Automatic Cat Feeder – 3L Programmable Pet Food Dispenser with Airtight Storage, Timed Portion Control, Voice Meal Call & Dual Power Supply, Clog-Free Healthy Feeding for Cats & Small Dogs

This is all plastic parts , so be sure to clean every day or every other day… after 48 hours, according to vital sips.com plastic generates considerable bacteria, if you wait beyond that 48 hours. I boil my water to make sure all bacteria is sterilized. FYI (Vital sips sell all metal water fountains). Note that the last little shoot where it drops into the bowl cannot be removed for cleaning so I wipe it with alcohol to remove bacteria —best I can do on that part. I also put any residual dry food in the oven to make sure it’s sterile when it goes back inside the system because it tends to spill out when you’re cleaning it. Reassembly after cleaning is a bit tricky— the compartment base and the food tank all need to lineup at the side notches shown for the food tank. You might have to fiddle some with the base so that it rotates clockwise into place. I always check the dispense afterwards to make sure I got it together right. “In the box” says it comes with a charger, which mine did not, though I had an old iPhone plug & adaptor on hand. I don’t wish to return it for a replacement because it’s likely to come the same way. Since I have one on hand already I have not deducted for that. Programming it was a little frustrating because the first item you put in is the time of day. If you toggle through any of that, then it was not obvious it came back for reprogramming it. I finally resolved that issue by unplugging it for a while for it to reset everything. (No battery in) The plus/minus key pressed together is supposed to reset everything, but it did not seem to do the time of day. Later I realized it’s possibly a blank input, so it’s easy to inadvertently toggle through that. To get to the change am to pm, you have to change the first number :ie 5 AM to 5 PM by toggling all the way around those first numbers. So it’s easy to make a mistake on the a.m. or p.m. setting. Except for that it’s relatively easy to program and the feeding numbers 1-6 can be reset using the simultaneous plus minus keys together. You can select one of the feeding settings to correct later, but you end up toggling through a lot of extra numbers. The instructions are fairly good, though it did not tell you how to change the a.m. p.m. and the time of day instruction was not very clearly stated. Also, it did not tell you where the unlock button is, it is not the one that lights up. It’s all the way over on the left side. I got this so that my cats would not cry for food at three in the morning! (Multicat household). It does WONDERS for that! Free feeding cats at night results in fat cats which shortens their life according to my Vet. And other health issues from overweight cats. So restrictive feeding is necessary to keep them at the right weight. But they get hungry at night when I want to sleep! Can’t say how long this will last I just got it, the hope is a year minimum because it’s rather expensive to replace very often. The company did throw in overnight shipping included in the price. This was the best feeder according to the reviews, which is more expensive than the lowest priced items. I did not want Wi-Fi connection because that often is the first thing to break on these type of devices. Simpler is better! I chose the black one because it was five dollars cheaper, and the time is very legible because of the contrast! Love that. This is just a fancy alarm clock with a shoot, and storage container; it’s surprisingly rather expensive for what it is… most electronics seem to be overpriced imo.

We bought this when we went on vacay. Our cat loves it and now knows what time the food will drop and waits on it. It programs well for time(s) of day and amount of food. It also has battery backup which is nice if the power were to go off while we are away.

Controls are a little tricky to figure out but it works well and does the job right. I would recommend this for anyone who has a single cat. Portions are a bit small which is great for having small snacks throughout the day. Super easy to get running, took me 15 minutes, most of which was finangling with the controls. I don't like the locking mechanism for the tub its easy to put on backwards and may be easy to break with flimsy plastic. Hence 4 stars.

Saved me so much 3am headache from cat crying to eat. Can set this for several feeding times and how much food at each time. Bowl comes out easy to clean, and cat can't get into storage container. The voice recording is robotic and terrible but thats honestly not even needed lol. Size is amazing and holds 2/3 of a 4lb bag of food. Doesn't even look that big.

Awesome, have used it for around 4-5 years now. Night and day difference to the cat ownership experience, she almost never wakes me up at 4 am. Easy to transport if I drop my cat off somewhere to be catsat. I set the feeder to the smallest portion size and have it dispense every 6 hours. I was worried my cat might gain weight, but she has stayed around ~9 lbs. if this one ever broke I would just buy it again

Once I figured out the settings and the correct portion for our cat, I was in love. I did not end up using the voice message because our cat went running once she heard the food hit the plate! It is definitely keeping her meal portions controlled and on schedule. If it helps anyone for our one year old cat we are doing P-05 2x a day for her portions.

