PETLIBRO Automatic Cat Feeder, Pet Food Dispenser Triple Preservation with Stainless Steel Bowl & Twist Lock Lid, Up to 50 Portions 6 Meals Per Day, Granary for Small/Medium Pets (5L, White)

Once set up will run like clock work, if food is starting to pile up I just remove a couple of servings, and if it’s not enough I just add a serving when it’s being asked for :)

Settings were easy once I had worked them out but took time to press and set programs initiallyYou can change time and portion size to suit your cat. I bought the updated version that takes larger kibbles. My cat eats purina dried food which go through fine but can take larger ones. I haven’t programmed voice as you can hear when food is dropped in dish and no it’s not that loud but your cat will hear and run to it.Highly recommend so much easier than you feeding your cat and they get used to times of day when the food is coming. I programme a feed for late afternoon and I am often working so I know my pet is getting fed. If you have an overweight cat purrfect for adjusting their food intake to loose a bit of weight as long as you are not feeding too many tit bits in between Love the product

I've been using the cat feeder for about a month and it has worked perfectly. Worth knowing that a fixed portion size is dispensed. If this isn't enough then you can program it to dispense two or three portions at each feeding time. So with a small amount of trial and error you can get the amounts right for your cat. On the minus side, there is no 24 hour clock display option, so you have to use the 12 hour one with PM and AM shown instead. The controls to set the feeder times are a little tedious (to make a minor change to one of the feeder times there's a lot of pressing ok as you advance each setting in turn) but once it's done you don't really have to change it very often. On the plus side, one of the better looking cat feeders on the market.

The voice recorder is quite loud, which is good, and it hasn't jammed or not dispensed in the time we've had it. Recommended.

Very good priduct my cat is getting used to the timer and goes running to it whenever it hears the recorded message. Fantastic product.

The media could not be loaded.  Average machine that doesn't work with all kibble types. Kibble size wasn't stated in description so I looked it up online and discovered that there's a wifi and camera version of this feeder if interested. My view is that this company is piling new features onto a device with very mediocre mechanical design. We were lucky that we filled the machine with rounded kibble when we were out - otherwise our dog would have missed his meals.Programming:Programming is easy, press the config button for 3 seconds then +/-/next.Problems arise with times being in 12-hour format, obviously 24-hour format is the only way that makes sense. And programming units is complicated because 10s and 1s are separated into different parts... e.g. press 'next' button to program hours, press 'next programs 10s of minutes, then 'next' programs single minutes - if you get the tens wrong you have to restart. Likewise with meal units, 10s and 1s programmed separately (it supports programming of portions too large for any bowl, go figure!). 6 meals can be programmed and you can (if you want) program a different pet-call voice for each meal - the voice feature works fine, you have to shout your message, it's basic quality but good enough.Kibble:Kibble size is stated as 2-15mm. Each different pet food will require reprogramming meal sizes. Rounded kibble worked, but square edged kibble (pictured) blocked the machine. You can see in the photos that the exit chute needs rounded corners at the dispensing end, and it's too small for the kibble pictured. With certain kibbles we found that each meal was a different size - because you cannot predict how many rotations of the wheel dispense absolutely nothing. For the pictured kibble I programmed 18 meal units, tested, then reduced/tested until I reached 11 units and the meal sizes were not substantailly different... ~115g of kibble was dispensed - then in real life operation, 12 meals amounted to ~60g of kibble, much less than the amount dispensed during testing.Cleaning:No. There's no way to clean this properly despite what the instructions say. If you rinse the lid the kibble sticker starts to peel, it isn't a waterproof sticker. The hood is washable, no problemn because it's a single moulded unit. But the dispensing area isn't at all convenient - micro dirt fills up all the cracks and crevices, there are screws visible, it's basically a bacteria trap. You can see for yourself in the photos. The black base can only be wiped with a damp cloth. All parts take hours to dry in the air because of all the tiny places water can get trapped.Aparatus:It would have been convenient to come with 2 stainless steel bowls so that it could be replaced while being cleaned. The rotating dispenser is made of rubber. Twice the machine completely failed with kibble getting stuck underneath the rotating dispenser until it was all distorted and wouldn't move. In the attached video you can year how much it's grinding.Other:You need to buy 3 D-cell batteries, otherwise your programming gets lost when you turn it off. It can fully run on batteries but apparently they drain quickly if used by the motor. There's no OFF button. If you want to turn it off you need to take out the batteries and unplug - when you plug it in again all programming is lost - this is a design flaw.I give this 3 stars because it's probably just about good enough value for the price if you use a kibble that dispenses properly.

