PETLIBRO Automatic Cat Feeders, Pet Dry Food Dispenser Freshness Preservation Automatic Cat Food Dispenser with Twist Lock Lid, Up to 50 Portions 6 Meals Per Day, Granary for Small/Medium Pets

I had a 5 year old basic feeder and wanted to upgrade to something with more setting options for number of meals, portions, etc. This has been great and has exceeded my expectations. I typically only used the old feeder for when we were out of town, but with this I’ve switched to using it every day. It helps manage the portions & my cat can’t trick us into thinking he hasn’t been fed dinner yet.

This feeder works just fine but I regret not spending more money and getting the kind with wifi capabilities. The portion control is not as precise as I would like and it’s a little annoying to program. All in all, it’s not bad but it’s not the best.

This product began malfunctioning within 6 months of use, while we were away for the holidays. The problems started when it began to release food more slowly and less powerfully than normal, so the food would end up only partway down the chute. Within a few days this turned into it flashing an E-1 error (which when looked up gives no context at all as to what was wrong) and not releasing more than one serving of food per meal when it should have released four. Seeing this on our pet cam, we were able to call over an emergency sitter to give them more food, but I can’t imagine what would have happened if we didn’t have the cam! Upon returning I took the whole thing apart and gave it a deep clean. Next day, E-1 error again and little to no food for the babies. Since we can’t trust it to consistently feed our cats, we will have to throw it out. You can’t see afterward that an error happened, so you only know if you’re there to see it or luckily like us can look back at a cam recording. While working this thing is amazing, it keeps our cats from meowing at us to be fed and means we don’t need to worry about being home at feeding time! Huge disappointment, really wish it kept working!!

Overall I’m pleased with the feeder. A portion, meaning many times the food is dispensed, is relatively small but you set how many portions you want to come out at a time. It locks really tight so your pets can’t get into it.

Terrible instructions!! Once we got it figured out it works great! We purchased 2 of these, since we have 2 cats. Took them some time to figure it out, but they have it down now. Love the fact it has battery backup.

Bought this as a temporary feeding solution while on vacation. Setup is easy. Battery backup is a must. Programming is slightly clunky: there is no means to go to a previous setting, so if you make a mistake you have to start over. However, with a little practice you can fly through the settings. We experimented with timings and portion sizes for a week or so before our trip to fine-tune settings. Our cats go outside, so the feeder was set up on a covered patio and covered with a cheap plastic plant pot with a brick on top. Worked great and we had one stormy day while away. Since we have four cats to feed, my wish is that the feeder was available with a larger bowl. Poor darlings had to wait their turns to eat!

Love it! Using it for cat food. Programming was super easy, didnt even need to look at the instructions. One cat goes running to it as soon as she hears it. The other cat is a little timid around it but eats the food anyway.

Our new cat was gobbling up all her food so fast and was wanting food constantly throughout the day. So instead of trying to feed her multiple times a day, this auto feeder so much easier. We set it for 1 -2 portions 5 times a day and she has stopped bugging us for food! To set up and figure out how much food you need per portion, I found it much much easier to weigh out how much is in a daily serving, then weigh how much is 1 or 2 portions, and do the math from there. Trying to calibrate based on volume if its 1 or 2 teaspoons it much too hard to get accurate. Weigh the food!

I love that I can count on this feeder to portion feed my kitten, in perfect intervals throughout the day and night.

It was so perfect to disassociate ourselves from the kittens feeding, and it even has an option to record a voice message when it goes off. We made one and it sounds almost demonic, but find it hilarious and left it. Our kitten is very food “aggressive?” so we have it go off every 6 hours and she seems to finally be content. This is by far the Amazon item that has made our life easier, and I am so grateful!!