Automatic Cat Feeders – 2L Cat Food Dispenser Easy to Use, Timed Automatic Pet Feeder with Over 180-day Battery Life, 1-6 Meals Dry Food Programmable Portion Control Also for Dogs

Great feeder, exactly as advertised
So after looking at tons of different feeders on amazon and extensively reading reviews we decided on this one, here’s my long but detailed review with all the information i would’ve liked to find when I was searching for one. (if you already have one and can’t figure out how to program it skip to the bottom)All in all its great for the price and so far so good, two months in and its doing its job.Upsides:We like that the lid locks perfectly smooth with the rest of the feeder, no way for the cats to unlock it, lift it, or take it off even if they managed to trip the whole thing, if youre trying to manage/limit the amount of food your cat has access to, I recommend itIt doesn’t make an awful sound like other feeders that have scared me to death when they turn on, just a little whirring noise and the kibble hitting the metal dish isnt bad at allDoesn’t make any mess, all the food stays inside the dishPerfect size, not huge or bothersome at all, doesn’t take too much spaceHolds 13 cups, each cup is 105gr so it totals to 1.36 kgsI tested the feeding ratio with a scale time and time again to have peace of mind before we left for a few days and it does vary 1 or 1.5 grams per portion sometimes but it has a pretty consistent 6.4 grams average per portion, and all the feedings were delivered exactly on timeCats like it, they were wary at first but figured it out by the end of the day and they now love it. We used an empty cardboard box on the bottom to raise it a little bit since we couldn’t find a raised automatic feeder that we liked and it works, they haven’t thrown it down even once.You can put batteries in so it keeps working in case of an energy outage, we haven’t put any batteries in yet but it works fine, we actually had an outage for a couple of seconds and I was happily surprised to find out it was still programmed as usualThe dish comes out easily if you need to wash it. It hasn’t become discolored or anything.Downsides:Other comments say it might not be as easy to unlock the lid if you have super long nails or arthritis, I usually keep mine long and manage just fine.It would be nice if the inside could be disassembled to clean, but not quite , you can take the top part off (above the orange line) but not the mechanical part and the feeding tube.My only complaint is that if the food doesn’t get completely eaten, it stacks up in a little mountain in front of the feeding tube, it doesn’t get pushed to the rest of the dish, so even if there’s always food available for my cat (which gives me peace of mind if we ever have to leave for a trip) I can’t be sure how much she is really eating on the regular day to dayThat said…Package arrived on time and in perfect condition, it was pretty easy breezy setting it up, as for the comments complaining its hard to program, I disagreeFirst measure how much food you want it to deliver per day and divide the grams between how many times a day you want your cat to be fed. If your cat eats one cup (105gr) of kibble and you want it to dispense food say four times during the day, that comes to 4 portions (approx 25 gr) each time in our case.Click the left button for a few seconds to unlock the digital pad and it’ll let you begin programming, applies too if you want to reset/reprogram your settings, the light will turn on and you’ll see the lock image disappear, next click the right button for a few seconds until you see the number for setting the hour begins flashing, use the middle (- +) button to adjust, when done click the right button to continue and set the minutes on the clock, click right button to continue, continue to adjust the time you want the first feeding and the amount of portions for it, next the second and so on, if you don’t want all six feedings you can just select zero portions for the ones left, don’t take too long between clicking buttons or it’ll lock itself and you’ll have to start from the beginning of the cycle and circle through to were you left off.the button on the top for feeding one portion at a time works perfectly well too, you just have to unlock the pad first… (click left button for a few seconds until lock image disappears)Hope this helps!

Portions larger then described.giod features
There’s a lot of features I like! Love that you have to press and hold to unlock the screen so kitty can’t get in, find the timing of it accurate and functional. It’s a blessing for us because meal times have been a bit stressful since our cat screams so much, so it’s at least one less thing that’s directed at us. Plenty of customizability for meal times and portions. It is important to note, that at least in our case the portions are bigger then listed in the instruction manual. It comes out to 6 portions = just barely under 1/2 a cup. The manual says 8 portions is 1/2. Which when dealing with a 10ib animal is a big portion difference. Specially if they are over weight. So I’d recommend testing your particular machine. Very easy to do with the portion dispenser button. Also once or twice I have noticed a portion not getting dispensed, I imagine the food hadn’t shifted correctly or something. That’s a bit concerning but hasn’t seemed to happen again.

This is a great product. The fit and finish is excellent. There is no way our cat is going to break into this one. The lid locks very tightly and dual locks keep the container secure. An electronic lock disables dispensing/programming buttons until the lock button is held for 3 seconds, and the unit automatically locks if you don’t touch the buttons for a while. The instruction book isn’t very good so I’m mentioning some useful things we discovered. We got the larger 4L size, but it is still very compact. The programming is easy. We use Iams cat food and I measured the portion size at 1/16 cup (contrary to the instructions which say 1/24 cup), so we use a 3-meal program with 3 portions for breakfast, 2 for lunch and 3 for dinner for a total of 1/2 cup per day. Up to 6 meals per day may be programmed — just set the unused meals to 0 portions if you want fewer. When done programming, stop pressing the buttons and it will exit programming mode after a while (no need to advance through the unused meals). The product comes with a USB cable and DC converter to plug it into the wall, and takes 3 D-cell batteries for backup. An indicator light shows when it is running on wall power. We’ve had the unit for a couple of days now and the cat is still getting used to it — she comes running when she hears food hitting the tray, but then looks to us to be sure it is OK to eat it.

I ordered this product due to being on the road and my fur baby won’t eat on time as I come home very late. I set and forget. How cool is that to know that my fur child is fed when I’m running late?Great product as described.