Really good cat feederVoice feature gets my cats running every time!Highly recommend

UPDATE: I HAD THE FEEDER FOR 1 YEAR AND A HALF AND A CONSTANT BEEPING STARTED, IT MARKS ERROR AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT CAN'T BE FIXED. THE GUARANTEE SEEMS TO HAVE EXPIRED WHICH IS KIND OF SUSPICIOUS CONSIDERING THE TIMEING AND THA IT WAS ALWAYS USED AS INTENDED.the portion sizes are not always relatable, but it does the work if you schedule larger sizes.The customer service directly with the brand is outstanding and they replied and resolved all my doubts and complaints.They gave me a full refund since the previous item delivered was broken.

Tenemos un gato en casa y usualmente le dábamos doble porción por accidente, además de que a veces nos despertaba en la madrugada para comer. Por ello decidimos comprar este alimentador automático, por las buenas reseñas y la fama que tenía y cumple EXACTAMENTE con nuestras expectativas. Llegó muy rápido y estaba en perfectas condiciones (nuevo). Incluye todo, el dispensador, un tazón de acero inoxidable, el cable con su conexión y el manual; lo único que no incluye son las pilas alcalinas, que las recomiendan utilizar para que siga funcionando si se va la luz. Al principio batallamos para programarlo, pero después de leer el manual y ver un tutorial en Youtube, logramos hacerlo y ya nos resulta fácil. Es únicamente para croquetas y tu puedes calendarizar sus comidas y porciones; hasta puedes grabarle un mensaje que se reproducirá cuando sea la hora de servir. La verdad cumplió con nuestras expectativas y nos encantó la compra. Lo único que si le faltó, a diferencia de otros, sería su uso por medio de una aplicación en el celular o una cámara en donde lo puedas ver por si llegas a estar fuera de casa o así. Pero si eso no es un impedimento, lo recomiendo 100%.

The media could not be loaded.  Estaba buscando un dispensador automático que no fuera demasiado sofisticado y fuese fácil de lavar. Este es el indicado. Sin WiFi ni cámara ni Bluetooth que en mi caso resultan innecesarios y sólo encarecerían el producto.Viene bien embalado y los materiales parecen de calidad. No pesa casi nada, todo de plástico a excepción del plato del comedero que es metálico.Trae cable y transformador para funcionar desde el primer momento. La tapa superior va roscada y tiene una muesca que indica la posición en que debe quedar. En cada dosificación se permite programar la cantidad de porciones que queremos. Según el tamaño de las croquetas que uséis caerá más o menos comida, por lo que ya iréis ajustando las porciones a medida que le deis uso.PROSEl plato del comedero es metálico (no sé que tipo de metal es).Pesa poco.Trae un cajetín en la tapa del depósito para poner un bolsa antihumedad.Incluye el cable de alimentación con su transformador.Permite programar hasta 6 dosificaciones al día, y en cada dosificación especificar cuantas porciones queremos.Si le ponemos además 3 pilas (no incluidas) permite seguir funcionando aunque la casa se quede sin subministro eléctrico.Se puede grabar un audio que se reproducirá en aquellas dosificaciones que queramos. Por ejemplo llamando a nuestra mascota para que venga a comer.CONSLa programación es la misma para cada dia de la semana, tampoco me preocupa demasiado en mi caso pero digamos que es sencilla.Si se dosifica demasiada comida llega a acumularse hasta cubrir toda la boca de salida, en ese momento el aparato lo detecta y aparece un mensaje de error. Si se vacía el plato de comida, el dispensador intentará seguir dosificando las porciones ahí donde se quedó parado. A mi entender si el comedero está lleno simplemente debería abortar esa dosificación y quedar listo para la siguiente cuando toque. El mensaje de ERROR tampoco me gusta, parece que algo se haya estropeado, lo mejor sería un indicador de que el plato está lleno.El manual de uso viene únicamente en alemán. Le mandé un mensaje al vendedor para que me enviara uno en español o inglés, sin éxito. Afortunadamente lo pude descargar en inglés directamente desde la web del fabricante.

I wanted to get my cat an automatic feeder because she is food obsessed. Everyone in the house works from home, so we don't have a clear schedule (at least to her), so she was regularly begging for food.Introduce this feeder.Our little food monster doesn't bug us about feeding her anymore! She adjusted to the machine immediately, literally that day. We've had the machine for about a month now, and she doesn't ask us for food at all, which means that our interactions are much nicer. She comes to us for love and play.PROS:- Relationship with cat no longer based on food- Easy to setup- Consistent portions with our brand (Acana)- Program up to 6 meals per day with multiple portions per meal. Our kitty now happily eats four meals a day. She starts getting a little fussy about 45 minutes before her next meal, but it's way better than the 2-3 hours prior she used to do.- Impossible to infiltrate. In the first few days, kitty went to town trying to figure out how to get food out of the machine by herself, pawing at the lid, up the food hole, and on the sides where it detaches to no avail. She gave up without ever knocking it over or getting anything out. Huge win.- Watching kitty fly across the room when she hears the food is forever hilarious.CONS:- Programming is a bit annoying, basically like an oven clock. Lots of button pressing to get things just right.- Portion sizes are pre-determined by the manufacturer. For portion sizes, the food goes into a section of the feeder that you can't see, so it's difficult to know exactly what size the portion is. Basically, I released one portion of food, then calculated how many of those our kitty needs in a day. However, this makes changing how much she gets fed more difficult because you have to remove a full portion (in my case, 1/8 of a cup).