I love this automatic feeder, not sure the cat loves it as much. We had to put our chunky boy on a diet and this was the best decision. He has lost 3 pounds but we are keeping his routine. He comes running when he hears the food drop. We set it for smaller portions 3 times a day. He is happy & thinner

This automatic feeder was originally purchased because we had a trip out of town for the weekend and we just got our cats from a rescue. I would highly recommend this for people with one to two cats most times cats don’t like to eat the same bowl, but my cats are pretty chill and will share or just come down at different times. Prose Assembly was pretty straightforward and easy the food I buy really works with the distribution during the lot at times they have a total of seven times a day that they can be fed and you can portion out those feedings differently for each time. I try to give my cats wet food in the morning, but allow them to eat throughout the day with four other feedings until midnight. I like the amount of food it can hold as well as the sounds you can program in. I also like that has a working digital clock and it has a freshness packet at the top so the food doesn’t get stale. I replaced my large manual feeder with this one just so I could keep the food fresh whenever they eat, I like the color I like the design. I think it’s very sleek and modern. I’m really happy with this purchase. The user manual is very informative and well written. Because of the material it’s made out of it stays pretty clean. My cats are a little messy and like to pull the food out of the bowl so there’s lots of little bits around, but that’s just my cats. Cons The only con I would have to say is there should be a sensor that sounds some sort of alarm when it’s run out of food. The portion controls are not expounded upon in the user manual. I wasn’t sure what zero one was versus 10 was the bowl is not large enough to have a lot of portions, overflowing it And it seems the food comes out in seconds so if you put it on one second it will drop food for one second if you put it on, it will be the equivalent of counting to 10 and allowing the food to fall into the bowl. I suggest this for one to two cats only because if your cats are like mine, they will share, but I’m not sure what you would do. If you had more than two cats would they be intelligent enough to one eat at 12 and another one eat at 1 o’clock, I don’t know Especially if you have different dietary needs for each of your cats. I would be sure to make sure this is a fit or maybe they have a different version of this automatic feeder where the bowl is maybe oblong and will allow two cats to eat at a trough. I don’t know. Lastly, I do wish the Cord was a little bit longer. It does have a slot for batteries, but I don’t want to forget to change them so I keep mine plugged in and luckily there is a plug in my pantry. Overall, would purchase again 10 out of 10 and might make a really good gift for the cat person in your life.

The first few months worked good, but after almost a year my cat stopped eating from it. At first I thought it was my cat, but then she would eat the food from the top of the machine but not the ones dispensed. After some research, people had similar issues and mentioned the smell of the rubber rotating thing inside. I took it out and sure enough it smelled horrible. I also washed the machine recently as per instruction. I suspect the dry kibble oil did not go well with the rubbery material of the rotator and over time it just created some kind of permanent bad smell. Do not be fooled by the high reviews, it's probably from short term users or something else. This machine was not designed well for durability. Smell aside, sometimes it gets stuck and stops working too so it was unreliable. I would not trust it overnight to reliably dispense food for your fur babies.

I got this for my cat so that he can get fed even when I am in the office. The sound of the kibbles hitting the metal bowl alone is sufficient to get them running to the bowl even for the first time. Didn’t need to use the voice recording at all. Did take a while to figure out the setup but once the timings are set, it’s pretty fuss free until you need to top up the food.

Premier point qui fait plaisir, le design, très belle gamelle qui ne fait pas effet plastique cheap, la programmation est facile, notre chat devait être au régime et nous somme des fois de sorties donc la gamelle rempli le job à la perfection. Nous devons lui donner environ 50-55g par jour , nous avons fait 4 programmes sur 6 disponibles, et nous faisons des doses à l'unité car une dose égale 12g de croquette environ, la capacité du réservoir est d'environ 1,2 kg de croquette pour chat, pour des croquette de taille moyenne. Le bruit est discret, cela ne nous réveille pas quand la dose se déclenche à 03h, et nous dormons dans la pièce d'a côté porte ouverte, je recommande 👌

Funcional, buenos materiales, buen diseño, confiable. El producto cumple perfectamente con las especificaciones, es fácil de programar (solo hay que tener en cuenta que las porciones son de 20gr c/u), extra silencioso y ocupa muy poco espacio. Puede manejar croquetas de hasta 15mm, tiene pantalla touch que puedes bloquear y entonces no batallas con que tus mascotas presionen algo por error, de fácil limpieza. Definitivamente la mejor de su gama, bueno, bonito y barato.

Je lavais acheté pour mon chat,c’est très pratique et je recommande à 100%,je n’ai plus besoin de me lever le matin pour lui donner à manger du coup je dors plus longtemps