, and program the schedule. We have ours plugged in, as the outragous battery🔋claims made by the manufacture were never realized, not even close. Also, our cats were very nervous of the loud clatter made by the metal dishes provided; replaced them with other metal dishes that had a rubber footing on them, problem solved. Read more

We bought this to try with our kitty who is extremely food motivated. Measurements are accurate and it was easy to set up and sync with our phones and schedule feedings. We have one kitty who is the Yogi Bear of kitties. He will eat all the food, trip you while you are trying to get to his food, climb you while you are trying to feed him, get into the feeding container, eat the food while you are setting his bowl down, and generally be a nuisance at feeding time. Having a feeder that will dispense food directly into his bowl with an app is awesome. The biggest draw back is that there isn't an button to dispense food on the feeder like the granary model has. So if you have a pet sitter come to your house, they will have to have the app on their phone unless you have feedings scheduled. The company could do a much better job of highlighting the differences between the models as they all have slightly different features and some feed in 1/24 cup portions while others feed 1/12 cup portions. We are returning this feeder for the granary model which allows for manual feedings, has replaceable back-up batteries, and lets you pre-record a message to call your pet to the feeder at feeding times. Edit on Dec 12, 2024 to add: I removed a star because last week the app went down for several hours. If we had still been using this feeder and were solely relying on our phones to dispense the food, the feeder would have been unusable. Read more

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So far, I love this feeder. I bought three. I’m really happy and relieved because I had been looking at automatic feeders for over a month and ended up buying some that I had to return because my cats were able to get extra food out of the food dispenser. Two of my cats are a little chunky, so that was one of my main concerns when getting another. Pros: -Very secure! My cats haven’t been able to get food out of the top and they haven’t been able to get food out of the hole where the food dispenses. They stick their paws up there and try to get food out and so far, no extra food has fallen out. I even saw another review that said their cat learned to knock the feeder around and extra food would fall out, so I was nervous about buying these, but I haven’t had that problem. I even shook the feeders around to test it and it was fine. But if you do have a very determined cat, I’d suggest getting some Velcro stickers for the bottom of the feeder to hold it in place so it can’t tip over, because they’re on the smaller side. -Food dispenses at pretty much the same time. I bought three for my three cats and all the food dispenses at the same time, if not one or two seconds apart. -Very sleek and modern look. Most automatic cat feeders are 4 liters or bigger, so I like that this one is smaller and doesn’t take up so much space. -Rechargeable batteries. You can choose to keep the feeders plugged in and charging while using them, or you can unplug them and have them off the charger. -Battery life. I’ve had the feeders off the charger for almost four weeks now and two of them are at 40% and one of them is at 50%. So the battery life is really good. -App is very user friendly and easy to use. Also, easy set up, as long as you switch your WiFi over to 2.4ghz. Once you set up the feeders, you can switch back to 5ghz. I was having an issue at first with the app. The food would dispense on time throughout the day and then it wouldn’t dispense again starting the next day. I kept having to go back in the app and manually turn them back on. I was so confused. I thought I had them set to all days of the week cause in the app it says “repeat” and then lists all the days of the week. I contacted the customer support and they were super helpful and they told me I need to actually tap the days of the week in the app to get it to repeat lol🤦‍♀️ so they work great now and dispense at the right days/times. There are many more pros, but those are the main ones that stood out to me. Cons: -If you have multiple feeders, I wish there was a way in the app for the “feed now” button to dispense food from all feeders at the same time. Or I wish there was a way when you’re setting up your pets schedule, you could select all feeders and set them all up at once. Instead you have to do each feeder individually. -Portions. The portions are a little weird. They go by 1/24ths. I feed my cats blue wilderness and each portion is approximately 30 pieces of kibble. Sometimes it’s a little more, sometimes it’s a little less. Nothing major though. I do wish they had better portion options. I like to give my cats a “late night snack” and the first portion is too small, but the second portion is too much. These are definitely not deal breakers though. The pros far outweigh the cons. And as long as the feeders keep working as they should and I get a few years out of them, I will be very happy!! Read more