TL;DR: Works and looks great with the exception of the recorded message feature.I bought this autofeeder for my cat out of desperation. She meows incessantly for 45 minutes or more before meal times which annoys my dog into shriek howling with every meow and causes me to contemplate double murder. I've only had this feeder for a couple days but so far it is working great! My cat is still learning that she must appeal to her new machine overlord for food, but she is already much better than she was. Overall, I am very happy with my purchase and I will update my review if anything changes.PROS:- Easy set-up. It takes a few minutes but unless you're changing the schedule all the time for some reason, it's really not terrible. Some reviews claim you have to cycle through every time and portion to change something but that's not true. You can use the "+" and "-" buttons to navigate to the meal slot you want to change without starting from the beginning. Unused slots will have a time but if you set the portion to zero they will not dispense anything. This is probably obvious but it did confuse me for a second. I set mine to have 4 meals spaced 6 hours apart and it's been working like a charm.- No jamming problems even with larger kibble so far. The cat food I buy has larger chunks interspersed in with smaller kibble and I was worried that it might jam up the dispenser. So far it has been working just fine. It has a helpful sticker on the lid that shows you the largest kibble size it will accommodate and it seems to be accurate. I bought the 5L version which holds 4-5 lbs of food.- My devious cat has yet to figure out how to get extra kibble from it. The panel auto-locks so she can't press any buttons. I've seen her stick her paw up the chute to dig around but she hasn't succeeded in any extra snacks yet as far as I can tell. It's only been a few days so time will tell if she will use her demon powers to beat the machine. I would suggest either putting this feeder on the floor or securing it in place because I suspect that my cat would be able to push it off a table and/or knock it over of it was empty enough. The weight D batteries alone might make it relatively stable to tipping though. I have not actually seen her move it yet but I remain wary because she is a larger cat at 14 lbs and generally a menace to society*.- It seems well-made and is very sleek and modern looking. Appearance is less important than function to me but it does look quite nice.- I like that there is a battery meter display even when plugged in. I intend to have it plugged in all the time but it will be nice to know when the back-up batteries need to be replaced.- After completing set-up, I decided to move the feeder and had not installed batteries in it yet. I was expecting to reset at least the time but was pleasantly surprised to see it did not reset at all. It was unplugged for all of 10 seconds so I can't attest to how long it can go without power or batteries before resetting the time. - A customer service rep from PETLIBRO messaged me before my product arrived with some helpful tips and reminder that they have customer service available 24 hours on week days if I need it and a 12 month warranty. I have not had a need to contact customer service but I thought the pro-active message was nice.CONS:- It is not clear from anywhere in the instructions what constitutes a portion. From my measurements, it seems that one portion is equivalent to approximately 1/8 cup. I am happy with this portion size but I wish it had been clear without requiring experimentation on my part.- In my opinion, the only truly poor feature about this product is the recorded message option (whether you intend to use it or not). Other reviews mention that the recording quality is very poor and I have to agree. It is very staticy and mine also makes a rhythmic rasping noise even when recording silence. I had no intention of using this feature anyway as the sound of a pin drop would probably send her scrambling from across the house if it meant food. The problem is that there doesn't seem to be a way to delete or turn off the recording without resetting the whole machine. I hit the record button by mistake during set-up, which is very easy to do, and I didn't want to start over. I "bypassed" it by hitting the record button quick succession to create as short of a recording as I possibly could. The quick blip of static when it dispenses food doesn't bother me but it is annoying you can't just turn this feature off all together. This is by no means a deal breaker to me but if having a nice recorded message is important to you, I would not recommend this feeder.- Not exactly a con but I prefer a shallow dish for feeding my cat. The bowl that comes with the feeder is deep but it is a nice bowl and I like that it has a tray that attaches to the feeder to keep it from being kicked around. Luckily her old shallow bowl fits nicely within the provided bowl and I haven't noticed any issues with spilling while doing this. Not a big deal but something to consider if it matters to you.*I promise that I actually love my cat very much! 😂 Picture attached. She's the best cat in the world... when she's not hungry.

De vez en cuando saca laComida solo sin que esté programado para ello